Transcript Animal Behavior, 9e

Chapter 6 Opener
Figure 6.1 Mobbing behavior of colonial, ground-nesting gulls
Figure 6.2 A nesting colony of black-headed gulls
Figure 6.3 An arms race with a winner?
Figure 6.4 Does mobbing protect eggs?
Figure 6.5 Benefit of high nest density for the arctic skua
Figure 6.6 Gull phylogeny and two scenarios for the origin of cliff-nesting behavior
Figure 6.6 Gull phylogeny and two scenarios for the origin of cliff-nesting behavior (Part 1)
Figure 6.6 Gull phylogeny and two scenarios for the origin of cliff-nesting behavior (Part 2)
Figure 6.7 Not all gulls nest on the ground
Figure 6.8 The logic of the comparative method
Figure 6.9 Colonial California ground squirrels mob their snake enemies
Figure 6.10 The dilution effect in butterfly groups
Figure 6.11 A recently hatched black-necked stilt
Figure 6.12 The dilution effect in mayflies
Figure 6.13 Fighting back by terns and wasps
Figure 6.14 Communal defense by sawfly larvae
Figure 6.15 A group of sleeping bees
Figure 6.16 Cryptic coloration depends on background selection
Figure 6.17 The camouflaged moth, Biston betularia
Figure 6.18 Predation risk and background selection by moths
Figure 6.19 Cryptic coloration and body orientation
Figure 6.20 Does cryptic behavior work?
Figure 6.21 Safety lies in false edges for prey that exploit their predator’s edge detectors
Figure 6.22 Personal hygiene by a skipper butterfly larva may be an antipredator adaptation
Figure 6.23 Warning coloration and toxins
Figure 6.24 Effect of monarch butterfly toxins
Figure 6.25 Why behave conspicuously?
Figure 6.26 An advertisement of unprofitability to deter pursuit?
Figure 6.27 Cheetahs abandon hunts more often when gazelles stot
Figure 6.28 Are pushup displays an honest signal of a lizard’s physiological condition?
Figure 6.29 The lizard Cnemidophorus murinus often waves a foreleg at humans that disturb it
Figure 6.30 An optimality model
Figure 6.31 Optimal covey size for northern bobwhite quail
Figure 6.31 Optimal covey size for northern bobwhite quail
Figure 6.31 Optimal covey size for northern bobwhite quail
Figure 6.31 Optimal covey size for northern bobwhite quail
Figure 6.32 Selfish herds may evolve in prey species
Figure 6.33 Redshanks form selfish herds
Figure 6.34 A game theoretical model