Animal contests / edited by Ian C.W. Hardy, University of Nottingham, UK, Mark Briffa, Plymouth University, UK.

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Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781139051248 (ebook)

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Competition (Biology)

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Electronic books.

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577.8/3 23

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QH546.3 .A55 2013

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Contents:

1. Introduction to animal contests / Mark Briffa, Ian C.W. Hardy -- 2. Dyadic contests: modelling fights between two individuals / Hanna Kokko -- 3. Models of group or multi-party contests / Tom N. Sherratt, Mike Mesterton-Gibbons -- 4. Analysis of animal contest data / Mark Briffa, Ian C.W. Hardy, Martin P. Gammell, Dómhnall J. Jennings, David D. Clarke, Marlène Goubault -- 5. Contests in crustaceans: assessments, decisions and their underlying mechanisms / Mark Briffa -- 6. Aggression in spiders / Robert W. Elwood, John Prenter -- 7. Contest behaviour in butterflies: fighting without weapons / Darrell J. Kemp -- 8. Hymenopteran contests and agonistic behaviour / Ian C.W. Hardy, Marlène Goubault, Tim P. Batchelor -- 9. Horns and the role of development in the evolution of beetle contests / Emilie C. Snell-Rood, Armin P. Moczek -- 10. Contest behaviour in fishes / Ryan L. Earley, Yuying Hsu -- 11. Contests in amphibians / Miranda L. Dyson, Michael S. Reichert, Tim R. Halliday -- 12. Lizards and other reptiles as model systems for the study of contest behaviour / Troy A. Baird -- 13. Bird contests: from hatching to fertilisation / Sarah R. Pryke -- 14. Contest behaviour in ungulates / Dómhnall J. Jennings, Martin P. Gammell -- 15. Human contests: evolutionary theory and the analysis of interstate war / Scott A. Field, Mark Briffa -- 16. Prospects for animal contests / Mark Briffa, Ian C.W. Hardy, Sophie L. Mowles.

Summary: Contests are an important aspect of the lives of diverse animals, from sea anemones competing for space on a rocky shore to fallow deer stags contending for access to females. Why do animals fight? What determines when fights stop and which contestant wins? Addressing fundamental questions on contest behaviour, this volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives across a range of species. The historical development of contest research, the evolutionary theory of both dyadic and multiparty contests, and approaches to experimental design and data analysis are discussed in the first chapters. This is followed by reviews of research in key animal taxa, from the use of aerial displays and assessment rules in butterflies and the developmental biology of weapons in beetles, through to interstate warfare in humans. The final chapter considers future directions and applications of contest research, making this a comprehensive resource for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

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Contests are an important aspect of the lives of diverse animals, from sea anemones competing for space on a rocky shore to fallow deer stags contending for access to females. Why do animals fight? What determines when fights stop and which contestant wins? Addressing fundamental questions on contest behaviour, this volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives across a range of species. The historical development of contest research, the evolutionary theory of both dyadic and multiparty contests, and approaches to experimental design and data analysis are discussed in the first chapters. This is followed by reviews of research in key animal taxa, from the use of aerial displays and assessment rules in butterflies and the developmental biology of weapons in beetles, through to interstate warfare in humans. The final chapter considers future directions and applications of contest research, making this a comprehensive resource for both graduate students and researchers in the field.