Advances in the Study of Behavior: Stress and Behavior

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-12-004527-3
Verlag: ACADEMIC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 552 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 993 g

Reihe: Advances in the Study of Behav

Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionarybiology, and comparative psychology, these volumes foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.

Zielgruppe

Experimental psychologists studying animal behaviour, comparative psychologists, ethologists, evolutionary biologists, and ichthyologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slater, Peter J. B.

Moller, Anders Pape

Manfred, Milinski

Weitere Mitwirkende

Slater, Peter J.B.

Møller, Anders Pape

Manfred, Milinski

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Behaviourismus
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Systemverwaltung & Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Externe Speicher & Peripheriegeräte
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

D. von Holst, The Concept of Stress and Its Relevance for Animal Behavior.
V. Apanius, Stress and Immune Response.
P.A. Parsons, Behavioral Variability and Limits to Evolutionary Adaptation under Stress.
A.P. Møller, Developmental Instability as a General Measure of Stress.
S.L. Lima, Stress and Decision-Making under the Risk of Predation: Recent Developments from Behavioral, Reproductive, and Ecological Perspectives.
G.A. Lozano, Parasitic Stress and Self-Medication in Wild Animals.
R. Thornhill and F.B. Furlow, Stress and Human Behavior: Attractiveness, Women's Sexual Development, Postpartum Depression, and Baby's Cry.
D.M. Broom, Welfare, Stress, and the Evolution of Feelings.
H. Hofer and M.L. East, Biological Conservation and Stress.
Chapter References.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Slater, Peter J.B.
Dr. Peter Slater is a Kennedy Professor of Natural History at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland. He is a former Editor of the journal Animal Behaviour and past President of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. He received the Association's medal in 1999. His research interests are in vocal communication, with emphasis on the development and organization of song in birds.