Ebook: Reproductive Behavior and Evolution
- Tags: Tree Biology
- Series: Evolution Development and Organization of Behavior 1
- Year: 1977
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The Daniel S. Lehrman Memorial Symposia Series will publish the proceedings of symposia devoted to the evolution, development, and organization of behavior. These various symposia will bring together at intervals scientists studying problems from each of these view points. The aim is to attempt to integrate our knowledge derived from these different sources and to familiarize scientists working on similar behavior patterns with the work of their colleagues in related fields of study. Each volume, therefore, will be devoted to a specific topic in the field of animal behavior, which will be explored with respect to its evolutionary aspects, including the adaptive nature of the behav ior; with respect to its developmental aspects, including neural, hor monal, and experiential influences; and with respect to the analysis of features of organization, including motivational, perceptual, and motor aspects and their physiological bases. It is our feeling that the most appropriate memorial to our colleague and close friend, Daniel S. Lehrman, is the continuation of his valuable contributions toward integrating these approaches to the study of animal behavior, which he pursued so effectively during his own life. Daniel S. Lehrman's lifelong love and study of animal behavior gave us a wealth of new insights into reproductive behavior and evolution. It is therefore appropriate that the first symposium of this series is devoted to recent advances in this field.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Concepts in the Study of Animal Behavior....Pages 1-16
On the Integration of Gender Strategies in Mammalian Social Systems....Pages 17-38
The Evolution of the Reproductive Unit in the Class Mammalia....Pages 39-71
Reproductive Isolation, Behavioral Genetics, and Functions of Sexual Behavior in Rodents....Pages 73-109
Evolutionary Aspects of Neuroendocrine Control Processes....Pages 111-124
Reproductive Behavior in a Neuroendocrine Perspective....Pages 125-135
An Evolutionary Approach to Brain Research on Prosematic (Nonverbal) Behavior....Pages 137-164
Back Matter....Pages 165-170
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Concepts in the Study of Animal Behavior....Pages 1-16
On the Integration of Gender Strategies in Mammalian Social Systems....Pages 17-38
The Evolution of the Reproductive Unit in the Class Mammalia....Pages 39-71
Reproductive Isolation, Behavioral Genetics, and Functions of Sexual Behavior in Rodents....Pages 73-109
Evolutionary Aspects of Neuroendocrine Control Processes....Pages 111-124
Reproductive Behavior in a Neuroendocrine Perspective....Pages 125-135
An Evolutionary Approach to Brain Research on Prosematic (Nonverbal) Behavior....Pages 137-164
Back Matter....Pages 165-170
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