Animal Innovation

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-852621-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten

Many animals will invent new behaviour patterns, adjust established behaviours to a novel context, or respond to stresses in an appropriate and novel manner. This title on 'animal innovation' brings together scientific authorities in this subject, aiming to heighten awareness of this developing field.

In 1953 a young female Japanese macaque called Imo began washing sweet potatoes before eating them, presumably to remove dirt and sand grains. Soon other monkeys had adopted this behaviour, and potato washing gradually spread throughout the troop. When, t

PART I - DEFINITIONS AND KEY QUESTIONS; 1. Animal innovation: an introduction; PART II - COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSES OF INNOVATION; 2. Positive and negative correlates of feeding innovations in birds: evidence for limited modularity; 3. Behaviou

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reader, Simon M.

Laland, Kevin N.

Über Autor(innen)

Reader, Simon M. (Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada) / Laland, Kevin N. (Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Biology, University of St Andrews)