Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field

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. Offers an up-to-date representation of animal behaviorExamines ethics and approvals for the study of vertebrate animalsIncludes contributions from a large field of expertise in the Animal Behavior SocietyProvides a flexible resource that can be used as a laboratory manual or in a flipped classroom setting INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821410-7
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 516
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés