Peter G. Hepper (ed.)

Kin Recognition

Herausgeber: Hepper, Peter G.

• Broschiertes Buch

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9780521017558
• ISBN-10: 0521017556
• Artikelnr.: 21783207

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction P. G. Hepper
2. The correlation between kinship and behaviour in non-human primates I. S. Bernstein
3. Cooperation and reciprocity in birds and mammals J. D. Ligon
4. Kinship and fellowship in ants and social wasps P. Jaisson
5. Successes and failures of parent-offspring recognition in animals M. D. Beecher
6. Kinship, kin discrimination and mate choice criteria C. J. Barnard and P. G. M. Aldous
7. Genetic components of kin recognition in mammals E. A. Boyse
8. Kin recognition in amphibians B. Waldman
9. Kin recognition cues of vertebrates Z. T. Halpin
10. Recognizing kin: ontogeny and classification P. G. Hepper
11. Parental states as mechanisms for kinship recognition and deception about relatedness R. W. Elwood
12. Fetal learning: implications for the development of kin recognition S. R. Robinson and W. P. Smotherman
13. Information processing and storage during filial imprinting M. H. Johnson
14. The honey bee as a model kin recognition system W. M. Getz
15. Mutual mother-infant recognition in humans R. H. Porter
References
Index.