Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field : An Hypothesis-testing Approach to the Development, Causation, Function, and Evolution of Animal Behavior.
Title:
Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field : An Hypothesis-testing Approach to the Development, Causation, Function, and Evolution of Animal Behavior.
Author:
Ploger, Bonnie J.
ISBN:
9780080506197
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (493 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Describing Behavior -- Chapter 1. Learning to Describe and Quantify Animal Behavior -- Chapter 2. Developing Operational Definitions and Measuring Interobserver Reliability Using House Crickets (Acheta domesticus) -- Part 2: Causation -- Chapter 3. Courtship, Mating, and Sex Pheromones in the Mealworm Beetle (Tenebrio molitor) -- Chapter 4. Courtship and Mate Attraction in Parasitic Wasps -- Chapter 5. Chemoreception in Lizards -- Chapter 6. Behavioral Thermoregulation in Field Populations of Amphibian Larvae -- Chapter 7. Temperature Dependence of the Electric Organ Discharge in Weakly Electric Fish -- Chapter 8. Observing and Analyzing Human Nonverbal Communication -- Chapter 9. Foraging Behavior of Ants, or Picnics: An Ant's-Eye View -- Chapter 10. Hummingbird Foraging Patterns: Experiments Using Artificial Flowers -- Chapter 11. Honey Bee Foraging Behavior -- Chapter 12. Individual Constancy to Color by Foraging Honey Bees -- Part 3: Development -- Chapter 13. Dog Training Laboratory: Applied Animal Behavior -- Chapter 14. Paternal Care and Its Effect on Maternal Behavior and Pup Survival and Development in Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) -- Chapter 15. The Effect of Prenatal Visual Stimulation on the Imprinting Responses of Domestic Chicks: An Examination of Sensitive Periods During Development -- Chapter 16. Development of Thermoregulation in Altricial Rodents -- Chapter 17. Aggregation and Kin Recognition in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus laevis) -- Part 4: Adaptation and Evolution -- Section I: Foraging -- Chapter 18. Diving Birds: A Field Study of Benthic and Piscivorous Foragers -- Chapter 19. Found A Peanut: Foraging Decisions by Squirrels.
Chapter 20. Economic Decisions and Foraging Trade-offs in Chickadees -- Chapter 21. Seed Selection by Foraging Birds -- Chapter 22. Competitive Behavior of Birds at Feeders -- Section II: Avoiding Predators -- Chapter 23. Vigilance and the Group-size Effect: Observing Behavior in Humans -- Chapter 24. The Function of "Chat" Calls in Northern Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos). Vocal Defense of Nestlings -- Chapter 25. Diving and Skating in Whirligig Beetles: Alternative Antipredator Responses -- Chapter 26. The Response of Tree Squirrels to Conspecific and Heterospecific Alarm Calls -- Section III: Agonistic Behavior -- Chapter 27. Competition for Breeding Resources by Burying Beetles -- Chapter 28. Learning to be Winners and Losers: Agonistic Behavior in Crayfish -- Section IV: Courtship and Parental Care -- Chapter 29. Costs and Benefits of Maternal Care in Earwigs -- Chapter 30. Vocal Behavior and Mating Tactics of the Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer): A Field Exercise in Animal Behavior -- Chapter 31. The Role of Multiple Male Characters in Mate Choice by Female Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) -- Chapter 32. Investigating Human Mate Choice Using the Want Ads -- Section V: Games -- Chapter 33. Demonstrating Strategies for Solving the Prisoner's Dilemma -- Chapter 34. Using Empirical Games to Teach Animal Behavior -- Section VI: Evolution -- Chapter 35. The Evolution of Behavior: A Phylogenetic Approach -- Appendices -- A. Guidelines for the Treatment of Animals in Behavioural Research and Teaching -- B. Ethical Use of Human Subjects -- C. Introduction to Statistics -- Glossary -- Index.
Abstract:
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. * Supports a range of pedagogical styles and texts in animal behavior with active learning experiences that engage students * Students and instructors benefit from knowledge and experience of members of the Animal Behavior Society * Flexibility of design enables students and instrucotrs to tailor the exercises to their needs * Can be used to support lab courses that are completely inquiry based as well as independent student research projects in animal behavior * Consideration of animal care guidelines provides an excellent way to address and discuss concerns about the use of animals in teaching and research * Emphasizes the hypothetico-deductive approach that students have difficulty understanding and implementing * Supporting materials make additional required texts unnecessary and link study design considerations with real studies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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