Fish cognition and behavior / edited by Culum Brown, Kevin Laland, Jens Krause.

Contributor(s): Brown, Culum | Laland, Kevin N | Krause, Jens, Dr.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Fish and aquatic resources series ; 11.Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006Description: xviii, 328 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 11405134291 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): MARINE FISH | FORAGING | PREDATORS | LEARNING | COGNITIVE PROCESSES | INTELLIGENCE | AQUACULTURE | BEHAVIOUR | PSYCHOLOGYHoldings: GRETA POINT: 591.51 FIS
Contents:
Fish cognition and behaviour -- Learning of foraging skills by fishes -- Learned defences and counterdefences in predator-prey interactions -- Learning about danger : chemical alarm cues and the assessment of predation risk by fishes -- Learning and mate choice -- Modulating aggression through experience -- The role of learning in fish orientation -- Learned recognition of conspecifics -- Social organization and information transfer in schooling fishes -- Social learning in fishes -- Cooperation and cognition in fishes -- Machiavellian intelligence in fishes -- Neural mechanisms of learning in teleost fishes -- The role of fish learning skills in fisheries and aquaculture.
Summary: "In this fascinating book an intprnational team of experts have been brought together to explore all malor areas of fish learning, including: foraging skills, social organisation and learning, preditor recognition, welfare and pain. Fish Cognition and Behavior is an important contribution to all fish biologists. oenavloural ecologi~ts and ethologists and contdins much information of commercial importance for fisheries managers and aquaculture personnel."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographic references and index.

1. Fish cognition and behaviour -- 2. Learning of foraging skills by fishes -- 3. Learned defences and counterdefences in predator-prey interactions -- 4. Learning about danger : chemical alarm cues and the assessment of predation risk by fishes -- 5. Learning and mate choice -- 6. Modulating aggression through experience -- 7. The role of learning in fish orientation -- 8. Learned recognition of conspecifics -- 9. Social organization and information transfer in schooling fishes -- 10. Social learning in fishes -- 11. Cooperation and cognition in fishes -- 12. Machiavellian intelligence in fishes -- 13. Neural mechanisms of learning in teleost fishes -- 14. The role of fish learning skills in fisheries and aquaculture.

"In this fascinating book an intprnational team of experts have been brought together to explore all malor areas of fish learning, including: foraging skills, social organisation and learning, preditor recognition, welfare and pain. Fish Cognition and Behavior is an important contribution to all fish biologists. oenavloural ecologi~ts and ethologists and contdins much information of commercial importance for fisheries managers and aquaculture personnel."--Back cover.

GRETA POINT: 591.51 FIS

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