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OverviewThroughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment. Consequently, they have evolved a staggering array of sensory organs that are fundamental to survival and reproduction and shape much of their evolution and behaviour. Sensory ecology deals with how animals acquire, process, and use information in their lives, and the sensory systems involved. It investigates the type of information that is gathered by animals, how it is used in a range of behaviours, and the evolution of such traits. It deals with both mechanistic questions (e.g. how sensory receptors capture information from the environment, and how the physical attributes of the environment affect information transmission) and functional questions (e.g. the adaptive significance of the information used by the animal to make a decision). Recent research has dealt more explicitly with how sensory systems are involved with and even drive evolutionary change, including the formation of new species. Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution provides a broad introduction to sensory ecology across a wide range of taxonomic groups, covering all the various sensory modalities (e.g. sound, visual, chemical, magnetic, and electric) relating to diverse areas spanning anti-predator strategies, foraging, mate choice, navigation and more, with the aim being to illustrate key principles and differences. This accessible textbook is suitable for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and professional academics taking courses or conducting research in sensory ecology/biology, neuroethology, behavioural and evolutionary ecology, communication, and signalling. It will also be of relevance and use to psychologists interested in sensory information and behaviour. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin Stevens (Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.724kg ISBN: 9780199601776ISBN 10: 0199601771 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 07 February 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1: Sensory Ecology, Information, and Decision Making Part 2: Sensory Processing 2: Sensing the World 3: Encoding Information 4: Sensory Systems: Trade-Offs, Costs, and Sensory Integration Part 3: Communication 5: Signalling and Communication 6: Multimodal Signals and Communication 7: Trade-Offs and Costs in Signalling 8: Deception, Mimicry, and Sensory Exploitation Part 4: Diversification and Divergence 9: Arms Races, Coevolution, and Diversification 10: Adapting to the Environment 11: Divergence, Sensory Drive, and Speciation Part 5: Conclusions 12: Concluding RemarksReviewsthe lay person could close this book armed with a thorough and broad understanding of natural selection without even realising it. Not only that, but theyll have read some really interesting natural history stories and picked up some fascinating insights into animal behaviour, physiology and ecology. * Graeme D. Ruxton, Current Biology * This book is an ambitious and successful attempt to integrate mechanistic and functional aspects of communication by the authors ... essential reading. * Tim Caro, The Quarterly Review of Biology * This book is an ambitious and successful attempt to integrate mechanistic and functional aspects of communication by the authors ... essential reading. Tim Caro, The Quarterly Review of Biology the lay person could close this book armed with a thorough and broad understanding of natural selection without even realising it. Not only that, but theyll have read some really interesting natural history stories and picked up some fascinating insights into animal behaviour, physiology and ecology. Graeme D. Ruxton, Current Biology the lay person could close this book armed with a thorough and broad understanding of natural selection without even realising it. Not only that, but theyll have read some really interesting natural history stories and picked up some fascinating insights into animal behaviour, physiology and ecology. Graeme D. Ruxton, Current Biology Author InformationMartin Stevens is a BBSRC David Phillips Fellow, based in the Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter. His research focuses on sensory ecology and behaviour, especially animal coloration and vision, across a wide range of organisms. His work has covered animal colour and spatial vision, anti-predator markings, brood parasitism and cuckoos, and sexual signals and vision in primates. He did his PhD at the University of Bristol on animal camouflage and bird vision, and has published over 40 scientific manuscripts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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