Cognitive ecology II /
Merging evolutionary ecology and cognitive science, cognitive ecology investigates how animal interactions with natural habitats shape cognitive systems, and how constraints on nervous systems limit or bias animal behavior. Research in cognitive ecology has expanded rapidly in the past decade, and t...
| Други автори: | Dukas, Reuven., Ratcliffe, John M. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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Cognitive ecology II. |
Съдържание:
- Learning: ultimate and proximate mechanisms. Learning: mechanisms, ecology, and evolution / Reuven Dukas. Introduction ; What is learning? ; Why learn? ; Who learns? ; What do animals learn? ; Is learning important? ; Prospects
- The how and why of structural plasticity in the adult honeybee brain / Susan E. Fahrbach & Scott Dobrin. Introduction ; The honeybee as a model for the study of neural plasticity ; Mushroom bodies: neuroanatomy ; How does foraging experience change the structure of the honeybee mushroom bodies? ; What is the function of the honeybee mushroom bodies? ; Why are the mushroom bodies larger in experienced foragers? ; Studies of experience-dependent plasticity in the mushroom bodies of other insects ; Specific future directions
- Avian cognition: memory, song, and innovation. More on the cognitive ecology of song communication and song learning in the song sparrow / Michael D. Beecher & John M. Burt. Introduction ; Background ; Song learning in the field ; Communication by song in male-male interactions ; Social eavesdropping hypothesis ; Discussion ; Summary
- Consequences of brain development for sexual signaling in songbirds / William A. Searcy & Stephen Nowicki. Introduction ; The song system ; Female preferences for song attributes ; Experimental tests of the developmental stress hypothesis ; Effects of developmental stress on phenotypic quality ; Conclusions and prospects
- Development of spatial memory and the hippocampus under nutritional stress: adaptive priorities or developmental constraints in brain development? / Vladimir V. Pravosudov. Introduction ; Spatial memory and the hippocampus in birds ; Nutritional deficits during posthatching development, spatial memory, and the hippocampus in western scrub jays ; Nutritional deficits during postnatal development and the hippocampus in mammals ; Hippocampus and song nuclei in birds ; Does lack of nutrition directly cause changes in the brain? ; Stem cells ; Conclusions
- The cognitive-buffer hypothesis for the evolution of large brains / Daniel Sol. Introduction ; Assumptions of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis ; Predictions of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis ; Synthesis ; Avenues for future research ; Summary
- Decision making: mate choice and predator-prey interactions. Cognitive mate choice / Michael J. Ryan, Karin L. Akre, & Mark Kirkpatrick. Introduction ; Detection and perception ; Evaluation and decision ; Conclusions and future directions
- Monogamous brains and alternative tactics: neuronal ViaR, space use, and sexual infidelity among male prairie voles / Steven M. Phelps & Alexander G. Ophir. Introduction ; Reproductive decisions, space use, and mating tactics ; Neural substrates of alternative tactics ; Microsatellite polymorphisms and phenotypic diversity ; Monogamy and cognitive ecology reconsidered
- Assessing risk: embryos, information, and escape hatching / Karen M. Warkentin & Michael S. Caldwell. Introduction ; Cognitive strategies to assess risk using nonstereotyped cues ; Adaptive responses of embryos in heterogeneous environments ; Hatching decisions: information use by red-eyed treefrog embryos ; Conclusions and future directions
- Predator-prey interaction in an auditory world / John M. Ratcliffe. Of bats and moths and coevolution ; Sensory ecology and behavioral flexibility of predatory bats ; Neuroethology of auditory-evoked defenses in noctuoid moths ; Bat detection and the primary and secondary defenses of moths ; Summary and conclusions
- Cognition and sociality. What do functionally referential alarm calls refer to? / Marta B. Manser. Introduction ; Meerkat alarm calls ; What do functionally referential alarm calls refer to? ; Why are some alarm calls considered functionally referential and not others? ; Can functionally referential calls be explained by emotional expression of the signaler? ; Conclusions ; Summary
- Adaptive trade-offs in the use of social and personal information / Rachel L. Kendal, Isabelle Coolen, & Kevin N. Laland . Introduction ; "When" strategies ; "Who" strategies ; Evolutionary implications ; Summary and future directions
- The 3E's approach to social information use in birds: ecology, ethology, and evolutionary history / Ira G. Federspiel, Nicola S. Clayton, & Nathan J. Emery. Introduction ; Case studies ; Conclusions
- Prospects / Reuven Dukas & John M. Ratcliffe.