Behavioral Flexibility in Primates: Causes and Consequences

• Main Author: Jones, Clara B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
• Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Developmental biology.; Animal ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Developmental Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.

Table of Contents:

• to Intraindividual Variation of Primate Behavior
• The Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Flexibility to Inclusive Fitness: Dispersal as an Option in Heterogeneous Regimes
• Primate Signatures and Behavioral Flexibility in Heterogeneous Regimes
• Social Cognition and Behavioral Flexibility: Categorical Decision-Making as a Primate Signature
• Female Primates as “Energy-Maximizers” in Heterogeneous Regimes
• Male Primates: “Time-Minimizers” in Heterogeneous Regimes
• Intersexual Interactions in Heterogeneous Regimes: Potential Effects of Antagonistic Coevolution in Primate Groups
• Sociosexual Organization and the Expression of Behavioral Flexibility
• Behavioral Flexibility: Interpretations and Prospects.