Table of Contents

An Evolutionary Approach to Animal Behavior; Understanding the Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Bird Song; The Development of Behavior; The Control of Behavior: Neural Mechanisms; The Organization of Behavior: Neurons and Hormones; Behavioral Adaptations against Predators; The Evolution of Feeding Behavior; The Evolution of Selecting Where to Live; The Evolution of Communication; The Evolution of Reproductive Behavior; The Evolution of Mating Systems; The Evolution of Parental Care; The Evolution of Social Behavior; The Evolution of Human Behavior; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

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JOHN ALCOCK is a Regents' Professor of Zoology at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University under the direction of Ernst Mayr. His research deals with the behavioural ecology of insect mating systems, with projects that have taken him from Arizona to Costa Rica and Australia. He co-authored The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems (1983) with Randy Thornhill and has also written six other books on animal behaviour and natural history for general audiences. One of these, In a Desert Garden, received the Burroughs' Award for natural history writing in 19