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Parental Care in Mammals

Author : David J. Gubernick
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461331501
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Book Synopsis Parental Care in Mammals by : David J. Gubernick

Download or read book Parental Care in Mammals written by David J. Gubernick and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of this volume have honored me by their invitation to write its Fore word, an invitation extended because of my editing a book on the maternal behav ior of mammals in 1963. Much as I would like to think that I had opened a new area of study-and so played some part in the appearance of this fine new collec tion of chapters-the facts are quite otherwise. That in 1963 I could assemble the efforts of many distinguished investigators shows that the topic had already engaged their attention, and had for some years past. But even then, the topic had origins extending much farther into the past, to mention only Wiesner and Sheard's book Maternal Behavior in the Rat of 1933. Nevertheless, in 1963 it seemed to me that the study of maternal care in mammals had lagged behind the study of other kinds of social behavior. The present volume does much to establish parental care of the young as a topic central to an understanding of the relation between ontogeny and phylogeny, to the development of the young, to the social organization of the species, and to its preservation. It may now be seen not only as interesting but as a most signifi cant pattern of behavior among mammals.

Maternal Care in Mammals

Author : Peter H. Klopfer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maternal Care in Mammals written by Peter H. Klopfer and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Maternal Effects in Mammals

Author : Dario Maestripieri
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226501221
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Maternal Effects in Mammals written by Dario Maestripieri and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary maternal effects occur whenever a mother’s phenotypic traits directly affect her offspring’s phenotype, independent of the offspring’s genotype. Some of the phenotypic traits that result in maternal effects have a genetic basis, whereas others are environmentally determined. For example, the size of a litter produced by a mammalian mother—a trait with a strong genetic basis—can affect the growth rate of her offspring, while a mother’s dominance rank—an environmentally determined trait—can affect the dominance rank of her offspring. The first volume published on the subject in more than a decade, Maternal Effects in Mammals reflects advances in genomic, ecological, and behavioral research, as well new understandings of the evolutionary interplay between mothers and their offspring. Dario Maestripieri and Jill M. Mateo bring together a learned group of contributors to synthesize the vast literature on a range of species, highlight evolutionary processes that were previously overlooked, and propose new avenues of research. Maternal Effects in Mammals will serve as the most comprehensive compendium on and stimulus for interdisciplinary treatments of mammalian maternal effects.

Parental Care in Mammals

Author : David J. Gubernick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461331513
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Parental Care in Mammals written by David J. Gubernick and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030916785X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research by : National Research Council

Download or read book Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-08-22 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding on the National Research Council's Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this book deals specifically with mammals in neuroscience and behavioral research laboratories. It offers flexible guidelines for the care of these animals, and guidance on adapting these guidelines to various situations without hindering the research process. Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research offers a more in-depth treatment of concerns specific to these disciplines than any previous guide on animal care and use. It treats on such important subjects as: The important role that the researcher and veterinarian play in developing animal protocols. Methods for assessing and ensuring an animal's well-being. General animal-care elements as they apply to neuroscience and behavioral research, and common animal welfare challenges this research can pose. The use of professional judgment and careful interpretation of regulations and guidelines to develop performance standards ensuring animal well-being and high-quality research. Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research treats the development and evaluation of animal-use protocols as a decision-making process, not just a decision. To this end, it presents the most current, in-depth information about the best practices for animal care and use, as they pertain to the intricacies of neuroscience and behavioral research.

The Evolution of Parental Care

Author : T. H. Clutton-Brock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691025162
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Parental Care written by T. H. Clutton-Brock and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reviews theoretical and empirical predictions concerning the evolution of parental care and examines the extent to which these are supported by empirical evidence.

Parental Care: Evolution, Mechanisms, And Adaptive Significance

Author :
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080582869
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Parental Care: Evolution, Mechanisms, And Adaptive Significance written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1996-11-18 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in the Study of Behavior presents its first thematic volume, focusing on the physiological and behavioral mechanisms underlying parental care. The book discusses parental care both within and across taxa, with coverage of invertebrates and early vertebrates, fishes, amphibia, reptiles, mammals, birds, and nonhuman primates. A running theme throughout the chapters shows that parental care is anchored to the ecology, reproductive physiology, and embryonic development of a species. Coverage also includes mechanisms of parental care, including analysis of the stimuli that parents respond to and how parental care is initiated, maintained, and terminated. Individual differences within species are also explored, examining stable differences in maternal style, how they arise, and the consequences for both mother and infant.

The Evolution of Parental Care

Author : Nick J. Royle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199692572
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Parental Care written by Nick J. Royle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. This novel book provides a fresh perspective on the current state of the study of the evolution of parental care, written by some of the top researchers in the field, and taking a broad taxonomic approach.

The Evolution of Parental Care

Author : T. H. Clutton-Brock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691206988
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Parental Care written by T. H. Clutton-Brock and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing studies of parental care in a wide variety of animals, this book is the first attempt to provide general answers to the following important questions: Why does the extent of parental care vary so widely between species? Why do only females care for eggs and young in some animals, only males in others, and both parents in a few? To what extent is parental care adjusted to variation in its benefits to offspring and its costs to parents? How do parents divide their resources between their sons and daughters? In this book separate chapters examine the evolution of variation in egg and neonate size, of viviparity and other forms of bearing, and of differences in the duration of incubation, gestation, and lactation. The book reviews theoretical and empirical predictions concerning the evolution of parental care and examines the extent to which these are supported by empirical evidence. The author examines the distribution of parental care among offspring, reviews the empirical evidence that parents invest to different extents in their sons and daughters, and discusses the degree to which parents manipulate the sex ratio of their progeny in relation to the availability of resources.

Behaviour, Development and Evolution

Author : Patrick Bateson
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783742518
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Behaviour, Development and Evolution written by Patrick Bateson and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of parents in shaping the characters of their children, the causes of violence and crime, and the roots of personal unhappiness are central to humanity. Like so many fundamental questions about human existence, these issues all relate to behavioural development. In this lucid and accessible book, eminent biologist Professor Sir Patrick Bateson suggests that the nature/nurture dichotomy we often use to think about questions of development in both humans and animals is misleading. Instead, he argues that we should pay attention to whole systems, rather than to simple causes, when trying to understand the complexity of development. In his wide-ranging approach Bateson discusses why so much behaviour appears to be well-designed. He explores issues such as ‘imprinting’ and its importance to the attachment of offspring to their parents; the mutual benefits that characterise communication between parent and offspring; the importance of play in learning how to choose and control the optimal conditions in which to thrive; and the vital function of adaptability in the interplay between development and evolution. Bateson disputes the idea that a simple link can be found between genetics and behaviour. What an individual human or animal does in its life depends on the reciprocal nature of its relationships with the world about it. This knowledge also points to ways in which an animal’s own behaviour can provide the variation that influences the subsequent course of evolution. This has relevance not only for our scientific approaches to the systems of development and evolution, but also on how humans change institutional rules that have become dysfunctional, or design public health measures when mismatches occur between themselves and their environments. It affects how we think about ourselves and our own capacity for change.

Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior

Author : Elena Choleris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521190355
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Book Synopsis Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior by : Elena Choleris

Download or read book Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior written by Elena Choleris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative overview of the effects of neuropeptides on behavior, examining parallel findings in both humans and non-human animals.

Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Odontocetes

Author : Bernd Würsig
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030166635
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Odontocetes by : Bernd Würsig

Download or read book Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Odontocetes written by Bernd Würsig and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on the marine mammalian group of Odontocetes, the toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises. In 23 chapters, a total of 40 authors describe general patterns of ethological concepts of odontocetes in their natural environments, with a strong bent towards behavioral ecology. Examples are given of particularly well-studied species and species groups for which enough data exist, especially from the past 15 years. The aim is to give a modern flavor of present knowledge of ethology and behavior of generally large-brained behaviorally flexible mammals that have evolved quite separately from social mammals on land. As well, the plight of populations and species due to humans is described in multiple chapters, with the goal that an understanding of behavior can help to solve or alleviate at least some human-made problems.

Evolution of Non-maternal Care in Primates

Author : Ann MacLarnon
Publisher : S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
ISBN 13 : 9783805569682
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Non-maternal Care in Primates written by Ann MacLarnon and published by S. Karger AG (Switzerland). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special issue comprises papers on the proximate, intermediate and ultimate evolutionary causes of non-maternal infant care (allocare) across the range of primate taxa in which this unusual mammalian behaviour has evolved. Why should non-maternal care of infants, or allocare, have evolved in certain primate taxa? What stimulates non-mothers to care for infants? How are such behaviours mediated physiologically? The papers in this edited issue reflect a range of approaches to these questions, including a detailed field study of the spectral tarsier of Sulawesi, for which details of infant care behaviour were previously unknown, and comparative analyses of field data on cercopithecines and callitrichids. Hormonal correlates of allocare are investigated in callitrichids, and similarities and differences in the involvement of particular hormones across birds, rodents and primates are reviewed. The possibility that contrasting natal colouration of the infants of some primate species may serve to attract allocare is explored, as is a theoretical model for the evolution of care specifically from the infants' fathers. A variety of possible life history and ecological correlates of allocare is tested across primates, demonstrating that allocare enables mothers to increase their reproductive rates. Allocare is an unusual feature among primates, as it is in other mammals, and understanding how and why it has evolved requires a range of approaches, and synthesis of findings, as demonstrated in this issue. Of interest to primatologists, socioecologists, anthropologists, zoologists and endocrinologists.

Neurobiology of Social Behavior

Author : Michael Numan
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123914752
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Neurobiology of Social Behavior written by Michael Numan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social neuroscience is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field which is devoted to understanding how social behavior is regulated by the brain, and how such behaviors in turn influence brain and biology. Existing volumes either fail to take a neurobiological approach or focus on one particular type of behavior, so the field is ripe for a comprehensive reference which draws cross-behavioral conclusions. This authored work will serve as the market’s most comprehensive reference on the neurobiology of social behavior. The volume will offer an introduction to neural systems and genetics/epigenetics, followed by detailed study of a wide range of behaviors – aggression, sex and sexual differentiation, mating, parenting, social attachments, monogamy, empathy, cooperation, and altruism. Research findings on the neural basis of social behavior will be integrated across different levels of analysis, from molecular neurobiology to neural systems/behavioral neuroscience to fMRI imaging data on human social behavior. Chapters will cover research on both normal and abnormal behaviors, as well as developmental aspects. 2016 PROSE Category winner - Honorable Mention for Biomedicine and Neuroscience Presents neurobiological analysis of the full spectrum of social behaviors, while other volumes focus on one particular behavior Integrates and discusses research from different levels of analysis, including molecular/genetic, neural circuits and systems, and fMRI imaging research Covers both normal and abnormal behaviors Covers aggression, sex and sexual differentiation, mating, parenting, social attachments, empathy, cooperation, and altruism

The Neurobiology of Olfaction

Author : Anna Menini
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420071998
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Neurobiology of Olfaction written by Anna Menini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive Overview of Advances in OlfactionThe common belief is that human smell perception is much reduced compared with other mammals, so that whatever abilities are uncovered and investigated in animal research would have little significance for humans. However, new evidence from a variety of sources indicates this traditional view is likely

The Biology of Small Mammals

Author : Joseph F. Merritt
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801879507
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Biology of Small Mammals written by Joseph F. Merritt and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals of this size face different physiological and ecological challenges than larger mammals.

The Evolution of Parental Care

Author : Mathias Kölliker
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191637416
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Parental Care written by Mathias Kölliker and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. It is taxonomically widespread and is central to the maintenance of biodiversity through its close association with other phenomena such as sexual selection, life-history evolution, sex allocation, sociality, cooperation and conflict, growth and development, genetic architecture, and phenotypic plasticity. This novel book provides a fresh perspective on the study of the evolution of parental care based on contributions from some of the top researchers in the field. It provides evidence that the dynamic nature of family interactions, and particularly the potential for co-evolution among family members, has contributed to the great diversity of forms of parental care and life-histories across as well as within taxa. The Evolution of Parental Care aims to stimulate students and researchers alike to pursue exciting new directions in this fascinating and important area of behavioural and evolutionary biology. It will be of relevance and use to those working in the fields of animal behaviour, ecology, evolution, and genetics, as well as related disciplines such as psychology and sociology.