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Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field

  • 2nd Edition - July 19, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Heather Zimbler-DeLorenzo, Susan W. Margulis
  • Language: English

Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field, Second Edition provides a comprehensive manual on animal behavior lab activities. This new edition brings together basic res… Read more

Description

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.

Key features

  • Offers an up-to-date representation of animal behavior
  • Examines ethics and approvals for the study of vertebrate animals
  • Includes contributions from a large field of expertise in the Animal Behavior Society
  • Provides a flexible resource that can be used as a laboratory manual or in a flipped classroom setting

Readership

Students and educators in animal science studies, specifically animal behavior laboratory. Researchers and practitioners in animal behavior studies, both working in laboratory and field settings

Table of contents

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

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 23, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Heather Zimbler-DeLorenzo

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Alfred University, NY, USA

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Susan W. Margulis

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Department Chair of Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Biology, Canisius College, University of Chicago, USA

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