Front Cover; Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 18; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Song Learning in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata): Progress and Prospects; I. Introduction; II. Song Development in the Laboratory; III. Can Birds Produce Songs Heard after 65 Days?; IV. Can Birds Produce Songs Heard before 35 Days?; V. Is There an Own-Species Bias?; VI. How Do Zebra Finches Choose Their Song Tutors?; VII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Behavioral Aspects of Sperm Competition in Birds; I. Introduction; II. Detecting Extrapair Paternity

III. Mechanism of Sperm CompetitionIV. Case Studies; V. Conclusions and Directions for Future Research; References; Chapter 3. Neural Mechanisms of Perception and Motor Control in a Weakly Electric Fish; I. Introduction; II. The Mechanism of Electrolocation: "Seeing" Objects as Perturbations of Electric Fields; III. The Jamming Avoidance Response; IV. The Neuronal Substrate for the Analysis of Phase and Amplitude Information; V. The Ambiguity of Messages Encoded by Individual Neurons; VI. The Improvisational Character of Neuronal Systems and Traces of Their Evolution

VII. Developmental ConsiderationsReferences; Chapter 4. Behavioral Adaptations to Aquatic Life in Insects: An Example; I. Introduction; II. Respiratory and Locomotory Adaptations to Aquatic Life; III. Spatial Distribution; IV. Time Budget of Ranatra; V. Comparisons between Aquatic and Terrestrial Ambush Predators; VI. Discussion; References; Chapter 5. The Circadian Organization of Behavior: Timekeeping in the Tsetse Fly, A Model System; I. Introduction; II. Bouting of Flight; III. Activity Pattern in Nature: Temperature Effects; IV. Diel Pattern of Activity in the Laboratory

V. Circadian Rhythm in the LaboratoryVI. Diel Pattern of Other Behaviors; VII. Physiological Inputs That Affect the Diel Pattem of Behavior; VIII. Changes in Responsiveness: Central or Peripheral?; IX. The Overall Circadian Organization of Behavior; References; Index