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| Introduction | |
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| What This Book Is About | |
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| History of the Study of Animal Behavior | |
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| Animal Classification | |
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| Questions about Animal Behavior | |
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| Summary | |
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| Scientific Approaches | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| The Beginning: Observational Methods | |
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| Experimental Methods | |
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| Correlational Methods | |
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| The Comparative Method | |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
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| Avoiding the Pitfall of Storytelling | |
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| A Detailed Example: Why Do Songbirds Sing? Research Ethics and Animal Welfare | |
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| Summary | |
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| Evolution | |
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| The Theory of Evolution | |
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| Evolution as Fact | |
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| Questions about Evolution | |
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| Ecology and Evolution | |
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| Summary | |
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| Genes And Heredity | |
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| Basic Genetics | |
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| Genetic Change and Evolution | |
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| Genes and Behavior | |
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| Artificial Selection (Selective Breeding) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Learning And Adaptation | |
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| Learning As an Adaptive Mechanism | |
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| Types of Learning and Their Functions | |
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| Adaptive Differences in Learners | |
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| Summary | |
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| Making A Living In The Wild | |
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| Foraging And Migration | |
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| Locating Food | |
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| Food Selection | |
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| Handling and Consuming Food | |
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| Migration as a Survival Strategy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Predators And Prey | |
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| Predator Behaviors | |
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| Defenses Against Predation | |
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| Evolutionary Arms Races | |
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| Summary | |
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| Competition And Territoriality | |
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| Competition for Food | |
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| Competition for Mates | |
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| Territoriality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Communication And Living In Groups | |
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| Channels of Communication | |
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| Functions of Communication | |
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| Group Living | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mating And Parenting | |
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| Sexual Conflict, Selection, And Courtship | |
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| Sexual Conflict | |
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| Alternative Reproductive Strategies | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mating Patterns | |
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| Monogamy | |
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| Polygyny | |
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| Polyandry | |
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| Promiscuity/Polygynandry | |
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| Summary | |
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| Parenting | |
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| The Evolution of Parental Investment | |
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| A Survey of Parenting Variations | |
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| Unusual Parenting Strategies | |
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| Natal Dispersal | |
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| Summary | |
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| Cooperation And Helping | |
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| Mutualism | |
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| Reciprocity | |
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| Kin Selection | |
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| Eusociality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Our Closest Relatives: The Primates | |
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| Primate Patterns | |
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| What Is a Primate? Prosimians | |
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| New World Monkeys | |
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| Old World Monkeys | |
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| Summary | |
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| Apes Great And Small | |
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| Swingers: Gibbons | |
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| Orangutans | |
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| Gorillas | |
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| Common Chimpanzees | |
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| The Other Chimpanzee: Bonobos | |
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| Can Apes Use Language? Summary | |
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| Learning And Early Experience In Primates | |
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| The Primate Advantage: Observational Learning | |
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| The Critical Role of Early Experiences | |
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| The Role of Play in Development | |
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| Do Animals Think? Summary | |
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| Evolutionary Psychology | |
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| Human Evolution | |
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| Comparative Human Behavior | |
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| Sexual Selection in Humans | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |