Animal Behaviour: An Evolutionary Perspective

Preface to the Fifth Edition
Contents
I: Basics
	1: Behavioural Biology: Content and History
		1.1	 What Is Behaviour?
		1.2	 Why Study Animal Behaviour?
		1.3	 History of Behavioural Biology: A Brief Overview
		1.4	 Summary
		Literature
	2: Methods and Concepts of Behavioural Biology
		2.1	 Classical Methods
		2.2	 Modern Concepts
			2.2.1	 Cost-Benefit Analyses
			2.2.2	 Behavioural Strategies
			2.2.3	 Modelling
			2.2.4	 Comparisons Between Species
		2.3	 Summary
		Literature
	3: Behaviour, Evolution and Life Histories
		3.1	 Basics of Evolutionary Biology
		3.2	 Diversity of Life Histories
			Box 3.1
			3.2.1	 Evolution of Life Histories
			3.2.2	 The Most Important Life History Traits
			Box 3.2
		3.3	 Behaviour and Fitness: The Four Problems
		3.4	 Summary
		Literature
II: Survival Strategies
	4: Basic Functions and Behaviour
		4.1	 Homeostasis
			4.1.1	 Energy and Metabolism
			4.1.2	 Water Balance
			4.1.3	 Thermoregulation
			Box 4.1
			4.1.4	 Stress
			4.1.5	 Parasites and Pathogens
			4.1.6	 Sleep
		4.2	 Allocation of Time and Energy
			4.2.1	 Strategies
			4.2.2	 Control of Energy
		4.3	 Summary
		Literature
	5: Orientation in Time and Space
		5.1	 Orientation in Time
			5.1.1	 Circadian Rhythms
			Box 5.1
			5.1.2	 Tidal Rhythm
			5.1.3	 Lunar Rhythm
			5.1.4	 Circannual Rhythm
		5.2	 Orientation in Space
			5.2.1	 Kineses and Taxis
			5.2.2	 Navigation
			Box 5.2
			5.2.3	 Migrations
		5.3	 Summary
		Literature
	6: Habitat and Food Selection
		6.1	 Habitat Selection
			6.1.1	 Mechanisms of Habitat Selection
			Box 6.1
			6.1.2	 Consequences of Habitat Selection
			6.1.3	 Anthropogenic Influences
		6.2	 Food Selection
			6.2.1	 Optimal Foraging
			6.2.2	 Determinants of Feeding Behaviour
			6.2.3	 Foraging Strategies
			Box 6.2
			Box 6.3
		6.3	 Feeding Competition
			6.3.1	 Forms and Causes of Food Competition
			6.3.2	 Consequences of Food Competition
			Box 6.4
			Box 6.5
		6.4	 Animal-Plant Interactions
			6.4.1	 Evolution of Herbivory
			6.4.2	 Animal-Plant Mutualism
		6.5	 Summary
		Literature
	7: Predation
		7.1	 Evolutionary Arms Races
		7.2	 Predator Strategies
		Box 7.1
		7.3	 Prey Strategies
		Box 7.2
		Box 7.3
		7.4	 Summary
		Literature
III: Reproduction
	8: Sexual Selection: Evolutionary Foundations
		8.1	 Sexual and Natural Selection
		8.2	 Life History and Reproductive Biology
			8.2.1	 Diversity of Reproductive Strategies
			8.2.2	 Sex Determination
		8.3	 Sex Roles
		8.4	 Sexual Conflict
		8.5	 Sex Ratios
		8.6	 Summary
		Literature
	9: Intrasexual Selection: How Males Compete
		9.1	 Overview
		9.2	 Strategies and Tactics
			Box 9.1
		9.3	 Pre-copulatory Competition
			9.3.1	 Mate Searching
			9.3.2	 Mate Defence
			9.3.3	 Size and Weapons
			9.3.4	 Ornaments
			9.3.5	 Competition and Dominance
			Box 9.2
		9.4	 Post-copulatory Competition
			Box 9.3
			9.4.1	 Sperm Competition
		9.5	 Post-conceptual Competition
		9.6	 Male Mate Choice
		9.7	 Summary
		Literature
	10: Intersexual Selection: How Females Choose
		10.1 Species Recognition
			Box 10.1
		10.2 Incest Avoidance
			Box 10.2
		10.3 Mechanisms of Mate Choice
			10.3.1	 Preference Functions
			10.3.2	 Sampling Tactics
			10.3.3	 Choosiness
		10.4 Direct Benefits of Mate Choice
			Box 10.3
		10.5 Indirect Benefits of Mate Choice
			10.5.1	 Sexy Sons Through the Fisher Process
			10.5.2	 Better Offspring Through Good Genes
			10.5.3	 Genetic Compatibility
			Box 10.4
			Box 10.5
		10.6 Polyandry
			Box 10.6
		10.7 Competition Among Females
			Box 10.7
		10.8 Summary
		Literature
IV: Parental Care and Infant Development
	11: Parental Care
		11.1	 Parental Care and Life History
		11.2	 Who Cares? Sex-Specific Parental Care
		11.3	 Parental Care, Investment and Conflict
			11.3.1	 Sexual Conflict over Parental Investment
			11.3.2	 Parent-Offspring Conflict
			11.3.3	 Sibling Conflict
			11.3.4	 Brood Parasitism
				Box 11.1
				Box 11.2
		11.4	 Parental Care and Cooperation
			11.4.1	 Eusociality and Reproductive Altruism
			11.4.2	 Helper Systems
		11.5	 Summary
		Literature
	12: Development and Control of Behaviour
		12.1	 Behavioural Development
		12.2	 Prenatal Development
			12.2.1	 Genes and Behaviour
			Box 12.1
			Box 12.2
			12.2.2	 Sex and Behaviour
			12.2.3	 Genomic Imprinting
			12.2.4	 Parental Effects
		12.3	 Postnatal Development
			12.3.1	 Life History Traits
			12.3.2	 Parental Investment
			12.3.3	 Ecological Conditions
			12.3.4	 Gut Microbiome and Behaviour
			12.3.5	 Learning
			12.3.6	 Senescence and Behaviour
			Box 12.3
		12.4	 Summary
		Literature
V: Social Evolution
	13: Social Systems
		13.1 Social Complexity
			13.1.1	 Components of Social Systems
			13.1.2	 Evolution of Social Complexity
		13.2 Social Organisation
			13.2.1	 Socio-Ecology
			13.2.2	 Forms of Organisation
			13.2.3	 Dispersal and Philopatry
		13.3 Mating Systems
			13.3.1	 Diversity of Mating Systems
			13.3.2	 Consequences
		13.4 Summary
		Literature
	14: Social Structure
		14.1 Communication
			14.1.1	 Signals and Modalities
			14.1.2	 Honesty
			14.1.3	 Meaning
			14.1.4	 Signal Function
		14.2 Coordination
		14.3 Relationships and Networks
		14.4 Competition
			14.4.1	 Competition and Social Structure
			14.4.2	 Mechanisms of Conflict Resolution
		14.5 Cooperation
			Box 14.1
		14.6 Cognition
			14.6.1	 Ecological Cognition
			14.6.2	 Social Cognition
			14.6.3	 Evolution of Cognition
		14.7 Culture
		14.8 Summary
		Literature
Subject Index
Animal Index