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The ontogeny of vertebrate behavior
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The Evolution of Urban Society. Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico By R. McC. Adams. 1966. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co. A vol. in+“, xii +- 196 pp., 4 figs, bibl., index. Cloth $7.50. Paper $2.95. This comparative analysis, stemmed from a series of lectures delivered at the University of Rochester in 1965, is concerned with the presentation and analysis of regularities in our two best-documented examples of early, independent emergence of urban societies. Essential similarities in the evolutionary patterns of early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico are identified. Contents The problem and the evidence.
Subsistence and settlement.
Kin and class. Parish and polity. Conclusion.
Fundamental Properties of the Human Nervous System (Monographs in Psychology.) By V. D. Nebylitsyn. 1972. New York, London: Plenum Press. A vol. in-8“, viii + 336 pp., figs, tabs, bibl., index. Cloth Price unknown. This volume fully describes the experimental studies of the physiological bases of the properties of the nervous system accomplished in different Russian laboratories. The book covers basic principles in the study of the structure of fundamental properties of the nervous system, experimental indices of dynamism of nervous processes, and the relationship of orienting reactions to basic properties of the nervous system. Contents Preface. Basic principles of approach to the study of properties of the nervous system. Structure of the basic properties of the nervous system. Experimental indices of dynamism of nervous processes. Orienting reactions and their relationship to basic properties of the nervous system. Dynamism of the nervous system as reflected in some EEG indices. Dynamism of excitation and its EEG correlates in children. Referent indices of strength of the nervoussystem. Strength of the nervous system and absolute sensitivity. The role of the strength of the nervous system in the organism’s reactions to stimuli of increasing intensity. Mobility of the nervous processes and its indices. The nature of balance of the nervous properties according to the basic properties of the nervous system. The problem of partial characteristics in the measurements of nervous system properties.
The Ontogeny of Vertebrate Behavior 1971. New York & London: Edited by H. Moltz. Academic Press. A vol. in-8O, xii + 500 pp., figs, tabs, bibl., index. Cloth $22.50. This book presents important new research on the question of how species’ typical behavior patterns come to be organized during the life history of an animal. The vertebrates included are birds, rodents, lagomorphs, monkeys, and Man. The book will be of value to all those with an interest in behavior development, including psychologists, ethologists, endocrinologists, and behavioral biologists.
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Contents Preface. The study of behavioral development-D. S. Lehrman &3 J. S. Rosenblatt. The development of visual perceptual systems-Maurice Hershenson. Early experience and problem-solving behavior--Barton Meyers. The ontogeny of emotional behavior-Douglas K. Candland. Ontogeny of play and exploratory behaviors: A definition of problems and a search for new conceptual solutions-W. I. Welker. The ontogeny of sexual&y-Richard E. Whalen. The ontogeny of maternal behavior in some selected mammalian speciesHoward Moltz. The ontogeny of mother-infant relations in Macaques-Leonard A. Rosenblum. ImprintingP. P. G. Bateson. Vocal learning in birds-Peter Marler and Paul Mundinger. The ontogeny of languageJoseph Church.
Introduction
to the Study of Animal
Populations
By G. Andrewartha. 1970. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 2nd ed. A vol. in-8’, xiv + 286 pp., figs, tabs, bibl., index. Paper L2.50. In this book Professor Andrewartha considers how environment affects an animal’s existence with regard to survival and reproduction, thus influencing the distribution and abundance of the population to which the animal belongs. The environment, for the purpose of this analysis, is divided into five well-defined components. At each step the theoretical considerations are illustrated by reference to ecological case histories, the emphasis throughout being on behavioural adaptations to environment as well as on evolutionary history. This second edition has been widely revised. Contents Preface to Second Edition. Preface to First Edition. Part I: Theory: The history and scope of ecologyIntroduction, Population ecology: the study of the distribution and abundance of animals, The broad bases for population ecology, How to write about ecology, further reading; Environment-Introduction, The idea that environment is divisible into five components, Further reading; Components of environment; resources-Introduction, Relative shortages, Absolute shortages, The distribution and abundance of resources; Componentsof environment; mates-Introduction, Shortage of mates, The prevalence of sparseness, Adaptations that increase the chance of finding a mate when numbers are few; Componentsof environment; predators and pathogens: aggressors-Introduction, Predators, Pathogens, Aggressors; Componentsof environment; weatherIntroduction, Temperature, Moisture, Eight; Componentsofenvironment; makntities-Introduction, Browning’s definition of hazards, Malentities; Components of environment; more about the ecolog&xl web-Introduction, Some advantages in being one of many, Interactions in the ecological web may be important, Interactions in the ecological web may ramify, Ecological barriers as part of the ecological web; Theory; the numbers of animals in nataralpopekrtions-Introduction, The conditions of ‘commonness’ and ‘rareness’ in local populations, The conditions of ‘commonness’ or ‘rareness’ in natural populations. Part II : Practical course: Methods for estimating density, patterns of distribution and dispersal in populations of animak-Introduction, The measurement of relative density, The measurement of absolute density, The measurement of ‘aggregation’ in natural populations, Dispersal, Class experiments on the estimation of density, distribution and dispersal; Physiological responsesto temperature-me influence of temperature on speed of development, The lethal influence of extreme temperature; Behaviour in relation to moisture andfood -Moisture, Food. Appendix.
Developmental
Studies on Giant Chromosomes
(Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 4). Edited by W. Beermann. 1972. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. A vol. m-8”, xvi + 228 pp., figs, tabs, bibl. Cloth. Giant polytene chromosomes have been for decades a favoured subject of studies centring upon the involvement of individual chromosomal sub-units in the process of cell differentiation. Without striving for completeness, the editor and the contributors to this book
BOOK
NEWS
The Evolution of Urban Society. Early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico By R. McC. Adams. 1966. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co. A vol. in+“, xii +- 196 pp., 4 figs, bibl., index. Cloth $7.50. Paper $2.95. This comparative analysis, stemmed from a series of lectures delivered at the University of Rochester in 1965, is concerned with the presentation and analysis of regularities in our two best-documented examples of early, independent emergence of urban societies. Essential similarities in the evolutionary patterns of early Mesopotamia and Prehispanic Mexico are identified. Contents The problem and the evidence.
Subsistence and settlement.
Kin and class. Parish and polity. Conclusion.
Fundamental Properties of the Human Nervous System (Monographs in Psychology.) By V. D. Nebylitsyn. 1972. New York, London: Plenum Press. A vol. in-8“, viii + 336 pp., figs, tabs, bibl., index. Cloth Price unknown. This volume fully describes the experimental studies of the physiological bases of the properties of the nervous system accomplished in different Russian laboratories. The book covers basic principles in the study of the structure of fundamental properties of the nervous system, experimental indices of dynamism of nervous processes, and the relationship of orienting reactions to basic properties of the nervous system. Contents Preface. Basic principles of approach to the study of properties of the nervous system. Structure of the basic properties of the nervous system. Experimental indices of dynamism of nervous processes. Orienting reactions and their relationship to basic properties of the nervous system. Dynamism of the nervous system as reflected in some EEG indices. Dynamism of excitation and its EEG correlates in children. Referent indices of strength of the nervoussystem. Strength of the nervous system and absolute sensitivity. The role of the strength of the nervous system in the organism’s reactions to stimuli of increasing intensity. Mobility of the nervous processes and its indices. The nature of balance of the nervous properties according to the basic properties of the nervous system. The problem of partial characteristics in the measurements of nervous system properties.
The Ontogeny of Vertebrate Behavior 1971. New York & London: Edited by H. Moltz. Academic Press. A vol. in-8O, xii + 500 pp., figs, tabs, bibl., index. Cloth $22.50. This book presents important new research on the question of how species’ typical behavior patterns come to be organized during the life history of an animal. The vertebrates included are birds, rodents, lagomorphs, monkeys, and Man. The book will be of value to all those with an interest in behavior development, including psychologists, ethologists, endocrinologists, and behavioral biologists.
BOOK
95
NEWS
Contents Preface. The study of behavioral development-D. S. Lehrman &3 J. S. Rosenblatt. The development of visual perceptual systems-Maurice Hershenson. Early experience and problem-solving behavior--Barton Meyers. The ontogeny of emotional behavior-Douglas K. Candland. Ontogeny of play and exploratory behaviors: A definition of problems and a search for new conceptual solutions-W. I. Welker. The ontogeny of sexual&y-Richard E. Whalen. The ontogeny of maternal behavior in some selected mammalian speciesHoward Moltz. The ontogeny of mother-infant relations in Macaques-Leonard A. Rosenblum. ImprintingP. P. G. Bateson. Vocal learning in birds-Peter Marler and Paul Mundinger. The ontogeny of languageJoseph Church.
Introduction
to the Study of Animal
Populations
By G. Andrewartha. 1970. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 2nd ed. A vol. in-8’, xiv + 286 pp., figs, tabs, bibl., index. Paper L2.50. In this book Professor Andrewartha considers how environment affects an animal’s existence with regard to survival and reproduction, thus influencing the distribution and abundance of the population to which the animal belongs. The environment, for the purpose of this analysis, is divided into five well-defined components. At each step the theoretical considerations are illustrated by reference to ecological case histories, the emphasis throughout being on behavioural adaptations to environment as well as on evolutionary history. This second edition has been widely revised. Contents Preface to Second Edition. Preface to First Edition. Part I: Theory: The history and scope of ecologyIntroduction, Population ecology: the study of the distribution and abundance of animals, The broad bases for population ecology, How to write about ecology, further reading; Environment-Introduction, The idea that environment is divisible into five components, Further reading; Components of environment; resources-Introduction, Relative shortages, Absolute shortages, The distribution and abundance of resources; Componentsof environment; mates-Introduction, Shortage of mates, The prevalence of sparseness, Adaptations that increase the chance of finding a mate when numbers are few; Componentsof environment; predators and pathogens: aggressors-Introduction, Predators, Pathogens, Aggressors; Componentsof environment; weatherIntroduction, Temperature, Moisture, Eight; Componentsofenvironment; makntities-Introduction, Browning’s definition of hazards, Malentities; Components of environment; more about the ecolog&xl web-Introduction, Some advantages in being one of many, Interactions in the ecological web may be important, Interactions in the ecological web may ramify, Ecological barriers as part of the ecological web; Theory; the numbers of animals in nataralpopekrtions-Introduction, The conditions of ‘commonness’ and ‘rareness’ in local populations, The conditions of ‘commonness’ or ‘rareness’ in natural populations. Part II : Practical course: Methods for estimating density, patterns of distribution and dispersal in populations of animak-Introduction, The measurement of relative density, The measurement of absolute density, The measurement of ‘aggregation’ in natural populations, Dispersal, Class experiments on the estimation of density, distribution and dispersal; Physiological responsesto temperature-me influence of temperature on speed of development, The lethal influence of extreme temperature; Behaviour in relation to moisture andfood -Moisture, Food. Appendix.
Developmental
Studies on Giant Chromosomes
(Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 4). Edited by W. Beermann. 1972. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. A vol. m-8”, xvi + 228 pp., figs, tabs, bibl. Cloth. Giant polytene chromosomes have been for decades a favoured subject of studies centring upon the involvement of individual chromosomal sub-units in the process of cell differentiation. Without striving for completeness, the editor and the contributors to this book