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The most recent findings and research in the field of animal behavior

Table of Contents

1. Sex at the Snake Den: Lust, Deception and Conflict in the Mating System of Red-Sided Gartersnakes 2. The Evolution of Animal Nuptial Gifts 3. The Evolution of Inbred Social Systems in Spiders and Other Organisms: From Short-term Gains to Long-term Evolutionary Dead-ends? 4. The Behavior of Wild White-faced Capuchins: Demography, Life History, Social Relationships, and Communication 5. Studying Female Reproductive Activities in Relation to Male Song: The Domestic Canary as a Model 6. Causes and Consequences of Differential Growth in Birds: A Behavioral Perspective 7. Increasing Awareness of Ecosystem Services Provided by Bats

About the Author

Dr. H. Jane Brockmann is professor of zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Her research interests include ethology, behavioral ecology; the evolution and economics of behavior; nesting and mating behavior of horseshoe crabs and solitary wasps; and alternative strategies, conflict evolution of social behavior and sex ratios. Professor Tim Roper has a Personal Chair in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sussex. He has been Secretary of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, a Council Member of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology and both European Editor and Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. His research interest is in the behavioral ecology of social mammals, especially badgers.

Reviews

"The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a valuable reference for workers in endocrinology, neurology, physiology, ethnology, and ecology."--BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS