Preface
* Introduction
Part One: Approaches to the Study of Animal Behavior
* History of the Study of Animal Behavior
* Genetic Analysis of Behavior
* Natural Selection and Ecological Analysis of Behavior
* Learning
* Physiological Analysis: Nerve Cells and Behavior
* Physiological Analysis of Behavior -
The Endocrine System
* The Development of Behavior
Part Two: Behavior of the Individual Surviving in its Environment
* Biological Clocks
* Orientation in Space
* Mechanisms of Orientation
* Foraging
* Antipredator Behavior
* Sexual Reproduction and Sexual Selection
* Parental Care and Mating Systems
Part Three: Behavior of Groups -
Social Behavior
* Sociality and Dispersion
* Maintaining Group Cohesion: I. Description and Evolution of Communication
* Maintaining Group Cohesion: II. Functions of Communication and Contact
* Altruism
Summary
Appendix Magnetoreception
References
Photo Credits
Author Index
Subject Index
Species Index