Applied Animal Behaviour Science Research Articles

Is Conventional Foraging Theory Optimal?

Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsIs Conventional Foraging Theory Optimal?John W. GlasserJohn W. Glasser Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 124, Number 6Dec., 1984 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/284323 Views: 6Total views on this site Citations: 16Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1985 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Matthew W. Betts, T. Max Friesen Archaeofaunal signatures of specialized bowhead whaling in the Western Canadian Arctic: a regional study, Anthropozoologica 48, no.11 (Jun 2013): 53–73.https://doi.org/10.5252/az2013n1a3G. P. Malherbe, N. C. Bennett, A. S. Schoeman Foraging in the subterranean social highveld mole‐rat ( Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae ): an investigation into mass‐dependent geophyte use and foraging patterns, Journal of Zoology 260, no.33 (Feb 2006): 219–225.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836903003698Jeremy J. Thompson Interseasonal Changes in Shorebird Habitat Specialisation in Moreton Bay, Australia, Emu - Austral Ornithology 98, no.22 (Dec 2016): 117–126.https://doi.org/10.1071/MU98012R. L. Sr Vadas, M. T. Burrows, R. N. Hughes Foraging strategies of dogwhelks, Nucella lapillus (L.): interacting effects of age, diet and chemical cues to the threat of predation, Oecologia 100, no.44 (Dec 1994): 439–450.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317866M. Bres The behaviour of sharks, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 3, no.22 (Jun 1993): 133–159.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00045229Ian D. Thompson, Patrick W. Colgan Prey choice by marten during a decline in prey abundance, Oecologia 83, no.44 (Jul 1990): 443–451.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317193 William A. Mitchell , and Thomas J. Valone The Optimization Research Program: Studying Adaptations by Their Function, The Quarterly Review of Biology 65, no.11 (Oct 2015): 43–52.https://doi.org/10.1086/416584William Sheehan, A. M. Shelton The role of experience in plant foraging by the aphid parasitoidDiaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), Journal of Insect Behavior 2, no.66 (Nov 1989): 743–759.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01049398 John W. Glasser Temporal Patterns in Species' Abundances that Imply a Balance between Competition and Predation, The American Naturalist 134, no.11 (Oct 2015): 120–127.https://doi.org/10.1086/284968G. Heth, E. M. Golenberg, E. Nevo Foraging strategy in a subterranean rodent, Spalax ehrenbergi: a test case for optimal foraging theory, Oecologia 79, no.44 (Jun 1989): 496–505.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00378667John W. Glasser Interface (and facilitation) among species that exploit alternative resources, Ecological Modelling 40, no.22 (Feb 1988): 111–129.https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(88)90106-8F.D. Provenza, D.F. Balph Diet learning by domestic ruminants: Theory, evidence and practical implications, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 18, no.3-43-4 (Oct 1987): 211–232.https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(87)90218-8Russell D. Gray Faith and Foraging: A Critique of the “Paradigm Argument from Design”, (Jan 1987): 69–140.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1839-2_2Brian M. Marcotte, Howard I. Browman Foraging behaviour in fishes: perspectives on variance, Environmental Biology of Fishes 16, no.1-31-3 (Jun 1986): 25–33.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005157Brian M. Marcotte, Howard I. Browman Foraging behaviour in fishes: perspectives on variance, (Jan 1986): 25–34.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1158-6_2Gerhard Gottsberger Floral Ecology Report on the Years 1981(79) to 1985, (Jan 1985): 384–417.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45607-7_22

The Adaptive Value of Male-Biased Sex Ratios Among Stressed Animals

The Adaptive Value of Male-Biased Sex Ratios Among Stressed Animals

Dominance Rank, Secondary Sex Ratio, and Reproduction of Offspring in Polygynous Primates

One question in evolutionary biology which is central to understanding reproductive strategies and parental efforts at rearing offspring is why organisms produce certain offspring sex ratios (Trivers and Willard 1973; Charnov 1982). Fisher (1930) argued that since each individual has a mother and a father, both sexes contribute genes equally to the next generation. All else being equal, if members of one sex were overproduced, their ability to reproduce would be limited by the availability of members of the less abundant sex and natural selection would favor any predisposition to produce offspring of the less abundant sex. In this fashion, Fisher reasoned, selection would adjust the offspring sex ratio in an outbreeding population until total parental investment (PI, Trivers 1972) in the two sexes was equal. Fisher (1930) assumed, but did not clearly state, that all parents were alike in their ability to rear reproductively successful sons and daughters (Patterson and Emlen 1980). A model proposed by Trivers and Willard (1973), however, specified how deviations from equal PI may be favored by natural selection according to the influence of maternal condition on the reproduction of offspring. The TriversWillard model proposed that in polygynous species if some condition of mothers (e.g., dominance rank) influences the condition and, as a result, the reproductive success (RS) of sons more than daughters, then selection should result in the evolution and maintenance of mechanisms by which females in poor condition invest less in sons than daughters and/or females in good condition invest more in sons than daughters. This model is particularly relevant for primates, since the majority of species are polygynous (Clutton-Brock and Harvey 1977). Since the dominance rank of a monkey's social group and family has a strong

Energy Maximizers and Time Minimizers: Theory and Reality

Energy Maximizers and Time Minimizers: Theory and Reality

Sex Ratio and Local Resource Competition

Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsSex Ratio and Local Resource CompetitionJohn L. HooglandJohn L. Hoogland Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 117, Number 5May, 1981 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283764 Views: 4Total views on this site Citations: 9Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1981 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Lee Cronk Boy or girl: gender preferences from a Darwinian point of view, Reproductive BioMedicine Online 15 (Jan 2007): 23–32.https://doi.org/10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60546-9Ian C.W. Hardy Possible factors influencing vertebrate sex ratios: an introductory overview, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 51, no.3-43-4 (Feb 1997): 217–241.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01106-9J. C. Masters, W. H. R. Lumsden, D. A. Young Tertiary sex ratios in wild Galago population (Mammalia: Primates), Journal of Zoology 230, no.44 (Mar 2009): 659–663.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1993.tb02714.xLee Cronk Preferential parental investment in daughters over sons, Human Nature 2, no.44 (Dec 1991): 387–417.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692198Ilpo Kojola, Eija Eloranta INFLUENCES OF MATERNAL BODY WEIGHT, AGE, AND PARITY ON SEX RATIO IN SEMIDOMESTICATED REINDEER ( RANGIFER T. TARANDUS ), Evolution 43, no.66 (May 2017): 1331–1336.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02582.x T. H. Clutton-Brock , and G. R. Iason Sex Ratio Variation in Mammals, The Quarterly Review of Biology 61, no.33 (Oct 2015): 339–374.https://doi.org/10.1086/415033C. N. Johnson Philopatry, reproductive success of females, and maternal investment in the red-necked wallaby, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19, no.22 (Jul 1986): 143–150.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299949 Patricia Adair Gowaty , and Michael R. Lennartz Sex Ratios of Nestling and Fledgling Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) Favor Males, The American Naturalist 126, no.33 (Oct 2015): 347–353.https://doi.org/10.1086/284421Andrew Cockburn, Michelle P. Scott, Chris R. Dickman Sex ratio and intrasexual kin competition in mammals, Oecologia 66, no.33 (Jun 1985): 427–429.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00378310

All-Female Litters as a Reproductive Strategy: Defense and Generalization of the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis

Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsAll-Female Litters as a Reproductive Strategy: Defense and Generalization of the Trivers-Willard HypothesisLauri OksanenLauri Oksanen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 117, Number 1Jan., 1981 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283692 Views: 8Total views on this site Citations: 7Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1981 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:John Lazarus Human sex ratios: adaptations and mechanisms, problems and prospects, (Jun 2002): 287–312.https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542053.015Michael Mesterton-Gibbons, Ian C. W. Hardy A polymorphic effect of sexually differential production costs when one parent controls the sex ratio, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 268, no.14741474 (Jul 2001): 1429–1434.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1649Ian C.W. Hardy Possible factors influencing vertebrate sex ratios: an introductory overview, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 51, no.3-43-4 (Feb 1997): 217–241.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01106-9Grace Cristina Chacon‐Puignau, Klaus Jaffe Sex ratio at birth deviations in modern Venezuela: The Trivers‐Willard effect, Biodemography and Social Biology 43, no.3-43-4 (Sep 1996): 257–270.https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.1996.9988927Steven N. Austad, Mel E. Sunquist Sex-ratio manipulation in the common opossum, Nature 324, no.60926092 (Nov 1986): 58–60.https://doi.org/10.1038/324058a0Nancy Burley SEX‐RATIO MANIPULATION IN COLOR‐BANDED POPULATIONS OF ZEBRA FINCHES, Evolution 40, no.66 (May 2017): 1191–1206.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1986.tb05744.xT. H. Clutton-Brock Sons and daughters, Nature 298, no.58695869 (Jul 1982): 11–13.https://doi.org/10.1038/298011a0

On the Fitness of Behavior Sequences

Our aim is to demonstrate a method of determining the extent to which behavior maximizes fitness. We believe the temporal organization of behavior to be in part dependent on the animal's genetic makeup and subject to natural selection and that behavioral strategies may be as adaptive as structural characters. The question of the adaptiveness of behavior has been found hard to study in the past (Tinbergen 1963) because of the difficulty of quantitative verification of hypotheses. The method presented here tests specifically whether deployment of behavioral options is optimally related to environmental conditions.

Ecological Determinants of Group Sizes of Foraging Lions

Ecological Determinants of Group Sizes of Foraging Lions

Water economy of the Somali donkey.

Water economy of the Somali donkey.

Weapon Automimicry Among Mammals

Previous articleNext article No AccessLetters to the EditorWeapon Automimicry Among MammalsR. D. Guthrie, and Ronald G. PetoczR. D. Guthrie Search for more articles by this author , and Ronald G. Petocz Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 104, Number 940Nov. - Dec., 1970 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/282694 Views: 13Total views on this site Citations: 21Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1970 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Simcha Lev-Yadun Avoiding rather than resisting herbivore attacks is often the first line of plant defence, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134, no.44 (Sep 2021): 775–802.https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab110Natasha Howell, Catherine Sheard, Manisha Koneru, Kasey Brockelsby, Konatsu Ono, Tim Caro Aposematism in mammals, Evolution 75, no.1010 (Aug 2021): 2480–2493.https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14320Simcha Lev-Yadun Müllerian and Batesian mimicry out, Darwinian and Wallacian mimicry in, for rewarding/rewardless flowers, Plant Signaling & Behavior 13, no.66 (Jun 2018): e1480846.https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2018.1480846Paul J. Weldon Receiver-error in deception, including mimicry: making the leap from inter- to intraspecific domains, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 39 (Nov 2016).https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12905Simcha Lev-Yadun Batesian Mimicry and Automimicry of Aposematic Thorns, Spines and Prickles, (Oct 2016): 165–171.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42096-7_32David M. Leslie, Dana N. Lee, Richard W. Dolman Elaphodus cephalophus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae), Mammalian Species 904 (Dec 2013): 80–91.https://doi.org/10.1644/904.1David M. Leslie, Koustubh Sharma Tetracerus quadricornis (Artiodactyla: Bovidae), Mammalian Species 843 (Sep 2009): 1–11.https://doi.org/10.1644/843.1Simcha Lev-Yadun Aposematic (Warning) Coloration in Plants, (Jan 2009): 167–202.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89230-4_10Simcha Lev-Yadun, Kevin S. Gould Role of Anthocyanins in Plant Defence, (Sep 2008): 22–28.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77335-3_2C. Newman, C. D. Buesching, J. O. Wolff The function of facial masks in "midguild" carnivores, Oikos 108, no.33 (Mar 2005): 623–633.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13399.xSimcha Lev-Yadun Weapon (thorn) automimicry and mimicry of aposematic colorful thorns in plants, Journal of Theoretical Biology 224, no.22 (Sep 2003): 183–188.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00156-5Richard G. Coss The Role of Evolved Perceptual Biases in Art and Design, (Jan 2003): 69–130.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07142-7_4ALESSIA ORTOLANI Spots, stripes, tail tips and dark eyes: Predicting the function of carnivore colour patterns using the comparative method, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 67, no.44 (Jun 2008): 433–476.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1999.tb01942.xDietland Müller-Schwarze Signal Specialization and Evolution in Mammals, (Jan 1999): 1–14.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4733-4_1ANDREW STARRETT Adaptive resemblance: a unifying concept for mimicry and crypsis, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 48, no.44 (May 2008): 299–317.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1993.tb02093.xRichard D. Estes The significance of horns and other male secondary sexual characters in female bovids, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 29, no.1-41-4 (Feb 1991): 403–451.https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(91)90264-X F. Harvey Pough Mimicry of Vertebrates: Are the Rules Different?, The American Naturalist 131 (Oct 2015): S67–S102.https://doi.org/10.1086/284767Paul J. Weldon, Gordon M. Burghardt Deception Divergence and Sexual Selection, Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 65, no.22 (Apr 2010): 89–102.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1984.tb00092.xWILLIAM K. REDICAN Facial Expressions in Nonhuman Primates, (Jan 1975): 103–194.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-534004-5.50007-5P. A. Brokx The Superior Canines of Odocoileus and Other Deer, Journal of Mammalogy 53, no.22 (Jun 1972): 359–366.https://doi.org/10.2307/1379174Robert W. Ficken, Paul E. Matthiae, Robert Horwich Eye Marks in Vertebrates: Aids to Vision, Science 173, no.40004000 (Sep 1971): 936–939.https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.4000.936

Disgorging of Food to the Puppies by the Lactating Dog

Previous articleNext article No AccessDisgorging of Food to the Puppies by the Lactating DogThales MartinsThales Martins Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 22, Number 2Apr., 1949 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.22.2.30152039 Views: 1Total views on this site Citations: 11Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in Physiological Zoology (1928-1998), which is continued by Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (1999-present). PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Clive D. L. Wynne The Indispensable Dog, Frontiers in Psychology 12 (Jul 2021).https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.656529Clive D.L. Wynne Dogs' (Canis lupus familiaris) behavioral adaptations to a human-dominated niche: A review and novel hypothesis, (Jan 2021): 97–162.https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.asb.2021.03.004S.K. Pal, S. Roy, B. Ghosh Pup rearing: the role of mothers and allomothers in free-ranging domestic dogs, Applied Animal Behaviour Science (Dec 2020): 105181.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2020.105181Kathryn Lord, Mark Feinstein, Bradley Smith, Raymond Coppinger Variation in reproductive traits of members of the genus Canis with special attention to the domestic dog (Canis familiaris), Behavioural Processes 92 (Jan 2013): 131–142.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2012.10.009S.K. Pal Parental care in free-ranging dogs, Canis familiaris, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 90, no.11 (Jan 2005): 31–47.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2004.08.002K.M. Pratschke, E. Fitzpatrick, D. Campion, H. McAllister, C.R. Bellenger Topography of the gastro-oesophageal junction in the dog revisited: possible clinical implications, Research in Veterinary Science 76, no.33 (Jun 2004): 171–177.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2003.12.001Kerstin Malm Regurgitation in relation to weaning in the domestic dog: a questionnaire study, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 43, no.22 (May 1995): 111–122.https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(95)00556-8Kerstin Malm, Per Jensen Regurgitation as a weaning strategy — a selective review on an old subject in a new light, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 36, no.11 (Mar 1993): 47–64.https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(93)90098-AH. Hörnicke, G. Björnhag Coprophagy and related strategies for digesta utilization, (Jan 1980): 707–730.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8067-2_34O. Anne E. Rasa Prey Capture, Feeding Techniques, and their Ontogeny in the African Dwarf Mongoose, Helogale undulata rufula, Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 32, no.55 (Apr 2010): 449–488.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1973.tb01117.xR. F. Ewer The Behaviour of the African Giant Rat (Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse), Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 24, no.11 (Apr 2010): 6–79.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1967.tb01228.x

Social Factors Influencing the Hierarchies of Small Flocks of the Domestic Hen: Interactions between Resident and Part-Time Members of Organized Flocks

Social Factors Influencing the Hierarchies of Small Flocks of the Domestic Hen: Interactions between Resident and Part-Time Members of Organized Flocks

Dominance and the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

Dominance and the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

Mating Behavior and the Social Hierarchy in Small Flocks of White Leghorns

Mating Behavior and the Social Hierarchy in Small Flocks of White Leghorns

The Physiology of the Formation of "Pigeon's Milk"

The Physiology of the Formation of "Pigeon's Milk"

A Study of Individuality in the Nutritive Instincts and of the Causes and Effects of Variations in the Selection of Food

A Study of Individuality in the Nutritive Instincts and of the Causes and Effects of Variations in the Selection of Food

Animal Behavior and Internal Drives

Animal Behavior and Internal Drives