Hormones and animal social behavior /
Adkins-Regan, Elizabeth, 1945-
Hormones and animal social behavior / Elizabeth Adkins-Regan. - 1 online resource (xvi, 411 pages) : illustrations - Monographs in behavior and ecology . - Monographs in behavior and ecology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-364) and index.
Hormonal mechanisms -- Mating, fighting, parenting, and signaling -- Social relationships and social organization -- Development of sexes and types -- Evolutionary change and species differences -- Life stages and life histories -- Phylogeny : conservation and innovation.
Research into the lives of animals in their natural environments has revealed a rich tapestry of complex social relationships and previously unsuspected social and mating systems. The evolution of this behavior is increasingly well understood. At the same time, laboratory scientists have made significant discoveries about how steroid and peptide hormones act on the nervous system to shape behavior. An exciting and rapidly progressing hybrid zone has developed in which these two fields are integrated, providing a fuller understanding of social behavior and the adaptive functions of hormones. This book is a guide to these fascinating connections between animal social behavior and steroid and peptide hormones--a synthesis designed to make it easier for graduate students and researchers to appreciate the excitement, engage in such integrative thinking, and understand the primary literature. Throughout, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan emphasizes concepts and principles, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking. She raises unanswered questions, providing an unparalleled source of ideas for future research. The chapter sequence is by levels of biological organization, beginning with the behavior and hormones of individuals, proceeding to social relationships and systems, and from there to development, behavioral evolution over relatively short time scales, life histories and their evolution, and finally evolution over longer time scales. The book features studies of a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates along with some of the most important invertebrate discoveries.
In English.
9781400850778 1400850770
10.1515/9781400850778 doi
22573/ctt4k76m1 JSTOR
GBA539953 bnb
013195021 Uk
Animal 2017 Bildband
Social behavior in animals.
Animal behavior--Endocrine aspects.
Animal behavior.
Hormones.
Behavior, Animal
Hormones
Comportement social chez les animaux.
Animaux--Mœurs et comportement--Aspect endocrinien.
Animaux--Mœurs et comportement.
Hormones.
hormone.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--General.
Animal behavior--Endocrine aspects.
Social behavior in animals.
Endokrin wirksamer Stoff
Hormon
Sozialverhalten
Verhalten
Tiere
Ethologie.
Diergedrag.
Hormonen.
Electronic books.
QL775 / .A4 2005eb
591.56
QL775 / .A35 2005
Hormones and animal social behavior / Elizabeth Adkins-Regan. - 1 online resource (xvi, 411 pages) : illustrations - Monographs in behavior and ecology . - Monographs in behavior and ecology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-364) and index.
Hormonal mechanisms -- Mating, fighting, parenting, and signaling -- Social relationships and social organization -- Development of sexes and types -- Evolutionary change and species differences -- Life stages and life histories -- Phylogeny : conservation and innovation.
Research into the lives of animals in their natural environments has revealed a rich tapestry of complex social relationships and previously unsuspected social and mating systems. The evolution of this behavior is increasingly well understood. At the same time, laboratory scientists have made significant discoveries about how steroid and peptide hormones act on the nervous system to shape behavior. An exciting and rapidly progressing hybrid zone has developed in which these two fields are integrated, providing a fuller understanding of social behavior and the adaptive functions of hormones. This book is a guide to these fascinating connections between animal social behavior and steroid and peptide hormones--a synthesis designed to make it easier for graduate students and researchers to appreciate the excitement, engage in such integrative thinking, and understand the primary literature. Throughout, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan emphasizes concepts and principles, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking. She raises unanswered questions, providing an unparalleled source of ideas for future research. The chapter sequence is by levels of biological organization, beginning with the behavior and hormones of individuals, proceeding to social relationships and systems, and from there to development, behavioral evolution over relatively short time scales, life histories and their evolution, and finally evolution over longer time scales. The book features studies of a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates along with some of the most important invertebrate discoveries.
In English.
9781400850778 1400850770
10.1515/9781400850778 doi
22573/ctt4k76m1 JSTOR
GBA539953 bnb
013195021 Uk
Animal 2017 Bildband
Social behavior in animals.
Animal behavior--Endocrine aspects.
Animal behavior.
Hormones.
Behavior, Animal
Hormones
Comportement social chez les animaux.
Animaux--Mœurs et comportement--Aspect endocrinien.
Animaux--Mœurs et comportement.
Hormones.
hormone.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--General.
Animal behavior--Endocrine aspects.
Social behavior in animals.
Endokrin wirksamer Stoff
Hormon
Sozialverhalten
Verhalten
Tiere
Ethologie.
Diergedrag.
Hormonen.
Electronic books.
QL775 / .A4 2005eb
591.56
QL775 / .A35 2005