Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. Edition No. 2

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July 2021
Elsevier Science and Technology
ID: 5230550

Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field, Second Edition provides a comprehensive manual on animal behavior lab activities. This new edition brings together basic research and methods, presenting applications and problem-solving techniques. It provides all the details to successfully run designed activities while also offering flexibility and ease in setup. The exercises in this volume address animal behavior at all levels, describing behavior, theory, application and communication. Each lab provides details on how to successfully run the activity while also offering flexibility to instructors. This is an important resource for students educators, researchers and practitioners who want to explore and study animal behavior.

The field of animal behavior has changed dramatically in the past 15 - 20 years, including a greater use and availability of technology and statistical analysis. In addition, animal behavior has taken on a more applied role in the last decade, with a greater emphasis on conservation and applied behavior, hence the necessity for new resources on the topic.

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Part I: Describing Behavior
1. Writing Ethograms
2. Observation and Inference
3. Basic Methods of Observational Research
4. Developing Hypotheses

Part II: Theory of Behavior
5. Evolution
6. Sensory Systems
7. Learning
8. Communication
9. Altruism
10. Game Theory
11. Mechanisms
12. Development

Part III: Application of Behavior
13. Positive Reinforcement Training
14. Animal Welfare
15. Conservation Behavior
16. Enrichment
17. Comparative Cognition

Part IV: Communicating Science
18. Reading Scientific Literature
19. IACUC and Similar Applications
20. Writing for the Public
21. Writing for Scientific Publications
22. Appendices
23. Tools for Observation and Data Collection
24. Basic Statistics for Behavior
25. Citations in Science

Authors

Heather Zimbler-DeLorenzo Associate Professor of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Alfred University, NY, USA. Heather Zimbler-DeLorenzo is currently an Associate Professor of Biology at Georgia State University Perimeter College. She received her PhD in Biological Sciences from Auburn University. Dr. Zimbler-DeLorenzo has been a member of the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) since 2004 and held the position as Chair of the Education Committee for ABS from 2018 to 2020. Susan W. Margulis Professor and Department Chair of Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Biology, Canisius College, University of Chicago, USA. Susan Margulis is currently a Professor and Department Chair of Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Biology at Canisius College. Dr. Margulis received her PhD from the University of Chicago in Evolutionary Biology, presenting her thesis on the effects of inbreeding on parental behavior and reproductive success in two subspecies of the oldfield mouse. She has been a member of the Animal Behavior Society since 1980, and also serves as a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Animal Behavior Society Education Committee, EthoSource, and as a research advisor for the Gibbon Species Survival Plan.

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