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The last decade has seen a surge of interest among biologists in a range of social animal phenomena, including collective behaviour and social networks. In ‘Animal Social Behaviour’, authors Ashley Ward and Michael Webster integrate the most up-to-date empirical and theoretical research to provide a new synthesis of the field, which is aimed at fellow researchers and postgraduate students on the topic.

Animal Behavior --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Social behavior in animals. --- Animal societies. --- Social behavior in animals --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Animal behavior. --- Zoology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Behavior --- Behavioral sciences.

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A stunningly illustrated look at the mating and parenting lives of the world's birdsBird Love looks at the extraordinary range of mating systems in the avian world, exploring all the stages from courtship and nest-building to protecting eggs and raising chicks. It delves into the reasons why some species, such as the wattled jacana, rely on males to do all the childcare, while others, such as cuckoos and honeyguides, dump their eggs in the nests of others to raise. For some birds, reciprocal promiscuity pays off: both male and female dunnocks will rear the most chicks by mating with as many partners as possible. For others, long-term monogamy is the only way to ensure their offspring survive.The book explores the wide variety of ways birds make sure they find a mate in the first place, including how many male birds employ elaborate tactics to show how sexy they are. Gathering in leks to display to females, they dance, pose, or parade to sell their suitability as a mate. Other birds attract a partner with their building skills: female bowerbirds rate brains above beauty, so males construct elaborate bowers with twig avenues and cleared courtyards to impress them.Looking at the differing levels of parenting skills across species around the world, we see why a tenth of bird species, including the fairy-wrens of Australia, have helpers at the nest who forgo their own reproduction to assist the breeding pair; how brood parasites and their hosts have engaged in evolutionary arms races; and how monogamous pairs share—or relinquish—their responsibilities.Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, Bird Love is a celebration of the global diversity of avian reproductive strategies.

Birds --- Courtship in animals. --- Behavior. --- African jacana. --- African weavers. --- Australasian wrens. --- Cape weaver. --- Eastern golden weaver. --- Gouldian finches. --- Lesser masked weaver. --- Long-tailed widowbird. --- Madagascan jacana. --- albatross. --- barn swallows. --- bird tours. --- birding adventures. --- birding vacations. --- birds of paradise. --- birdwatching. --- dunnocks. --- fairy-wrens. --- incubator birds. --- jacanas. --- lily trotters. --- manakins. --- megapodes. --- mound-builders. --- northern jacana. --- parrots. --- passerines. --- perching birds. --- red-backed fairywren. --- sparrows. --- splendid fairywren. --- superb fairywren. --- variegated fairywren. --- wattled jacana. --- widowbirds.

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Les oiseaux sont rarement discrets : ils se manifestent, se montrent, se font entendre de leurs congénères ou des autres espèces, nous y compris. Mais que comprenons- nous de ces échanges permanents ? Un oiseau est une créature foncièrement sociale et la communication est essentielle à la façon dont il vit son existence. Décryptez cette communication et vous commencerez à comprendre ses désirs et ses motivations, ses peurs et sa perception des choses. Ne serait-ce que son chant, qui bien souvent nous ravit d'emblée, peut être une manière de se signaler comme de séduire, de décrire précisément un danger, voire de menacer. Pour certaines espèces, la communication s'appuie majoritairement sur des comportements innés transmis de génération en génération ; pour d'autres, elle s'apprend tout au long de la vie ; pour d'autres encore, c'est toute une tension qui se joue entre nature et culture, que les progrès des technologies génétiques nous permettent de comprendre jour après jour un peu mieux. Cet ouvrage vous présente l'état des connaissances sur le sujet et toutes les stratégies mises en place par les spécialistes pour interpréter les échanges qui se jouent devant nous ou aux quatre coins du monde, avec à la clé un aperçu passionnant des nouvelles preuves de l'intelligence aviaire. Les oiseaux ne se contentent pas de crier et de chanter pour transmettre des informations : ils dansent, seuls ou en troupes organisées comme le ménure superbe, se pavanent, mendient, imitent le serpent comme le torcol, exhibent des attributs hypertrophiés, se lancent dans des concours de décoration comme les jardiniers satinés, forment des duos, qui sont autant d'éléments de langage. Au sortir de l'exploration richement illustrée que vous propose ce livre, peut-être vous sentirez vous capable de parler un peu oiseau...