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An Hypothesis-testing Approach to the Development, Causation, Function, and Evolution of Animal Behavior
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By
Bonnie Ploger, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Ken Yasukawa, Beloit College, WI, U.S.A.
Description
Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field is designed to provide a variety of exercises that engage students
actively in all phases of scientific investigation, from formulating research questions through interpreting and presenting final results.
It attempts to share the collective teaching expertise and experience of members of the Animal Behavior Society with all who are willing
to benefit from their wisdom. Four types of exercises are presented: (1) traditional exercises in which students follow a pre-determined
protocol to test particular hypotheses explicitly stated in the exercise, (2) traditional exercises that can easily be adapted to inquiry-based
approaches, (3) combined pedagogy exercises that involve both traditional and inquiry approaches, and (4) inquiry exercises in which
students first brainstorm to generate their own hypotheses, then design their own experiements to test their hypotheses.
Audience
Students in Animal Behavior and Behavioral Ecology. The readership of Animal Behaviour is an important audience and includes over 5000 subscribers.
Contents
CONTRIBUTORS
PREFACE
PART 1. INTRODUCTION
PART 2. DESCRIBING BEHAVIOR
1. Learning to describe and quantify animal behaviorB.J. Ploger
2. Developing operational definitions and measuring interobserver
reliability using house crickets (Acheta domesticus)T. Glover
PART 3. CAUSATION
3. Courtship, mating, and
sex pheromones in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitorE. Font and E. Desfilis
4. Courtship and mate attraction in parasitic
waspsR.W. Matthews and J.R. Matthews
5. Chemoreception in lizardsC. O'Neil Krekorian
6. Behavioral thermoregulation
in field populations of amphibian larvaeH.H. Whiteman and N. Buschhaus
7. Temperature dependence of the electric organ discharge
in weakly electric fishG.K.H. Zupanc, J.R. Banks, G. Engler and R.C. Beason
8. Observing and analyzing human nonverbal communication
P.L. Bernstein
9. Foraging behavior of ants, or picnics: an ant's eye viewS.L. Halkin
10. Hummingbird foraging patterns:
experiments using artificial flowersA. Inman
11. Honey bee foraging behaviorM.R. Richter and J.M. Keramaty
12. Individual
constancy to color by foraging honeybeesP.S.M. Hill and H. Wells
PART 4. DEVELOPMENT
13. Dog training laboratory:
applied animal behaviorL.L. Gillie and G.H. Waring
14. Paternal care and its effect on maternal behavior and pup survival and
development in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)B. McGuire
15. The effect of prenatal visual stimulation on the imprinting
responses of domestic chicks: an examination of sensitive periods during developmentW.L. Hill
16. Development of thermoregulation
in altricial rodentsG.R. Michener and T.D. Charge
17. Aggregation and kin recognition in African clawed frogs, Xenopus laevis
K.L. Anderson and B.J. Ploger
PART 5. ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION
Section I: Foraging
18. Diving
birds: a field study of benthic and piscivorous foragersJ.J. Templeton & D.J. Mountjoy
19. Found a peanut: foraging decisions
by squirrelsS.L. Halkin
20. Economic decisions and foraging tradeoffs in chickadeesR.L. Mumme
21. Seed selection
by foraging birdsM.R. Richter, J.A. Halstead and K. Savastano
22. Competitive behavior of birds at feedersA. Mostrom
Section II: Avoiding Predators
23. Vigilance and the group-size effect: observing behavior in humansJ.E. Scheib,
L.E. Cody, N.S. Clayton and R.D. Montgomerie
24. The function of "chat" calls in northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos): vocal
defense of nestlingsC.A. Logan
25. Diving and skating in whirligig beetles: alternative antipredator responsesA. Inman
and A. Houtman
26. The response of tree squirrels to conspecific and heterospecific alarm callsA. Houtman
Section
III: Agonistic Behavior
27. Competition for breeding resources by burying beetlesM.P. Scott
28. Learning to be winners
and losers: agonistic behavior in crayfishE.M. Jakkob and C.D. Hoefler
Section IV: Courtship and Parental Care
29. Costs and benefits of maternal care in earwigsR.L. Mumme, J.O. Palmer and S.M. Ranking
30. Vocal behavior and mating tactics
of the spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer): a field exercise in animal behaviorD.C. Forester
31. The role of multiple male
characters in mate choice by female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)D.J. Albrecht
32. Investigating human mate choice using the
want adsM. Crowe
Section V: Games
33. Demonstrating strategies for solving the prisoner's dilemmaK.N.
Morgan
34. Using empirical games to teach animal behaviorP.K. Stoddard
Section VI: Evolution
35. The
evolution of behavior: a phylogenetic approachK. Yasukawa
APPENDICES
A. Guidelines for the treatment of animals
in behavioral research and teachingAnimal Behavior Society and the Association for the Study of Animal Behavior
B. Ethical
use of human subjectsAmerican Psychological Association
C. Introduction to statisticsB.J. Ploger and K. Yasukaw
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Paperback, 472 pages, publication date: OCT-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-558330-5
ISBN-10: 0-12-558330-3
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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