PART I: DOING SCIENCE AND STUDYING BEHAVIOR
1. Scientists, Scholars, Knaves, and Fools; E.O.Wilson
2. Conduct, Misconduct, and the Structure of Science; J.Woodward and D.Goodstein
3. The Science of Scientific Writing; G.D.Gopen and J.A.Swan
4. Behavior Programs and Evolutionary Strategies; E.Mayr
5. Why Male Ground Squirrels Disperse; K.E.Holekamp and P.W.Sherman
6. Infanticide as a Primate Reproductive Strategy; S.Blaffer Hrdy
PART II: THE ADAPTIVE VALUE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
7. The Honey Bee Colony as a Superorganism; T.D.Seeley
8. Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms; T.D.Seeley, P.Kirk Visscher and K.M.Passino
9. Evolution for the Good of the Group; D.Sloan Wilson and E.O.Wilson
10. Making Decisions in the Family: An Evolutionary Perspective; S.T.Emlen, P.H.Wrege and N.J.Demong
11. Why Ravens Share; B.Heinrich and J.Marzluff
12. Naked Mole-Rats; R.L.Honeycutt
13. Kin Recognition in Animals; W.G.Holmes and P.W.Sherman
14. Yawning; R.R.Provine
PART III: THE ADAPTIVE VALUE OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
15. The Evolution of Sexual Differences in Insects; R.Thornhill and D.T.Gwynne
16. Mating Behavior and Hermaphroditism in Coral Reef Fishes; R.R.Warner
17. Animal Genitalia and Female Choice; W.G.Eberhard
18. The Lion’s Mane; P.M.West
19. Prairie-Vole Partnerships; L.L.Getz and C.S.Carter
20. Avian Siblicide; D.W.Mock, H.Drummond and C.H.Stinson
21. The Strategies of Human Mating; D.M.Buss
PART IV: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BEHAVIOR
22. The Evolution of Communal Nest-Weaving in Ants; B.Hölldobler and E.O.Wilson
23. Untangling the Evolution of the Web; W.A.Shear
24. Why Do Bowerbirds Build Bowers?; G.Borgia
25. Early Canid Domestication: The Farm-Fox Experiment; L.N.Trut
26. Protecting Ourselves from Food; P.W.Sherman and S.M.Flaxman
PART V: THE MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR
27. From Society to Genes with the Honey Bee; G.E.Robinson
28. Testosterone and Aggression in Birds; J.C.Wingfield, G.F.Ball, A.M.Dufty, Jr., R.E.Hegner and M.Ramenofsky
29. Physiology of Helping in Florida Scrub-Jays; S.J.Schoech
30. Shaping Brain Sexuality; A.H.Bass
31. Aerial Defense Tactics of Flying Insects; M.May
PART VI: COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR AT FOUR LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
32. Bird Song and the Problem of Honest Communication; W.A.Searcy and S.Nowicki
33. Mozart’s Starling; M.J.West and A.P.King
34. Marking Loons; W.Piper, J.Mager and C.Walcott
35. Vocal Matching in Animals; K.Sewall
36. The Complex Call of the Carolina Chickadee; T.M.Freeberg, J.R.Lucas and I.Krams
37. A Bigger, Better Brain; M.Bearzi and C.Stanford
Paul W. Sherman is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University, USA. He studies the behavioural ecology of various mammals and birds, and teaches animal social behaviour and Darwinian medicine.
John Alcock is Regents’ Professor of Biology, Arizona State University, USA. His research deals with the behavioural ecology of insect mating systems. He received the Burroughs’ Award for natural history writing in 1998. Dr. Alcock also received the Dean’s Quality Teaching Award the first year it was given at Arizona State University.
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This anthology contains 37 articles published since 1974 in American Scientist, the journal of the scientific society Sigma Xi. The richly illustrated articles provide a picture of how behaviourists think about and conduct their research, as well as insights into the behaviour of selected vertebrate and invertebrate species.
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Contents
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PART I: DOING SCIENCE AND STUDYING BEHAVIOR
1. Scientists, Scholars, Knaves, and Fools; E.O.Wilson
2. Conduct, Misconduct, and the Structure of Science; J.Woodward and D.Goodstein
3. The Science of Scientific Writing; G.D.Gopen and J.A.Swan
4. Behavior Programs and Evolutionary Strategies; E.Mayr
5. Why Male Ground Squirrels Disperse; K.E.Holekamp and P.W.Sherman
6. Infanticide as a Primate Reproductive Strategy; S.Blaffer Hrdy
PART II: THE ADAPTIVE VALUE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
7. The Honey Bee Colony as a Superorganism; T.D.Seeley
8. Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms; T.D.Seeley, P.Kirk Visscher and K.M.Passino
9. Evolution for the Good of the Group; D.Sloan Wilson and E.O.Wilson
10. Making Decisions in the Family: An Evolutionary Perspective; S.T.Emlen, P.H.Wrege and N.J.Demong
11. Why Ravens Share; B.Heinrich and J.Marzluff
12. Naked Mole-Rats; R.L.Honeycutt
13. Kin Recognition in Animals; W.G.Holmes and P.W.Sherman
14. Yawning; R.R.Provine
PART III: THE ADAPTIVE VALUE OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
15. The Evolution of Sexual Differences in Insects; R.Thornhill and D.T.Gwynne
16. Mating Behavior and Hermaphroditism in Coral Reef Fishes; R.R.Warner
17. Animal Genitalia and Female Choice; W.G.Eberhard
18. The Lion’s Mane; P.M.West
19. Prairie-Vole Partnerships; L.L.Getz and C.S.Carter
20. Avian Siblicide; D.W.Mock, H.Drummond and C.H.Stinson
21. The Strategies of Human Mating; D.M.Buss
PART IV: THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BEHAVIOR
22. The Evolution of Communal Nest-Weaving in Ants; B.Hölldobler and E.O.Wilson
23. Untangling the Evolution of the Web; W.A.Shear
24. Why Do Bowerbirds Build Bowers?; G.Borgia
25. Early Canid Domestication: The Farm-Fox Experiment; L.N.Trut
26. Protecting Ourselves from Food; P.W.Sherman and S.M.Flaxman
PART V: THE MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR
27. From Society to Genes with the Honey Bee; G.E.Robinson
28. Testosterone and Aggression in Birds; J.C.Wingfield, G.F.Ball, A.M.Dufty, Jr., R.E.Hegner and M.Ramenofsky
29. Physiology of Helping in Florida Scrub-Jays; S.J.Schoech
30. Shaping Brain Sexuality; A.H.Bass
31. Aerial Defense Tactics of Flying Insects; M.May
PART VI: COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR AT FOUR LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
32. Bird Song and the Problem of Honest Communication; W.A.Searcy and S.Nowicki
33. Mozart’s Starling; M.J.West and A.P.King
34. Marking Loons; W.Piper, J.Mager and C.Walcott
35. Vocal Matching in Animals; K.Sewall
36. The Complex Call of the Carolina Chickadee; T.M.Freeberg, J.R.Lucas and I.Krams
37. A Bigger, Better Brain; M.Bearzi and C.Stanford
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Authors
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Paul W. Sherman is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University, USA. He studies the behavioural ecology of various mammals and birds, and teaches animal social behaviour and Darwinian medicine.
John Alcock is Regents’ Professor of Biology, Arizona State University, USA. His research deals with the behavioural ecology of insect mating systems. He received the Burroughs’ Award for natural history writing in 1998. Dr. Alcock also received the Dean’s Quality Teaching Award the first year it was given at Arizona State University.
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