Fundamentals of Animal Behaviour

Description

Contents

1. Introduction to Animal Behaviour 
2. Genetic Material 
3. Gene 
4. Chromosomes 
5. Genetic Variation 
6. Single Gene Inheritance of Behaviour 
7. Polygenic Inheritance of Behaviour 
8. Heritability of Behaviour 
9. Natural Selection and Behaviour 
10. Frequency Distribution of Phenotypes 
11. Darwin’s Finches 
12. Evolution of Adaptive Strategies 
13. Sexual Selection 
14. Altruism 
15. Sexual Strategy 
16. Social Organization 
17. Animal Perception 
18. Neural Control of Behaviour 
19. Sensory Processes and Perception 
20. Visual Adaptations to Unfavourable Environments 
21. Coordination and Orientation 
22. Homeostasis and Behaviour 
23. Physiology and Behaviour 
24. Animal Learning 
25. Biological Aspects of Learning 
26. Cognitive Aspects of Learning 
27. Conditioning 
28. Conditioning and Learning 
29. Instinct 
30. Instinct and learning 
31. Displacement Activities 
32. Ritualization and Communication 
33. Decision Making in Animals 
34. Mechanism of Decision Making 
35. Complex Behaviour of Honey Bees 
36. Evolutionary Optimality 
37. The Mentality of Animals 
38. Languages and Mental Representations 
39. Non-Verbal Communication in Human 
40. Mental Images 
41. Intelligence 
42. Tool - Use 
43. Animal Awareness 
44. Emotion 
45. Organization of Circadian System in Multicellular Animals 
46. Concept of Central and Peripheral Clock System 
47. Circadian Pacemaker System in Invertebrates with Reference to Drosophila 
48. Photoreception 
49. Phototransduction 
50. The Physiological Clock and Measurement of Day Length 
51. Molecular Basis of Seasonality 
52. The Relevance of Biological Clocks for Human Welfare 
53. Clock Dysfunction 
54. Human Health and Diseases 
55. Chrono pharmacology 
56. Chrono medicine 
57. Chronotherapy