Behavioural Ecology

An Evolutionary Perspective on Behaviour

Edited by Etienne Danchin, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, and Frank Cézilly

A fresh, new textbook to reinvigorate the teaching of behavioral ecology
Contributions from research experts coupled to meticulous editing provide a text with all the qualities of a multi-authored book without the usual defects
Full coverage of topics including conservation, host-parasite interactions, dispersal, and social foraging and sex-ratio games, as well as hormones and behavior, gives the book a truly contemporary flavor, and takes students to the frontiers of the subject.
Unique coverage of the fundamental building blocks of behavioral ecology make this the ideal resource for students coming to the subject for the first time
Online Resource Center features downloadable figures for lecturers and web links for students, to enhance the value of the text as a teaching and learning tool

Behavioural Ecology

An Evolutionary Perspective on Behaviour

Edited by Etienne Danchin, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, and Frank Cézilly

Description

Why are some species monogamous while others are polygamous? Why are males usually more ornamented than females? What makes one organism the hunter and another the hunted? Why do some creatures stick together in groups while others prefer to go it alone? Can we talk of animal culture? Behavioural Ecology provides a fascinating insight into the evolutionary and ecological processes that underpin animal behaviour.

Opening with an overview of the evolutionary and methodological framework of behavioural ecology, the book goes on to explore behaviours in terms of the selective pressures involved in their design. It addresses natural selection, sexual selection, and gene selection, before closing with an investigation of the human impact on behavioural ecology.

Featuring chapters written by university teachers, each with research expertise in their respective fields, Behavioural Ecology has been molded by Danchin, Giraldeau, and Cezilly to be consistent while exhibiting the qualities of a multi-author book. Behavioural Ecology offers a fresh, contemporary account of a field re-invigorated by advances in the last decade, making it the ideal teaching and learning text.

Behavioural Ecology

An Evolutionary Perspective on Behaviour

Edited by Etienne Danchin, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, and Frank Cézilly

Introduction E. Danchin, L. Giraldeau, & F. Cézilly
PART ONE: The Behavioural Ecology Approach
1. A History of Behavioural Ecology, F. Cézilly
2. Fundamental Concepts in Behavioural Ecology, E. Danchin, L. Giraldeau, & F. Cezilly
3. Testing Hypotheses in Behavioural Ecology, E. Danchin, L. Giraldeau, & F. Cezilly
PART TWO: Growing and Exploiting the Environment
4. Behavioural Genetics and Syndromes, B. Sinervo & J. Clobert
5. Development of the Phenotype: An Evolutionary Approach, A.M. Dufty & E. Danchin
6. Solitary Foraging Strategies, L. Giraldeau
7. Social Foraging, L. Giraldeau
8. Choosing Where to Reproduce - Breeding Habitat Selection, T. Boulinier, M. Mariette, & E. Danchin
9. Evolution of Dispersal, J.Clobert, M. de Fraipont, & E. Danchin
PART THREE: Sex and Behaviour
10. Sexual Selection: Another Evolutionary Process, E. Danchin & F. Cézilly
11. Mating Systems and Parental Care, E. Danchin & F. Cezilly
12. Sex Allocation, M. Chapuisat
PART FOUR: Interacting with Others
13. Group Living: Hypotheses and Controversies, E. Danchin & L. Giraldeau
14. The Adaptive Evolution of Social Traits, J. Legalliard & R. Férrière
15. Communication and the Evolution of Signals, M. Théry & P. Heeb
16. Intimate Interactions, G. Sorci & F. Cézilly
PART FIVE: Humans: Applications and Implications
17. Behavioural Ecology and Conservation, A.P. Moller, E. Danchin, & L. Giraldeau
18. The Behavioural Ecology of Humans, A.P. Moller, & E. Danchin
19. Information and Cultural Evolution: A New Theme in Behavioural Ecology, E. Danchin, L. Giraldeau, & R.H. Wagner
List of References
Indexes

Behavioural Ecology

An Evolutionary Perspective on Behaviour

Edited by Etienne Danchin, Luc-Alain Giraldeau, and Frank Cézilly

Author Information

Etienne Danchin is a lecturer in the Evolution and Biological Diversity Group at the Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

Luc-Alain Giraldeau is a professor in the Department of Biological Science at the Universite du Quebec in Montreal, Canada.

Frank Cézilly is a professor in the Life Sciences Department at the Universite de Bourgogne, France.

Contributors:

Thierry Boulinier, Chargé de recherché CNRS, Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), Montpellier, France.
Frank Cézilly, Professeur à l'Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Michel Chapuisat, Senior Scientist, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jean Clobert, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Station d'Écologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis USR 2936, Saint-Girons, France.
Étienne Danchin, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Évolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), UMR CNRS-UPS 5174, Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, France.
Michelle de Fraipont, Ingénieur de Recherche CNRS, Station d'Écologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis USR 2936, Saint-Girons, France.
Blandine Doligez, Chargé de Recherche CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon; Villeurbanne, France.
Alfred M. Dufty, Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of the Graduate College, Boise State University, ID, USA.
Régis Férrière, Professeur, École normale supérieure, Membre de l'Institut universitaire de France, Laboratoire Écologie & Évolution, Paris, France.
Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Enseignant Chercheur, Département des sciences biologiques. Université du Québec à Montréal. Montréal, Canada.
Philipp Heeb, Chargé de Recherche CNRS. Évolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), UMR CNRS-UPS 5174, Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, France.
Jean-François Legalliard, Chargé de Recherche CNRS, Laboratoire d'Écologie, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
Mylène Mariette, PhD student, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Anders P. Møller, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive. CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Barry Sinervo, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Earth and Marine Sciences Building, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Gabriele Sorci, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, BioGéoSciences CNRS UMR 5561, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Marc Théry, Chargé de Recherche CNRS, CNRS UMR 7179 - GDR 2155 Écologie Comportementale, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Brunoy. France.
Richard H. Wagner, Senior Scientist. Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vienna, Austria.