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Sensory ecology, behaviour, and evolution [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Stevens
| Sensory ecology, behaviour, and evolution [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Stevens |
| Autore | Stevens Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Senses and sensation
Ecology |
| ISBN |
0-19-165147-8
1-283-94383-2 0-19-165146-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Introduction; 1 Sensory Ecology, Information, and Decision-Making; 1.1 What is Sensory Ecology?; 1.2 Many Animals Detect and Use Sensory Information Humans Cannot Perceive; 1.3 Asking Questions about Behaviour; 1.4 Information; 1.5 Future Directions; 1.6 Summary; 1.7 Further Reading; Part 2 Sensory Processing; 2 Sensing the World; 2.1 Signal Detection; 2.2 Chemical; 2.3 Electricity; 2.4 Light; 2.5 Magnetic; 2.6 Mechanical; 2.7 Sound; 2.8 Future Directions; 2.9 Summary; 2.10 Further Reading; 3 Encoding Information
3.1 Contrast and Receptive Fields in Vision3.2 Sound Localization in Barn Owls; 3.3 Echolocation; 3.4 Olfactory Processing; 3.5 Common Principles across Species and Modalities; 3.6 Future Directions; 3.7 Summary; 3.8 Further Reading; 4 Sensory Systems: Trade-Offs, Costs, and Sensory Integration; 4.1 Energetic Costs of Sensory Systems; 4.2 When Are Sensory Systems Optimized for One Task Rather than Being Generalized for Many?; 4.3 Trade-Offs in Processing Different Components of Stimuli; 4.4 Integrating the Senses; 4.5 Future Directions; 4.6 Summary; 4.7 Further Reading; Part 3 Communication 5 Signalling and Communication5.1 Signals and Cues; 5.2 Signal Components; 5.3 Strategic and Efficacy Costs of Signals; 5.4 What is Communication?; 5.5 There is More to Communication than Just Sensory Systems; 5.6 Future Directions; 5.7 Summary; 5.8 Further Reading; 6 Multimodal Signals and Communication; 6.1 Multimodal, Multicomponent, and Complex Signals; 6.2 What Advantages do Multimodal Signals Provide?; 6.3 A Framework for Multimodal Signals Based on Influence?; 6.4 Examples of Multimodal Communication; 6.5 True Multimodality or Multiple Receivers?; 6.6 Future Directions; 6.7 Summary 6.8 Further Reading7 Trade-Offs and Costs in Signalling; 7.1 Physiological Costs; 7.2 Eavesdropping by Predators and Parasitoids; 7.3 How do Animals Balance the Risks of Eavesdropping with Communication?; 7.4 Multiple Functions and Trade-Offs in Signal Form; 7.5 Future Directions; 7.6 Summary; 7.7 Further Reading; 8 Deception, Mimicry, and Sensory Exploitation; 8.1 Exploitation and Biases; 8.2 Supernormal Stimuli; 8.3 Anti-Predator Defences: Mimicry and Exploitation; 8.4 Foraging and Prey Capture; 8.5 Aggressive Mimicry; 8.6 Sensory Exploitation by Brood Parasites; 8.7 Future Directions 8.8 Summary8.9 Further Reading; Part 4 Diversification and Divergence; 9 Arms Races, Coevolution, and Diversification; 9.1 Arms Races and Coevolution; 9.2 Predators and Prey; 9.3 Brood Parasites; 9.4 Future Directions; 9.5 Summary; 9.6 Further Reading; 10 Adapting to the Environment; 10.1 Signal Transmission and the Environment; 10.2 Signal Form Under Different Environments; 10.3 Sensory Plasticity and the Environment; 10.4 Tuning of Sensory Systems to Habitats; 10.5 Coping with Environmental Noise; 10.6 Future Directions; 10.7 Summary; 10.8 Further Reading 11 Divergence, Sensory Drive, and Speciation |
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Stevens Martin
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 | ||
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Sentience and animal welfare / / Donald M. Broom
| Sentience and animal welfare / / Donald M. Broom |
| Autore | Broom Donald M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Emotions in animals
Consciousness in animals Animal welfare |
| ISBN | 1-78064-405-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Table of Contents; Preface; Glossary; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; W; 1 The Qualities That Make Up Sentience; 1.1 Why Are We Interested in Sentience?; 1.2 How Do People View Species Perceived to be Like Us or Unlike Us?; 1.3 The Concept of Sentience; 1.4 Definitions and Descriptions of Components of Sentience; 2 Ethics, Morality and Attitudes; 2.1 Ethics; 2.2 Morality, Selfishness and Altruism; 2.3 Obligations; 2.4 Rights; 2.5 Freedom; 2.6 Brief History of Attitudes to Animals; 3 Animal Welfare Science: History and Concepts; 3.1 The History of Animal Welfare Science
3.1.1 Before 19603.1.2 The 1960s and 1970s; 3.1.3 Post-1980; 3.2 The Origins of the Animal Welfare Concept; 3.3 Welfare in Relation to Other Concepts; 3.3.1 Adaptation and welfare; 3.3.2 Stress in relation to welfare; 3.3.3 Needs and welfare; 3.3.4 Health in relation to welfare; 3.3.5 Naturalness and welfare; 3.3.6 Welfare and well-being; 3.3.7 Quality of life in relation to welfare; 3.3.8 Welfare and 'a life worth living'; 3.4 Welfare in Relation to Sentience; 4 Brain Complexity and Cognitive Ability; 4.1 Brain Function and Brain Size 4.2 Biology, Brain Function, Brain Structure and Cognitive Ability4.3 Learning; 4.4 Discrimination and Recognition; 4.5 Cognition; 4.6 Range of Cognitive Abilities; 4.7 Metacognition; 4.8 Innovation; 4.9 Cognitive Bias; 4.10 Variability Among Individuals and Within Populations; 4.11 Capabilities for Morality; 4.12 The Dangers of Occam's Razor; 5 Feelings and Emotions; 5.1 Affect, Feelings and Emotions; 5.2 Physiological Systems of Emotions and Feelings; 5.3 Mood; 5.4 Cognition in Relation to Emotion; 5.5 Pain; 5.6 Fear; 5.7 Anxiety; 5.8 Various Pleasures; 5.9 Social Affection 5.10 Guilt, Anger and Rage5.11 Welfare in Relation to Feelings; 6 Awareness and Consciousness; 6.1 The Meaning of Awareness; 6.2 Reporting Perception and Blind-sight; 6.3 Consciousness; 6.4 Assessing Own Actions and the Actions of Others; 6.5 Concepts of the Future; 6.6 Concept of Self; 6.7 Awareness of Others Having Concepts; 6.8 Evolution of Awareness; 7 Motivation and Needs; 7.1 Motivation; 7.2 Needs; 7.3 Freedoms; 7.4 Welfare in Relation to Needs; 7.5 Assessing What is Important to Animals; 8 Welfare Assessment; 8.1 Positive and Negative Welfare, Short-term and Long-term Assessment 8.2 Behavioural, Physiological and Clinical Indicators of Poor Welfare8.2.1 Physiological measures; 8.2.2 Behavioural measures; 8.2.3 Disease, injury, movement and growth measures; 8.3 Pain Assessment; 8.4 Indicators of Good Welfare Including Pleasure, Happiness, Good Health; 8.4.1 Reporting on happiness, or direct measurement?; 8.4.2 Using information about preferences; 8.4.3 Play and normal behaviour; 8.4.4 Direct measures of good welfare; 8.5 Integration of Welfare Measures; 8.6 Risk and Benefit Analysis in Animal Welfare 8.7 Welfare Reports and Welfare Outcome Indicators for Use in Inspection |
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Broom Donald M.
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| Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014 | ||
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Sexual selection in primates : new and comparative perspectives / edited by Peter M. Kappeler & Carel P. van Schaik
| Sexual selection in primates : new and comparative perspectives / edited by Peter M. Kappeler & Carel P. van Schaik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Kappeler, Peter M.
Schaik, Carel van. |
| Soggetto topico |
Primates - Behavior
Sexual selection in animals |
| ISBN | 052153738X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001865069707536 |
| New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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So kam der Mensch auf den Hund / Konrad Lorenz
| So kam der Mensch auf den Hund / Konrad Lorenz |
| Autore | LORENZ, Konrad |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Munchen : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1973 |
| Descrizione fisica | 122 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Collana | Dtv |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-990005640130203316 |
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LORENZ, Konrad
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| Munchen : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1973 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Social Behavior from Rodents to Humans [[electronic resource] ] : Neural Foundations and Clinical Implications / / edited by Markus Wöhr, Sören Krach
| Social Behavior from Rodents to Humans [[electronic resource] ] : Neural Foundations and Clinical Implications / / edited by Markus Wöhr, Sören Krach |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 429 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Collana | Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Neurosciences
Social sciences Psychopharmacology Behavioral Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-319-47429-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163026303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social insects : an evolutionary approach to castes and reproduction / Wolf Engels (ed.) ; contributors A. Buschinger ... [et al.] ; foreword by B. Rensch
| Social insects : an evolutionary approach to castes and reproduction / Wolf Engels (ed.) ; contributors A. Buschinger ... [et al.] ; foreword by B. Rensch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : Springer, c1990, c1989 |
| Descrizione fisica | 264 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Engels, Wolfauthor
Buschinger, Alfred |
| Soggetto topico |
Insects - Behavior
Insects - Reproduction Social hierarchy in animals |
| ISBN | 3540508120 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003557239707536 |
| Berlin : Springer, c1990, c1989 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Social Recognition in Invertebrates [[electronic resource] ] : The Knowns and the Unknowns / / edited by Laura Aquiloni, Elena Tricarico
| Social Recognition in Invertebrates [[electronic resource] ] : The Knowns and the Unknowns / / edited by Laura Aquiloni, Elena Tricarico |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina |
570
577.82 591.5 591.7 592 |
| Soggetto topico |
Behavioral sciences
Community ecology, Biotic Invertebrates Animal ecology Behavioral Sciences Community & Population Ecology Animal Ecology |
| ISBN | 3-319-17599-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Presentation of “Social recognition in invertebrates” -- Social recognition in invertebrates: an introduction for the readers -- Social recognition in annelids and the evolution of social recognition and cognitive abilities by sexual selection -- Individual recognition in stomatopods -- To what extent can freshwater crayfish recognise other crayfish? Social Recognition in Hermit Crabs -- Social behavior and recognition in decapod shrimps, with emphasis on the Caridea -- Social behavior in amphipods – an overview -- Social recognition in the Arachnida -- Visual recognition in social wasps -- Nestmate recognition in eusocial insects: The honeybee as a model system -- Ontogeny of nestmate recognition in social hymenoptera -- Communication and Social Regulation in Termites -- Recognition mechanisms in the biparental burying beetle. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298296203321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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Sociality in Bats [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jorge Ortega
| Sociality in Bats [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jorge Ortega |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 301 p. 53 illus., 17 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Behavioral sciences
Vertebrates Animal ecology Behavioral Sciences Animal Ecology |
| ISBN | 3-319-38953-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The social organization and behavior of the brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus -- Sex-biased dispersal and social systems of Neotropical Emballonurids -- Should I stay or should I go? Fission-fusion dynamics in bats -- Sociality, parasite, and pathogens in bats -- The complex songs of two Molossid species -- Acoustic communication and group cohesion in Spix´s disc-winged bats -- Sexually selected vocalizations of Neotropical bats -- Daily and seasonal patterns of singing by the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis -- Social learning and information transfer in bats: conspecific influence regarding roosts, calls, and food -- Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) day roost characteristics in the southeastern Ontario Lake plain of New York State -- Effects of range, habitat and roosting ecology in patterns of group association in bats -- Response of bat social groups to roost loss: More questions than answers -- The influence of sex and reproductive status on foraging behavior and seed dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253880803321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spatial memory : visuospatial processes, cognitive performance and developmental effects / / Jacob B. Thomas, editor
| Spatial memory : visuospatial processes, cognitive performance and developmental effects / / Jacob B. Thomas, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Nova Science Publishers, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations, some color |
| Disciplina | 591.5 |
| Collana | Neuroscience research progress series |
| Soggetto topico |
Space perception
Spatial ability Memory Cognitive neuroscience |
| ISBN | 1-61122-665-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cognitive visual memory in cats -- Spatial memory : the role of egocentric and allocentric frames of reference -- Allocentric spatial memory in young and older adults : a comparison of two-dimensional maze learning and object-location memory -- The role of steroid hormones in brain development and visuospatial processing on adolescence -- Familiarity and spatial cognitive style : how important are they for spatial representation? -- Visual perception, optical illusions and frequency analysis : an inter-related approach -- Egocentric coding of target location in visuo-spatial working memory -- The effect of visuo-spatial attention on long-term memory encoding -- The association of visuospatial memory and working memory with adolescent onset schizophrenia. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151726303321 |
| New York : , : Nova Science Publishers, , [2010] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stereotypic Animal Behaviour [[electronic resource] ] : Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare
| Stereotypic Animal Behaviour [[electronic resource] ] : Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare |
| Autore | Mason G |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, : CAB International, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
| Disciplina |
016.589/2
591.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RushenJ |
| Soggetto topico |
Animal behavior
Animal welfare Fungi Stereotyped behavior (Psychiatry) General Works / Reference Science Zoology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-73539-2
9786610735396 1-84593-055-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; 1 A Decade-or-More's Progress in Understanding Stereotypic Behaviour; Box 1.1: Motivation and Motivational Explanations for Stereotypies; Box 1.2: A Quick Systems Sketch of Brain and Behaviour, and the Key Systems Implicated in Stereotypies; Box 1.3: The Coping Hypothesis of Stereotypic Behaviour; Box 1.4: Behavioural Pathology – Attempt at a Biologically Meaningful Definition; PART I: NORMAL ANIMAL, ABNORMAL ENVIRONMENT?; 2 Stereotypic Oral Behaviour in Captive Ungulates: Foraging, Diet and Gastrointestinal Function
3 Locomotory Stereotypies in Carnivores: Does Pacing Stem from Hunting, Ranging or Frustrated Escape?4 The Motivational Basis of Caged Rodents' Stereotypies; PART II: STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOURS AS PATHOLOGIES; 5 Perseveration and Stereotypy – Systems-level Insights from Clinical Psychology; 6 Deprived Environments: Developmental Insights from Primatology; 7 The Neurobiology of Stereotypy I: Environmental Complexity; 8 The Neurobiology of Stereotypy II: the Role of |
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Mason G
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| Wallingford, : CAB International, 2006 | ||
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