[Very Short Introductions 01] • Animal Behaviour by Wyatt, Tristram D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations 1 How animals behave (and why)

From hunting to ethology Tinbergen’s four questions Integrating the four questions

2 Sensing and responding

Bats and moths Sensory inputs Neural circuits Hormones and behaviour Parasite manipulations

3 How behaviour develops

Recipes for success Nature and nurture Behavioural imprinting Genes and behaviour Evolution, co-opted genes, and gene regulation Social influences on brain gene expression Phenotypic plasticity and developmental paths Sex determination, and behaviour of males and females Effects between and across generations Bird song as a model system Play

4 Learning and animal culture

All animals learn Learning gives flexibility to behavioural responses Hiding food for later Learning bees Social learning and culture Using tools What are they thinking?

5 Signals for survival

Getting the message across Honest signals Honeybee dances Vervet monkey alarm calls Interspecies communication Exploitation of signals: eavesdropping and deception

6 Winning strategies

Behavioural ecology Economic ‘decisions’ Competing for resources Parental care and mating systems Sex ratios Sexual selection Sperm competition and cryptic female choice Sexual conflict Explaining altruism Favouring relatives Cooperative breeding Evolution of eusociality Evolutionary arms races The future of behavioural ecology

7 The wisdom of crowds

Self-organization Collective motion Collective decisions Ant trails Termite nests Honeybee democracy Natural selection and collective behaviour Applications of self-organization models

8 Applying behaviour

In this together Reducing conflicts between humans and animals Behaviour and animal conservation Global human-induced changes Welfare in captive animals Understanding companion animals What animals will there be to watch in future?

References Further reading Index Social media Geography