Download or read book An Experimental Study of the Importance of Male Parental Care in a Monogamous Songbird the Dark eyed Junco written by Licia Wolf and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wildlife Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hormones Brain and Behavior written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 2494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Third Edition offers a state-of-the-art overview of hormonally-mediated behaviors, including an extensive discussion of the effects of hormones on insects, fish, amphibians, birds, rodents, and humans. Entries have been carefully designed to provide a valuable source of information for students and researchers in neuroendocrinology and those working in related areas, such as biology, psychology, psychiatry, and neurology. This third edition has been substantially restructured to include both foundational information and recent developments in the field. Continuing the emphasis on interdisciplinary research and practical applications, the book includes articles aligned in five main subject sections, with new chapters included on genetic and genomic techniques and clinical investigations. This reference provides unique treatment of all major vertebrate and invertebrate model systems with excellent opportunities for relating behavior to molecular genetics. The topics cover an unusual breadth (from molecules to ecophysiology), ranging from basic science to clinical research, making this reference of interest to a broad range of scientists in a variety of fields. Comprehensive and updated coverage of a rapidly growing field of research Unique treatment of all major vertebrate and invertebrate model systems with excellent opportunities for relating behavior to molecular genetics Covers an unusual breadth of topics and subject fields, ranging from molecules to ecophysiology, and from basic science to clinical research Ideal resource for interdisciplinary learning and understanding in the fields of hormones and behavior
Download or read book Ecoimmunology written by Gregory Demas and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically reviews recent advances in ecoimmunology, a newly emergent, interdisciplinary research field that examines interactions among host physiology and disease ecology in a wide range of environmentally relevant contexts.
Download or read book The Importance of Male Parental Care in a Genetically Polygamous Bird the Tree Swallow Tachycineta Bicolor written by Valentina Ferretti and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paternal Care Strategies in Two Related Species of Songbirds written by Brandi Lynn Van Roo and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience written by Mark Blumberg and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience is a seminal reference work in the burgeoning field of developmental behavioral neuroscience, which has emerged in recent years as an important sister discipline to developmental psychobiology. This handbook, part of the Oxford Library of Neuroscience, provides an introduction to recent advances in research at the intersection of developmental science and behavioral neuroscience, while emphasizing the central research perspectives of developmental psychobiology. Contributors to the Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience are drawn from a variety of fields, including developmental psychobiology, neuroscience, comparative psychology, and evolutionary biology, demonstrating the opportunities to advance our understanding of behavioral and neural development through enhanced interactions among parallel disciplines.In a field ripe for collaboration and integration, the Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience provides an unprecedented overview of conceptual and methodological issues pertaining to comparative and developmental neuroscience that can serve as a roadmap for researchers and a textbook for educators. Its broad reach will spur new insights and compel new collaborations in this rapidly growing field.
Download or read book Assessing Parental Experience in a Socially Monogamous Songbird written by Brittany Alicia Bell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals invest heavily in pair bonds and offspring, and benefit if they are able to recognize their family when they are separated. This study investigates how experience modulates the neural memory for auditory signals that can be used in individual recognition, with a focus on parent-offspring interactions in the zebra finch (ZF), a socially-monogamous species with bi-parental care. Bi-parental care, which is rare in mammals, makes this a powerful system in which to study sex differences in neural processing and behavior. Furthermore, auditory brain regions have been identified that respond preferentially to conspecific vocal signals, including songs and various communication calls. This study will focus on the fledgling call (FC), a short, high-frequency call produced in juveniles. FCs signal to parents that offspring need to be fed, and elicit a direct behavioral response. Thus, FCs are a behaviorally-relevant category of vocalization for ZF parents of both sexes, but may be meaningless to adult ZFs that have not yet mated and produced offspring (virgins). Although adult ZFs show behavioral and neuronal memories for the songs and calls of familiar individuals, the neural processing of and behavioral responses to FCs have not been thoroughly examined. Neural processing of these socially-relevant stimuli was assessed in the avian auditory forebrain, in parents and virgin subjects. In addition, parental behaviors elicited by FCs were tested in a novel nest-entry paradigm. Finally, the behavioral and neural data collected from parents were used to determine whether ZF parents can discriminate between the FCs of their own vs. unfamiliar fledglings. Results show that neural responses to FCs are stronger in parents of both sexes than in virgins and that this effect is lateralized. Enhancement of FC responses may be due to differences in multi-unit and single-unit tuning properties that include higher best frequencies in parents, perhaps reflecting a shift toward the high frequencies of FCs. Parents also showed neuronal and behavioral recognition of the calls of their own fledglings, although there were some sex differences. In a nest-entry behavioral paradigm that assesses components of parental feeding responses, FC playback also elicited parental behaviors more frequently in parents than in virgins. However, results showed unexpected sex differences in the frequency of parental behaviors (nest-box entries, food-collected, etc) which support the possibility that male and female parents distribute parental duties in bi-parental species. To further investigate the various sex differences observed and potential neural mechanisms, neural and behavioral responses to FCs were assessed in virgin ZFs that had been treated with the avian analogs of the parental care mediating hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin. Results provide evidence for sex-specific functions of these hormones and establish the ZF as a valuable model for investigating how parental experience affects neural and behavioral processing, in both female and male parents.
Download or read book Parental Behavior in Birds written by Rae Silver and published by Dowden Hutchinson and Ross. This book was released on 1977 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Partnerships in Birds The Study of Monogamy written by Jeffrey M. Black and published by Oxford University Press, UK. This book was released on 1996-05-30 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some birds mate for life, while others have many partners. Why? In this book, fourteen classic studies of bird behaviour are brought together to compare the different partnership patterns from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Often there is a battle of the sexes, as individual birds behave in the way that serves their best interests. Introductory and concluding chapters review the latest thinking on this fascinating subject. - ;Some birds mate for life, while others have many partners. In this book, fourteen studies are brought together to compare different partnership patterns from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. The subjects have been chosen to include the same species living in different habitats (Sparrowhawks) and at different population densities (Great Tits). There are comparisons between closely related species (Mute Swans and Bewick's Swans). The studies span the globe and the behavioural gradient, from Iceland's strictly monogamous Whooper Swans to Australia's sexually promiscuous Splendid Fairy-wrens. In all cases, sexual and social relationships strongly influence a bird's survival and breeding success. -
Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience written by Mark Samuel Blumberg and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Significance of Territory Quality and Male Parental Care in the Evolution of Polygyny in Altricial Birds written by Staffan Bensch and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Ornithology Volume 17 written by Charles F. Thompson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review (1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or (2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in perspective, or (3) fields in which students of vertebrates may benefit from comparisons of birds with other classes. All chapters are invited, and authors are chosen for their leadership in the subjects under review.
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.
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.
Download or read book Reversing Songbird Decline written by Andrew J. Spellmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decline of songbirds is widespread in North America. Habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation are hypothesized to be a primary cause of avian decline. The Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), a granivorous, migratory sparrow, has declined annually since 1966. Juncos nest in the boreal region; boreal species have become particularly imperiled in recent decades. Decline of this ubiquitous bird is alarming and important, as it indicates widespread habitat degradation. It is possible that lessened food availability during the nonbreeding season can limit junco populations. We introduce an experiment that indicates supplemental feeding increases the survival of juncos during the overwinter period. Using mark-resight methods, we captured and uniquely color-banded 208 juncos, and found that supplemental feeding significantly increased site fidelity in three winters (2011, 2012, and 2013). This effect was exacerbated in cold winters with high average daily snow-accumulation. However, it was unclear whether juncos absent from unsupplemented sites represented within-winter dispersal or mortality. In the winter of 2014, we attached VHF radio-transmitters to 29 unsupplemented juncos to ascertain the fate of birds absent during resighting periods. Utilizing the mark-resight methods employed in previous years, and the addition of radio-transmitters, we found that movement beyond the study area was minimal. Juncos occupied the home range previously described by literature. Of the radio-tagged birds, 27.5% were not resighted during observation periods, but located and confirmed alive via radiotelemetry. A correction factor for within-winter dispersal was applied to previous years data and the effect of food supplementation remained statistically significant. Supplemental feeding during the wintering period may elevate population recruitment by increasing winter survival, migratory success, and reproductive fitness. Therefore, large-scale overwinter food supplementation may reverse decline.
