List of Videos and Readings

Note: These cassettes are available at the NCSU Media Center, which is in Rm. 2306, Erdahl-Cloyd wing of the DH Hill (main) library. Follow the policies of the librarian. Most videos are items within an educational video series. On any given day, your fellow students may have some of these videos checked out. Keep trying.

• Baboon Behavior
• Baboon Ecology
• Baboon Social Organization

The Brain Series:

#4. Stress and Emotion
#5. Learning and Memory

Evolution Series:

#7. Selection and Adaptation
#9. Heredity and Mutation

Life on Earth Series:

#4. Swarming Hordes
#5. Conquest of the Waters
#6. Invasion of the Land
#7. Victors of the Dry Land
#8. Lords of the Air
#9. Rise of Mammals
#10. Theme and Variations
#11. Hunters and the Hunted
#12. A Life in the Trees

Nova Series:

• Animal Impostors
• Bird Brain
• Hawaii: Crucible of Life
• Mystery of the Animal Pathfinders
• Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
• Sociobiology: The Human Animal
• Whales, Dolphins and Man
• Whale Watch
• Why Do Birds Sing

Miscellaneous:

Castles of Clay
The Mouse's Tale
The Octopus

The Sexual Brain

Strange Creatures of the Night (on laser disc)

Note: These journals (periodicals) tend to be at D.H. Hill Library.

ABCDE-Articles

• Altmann, S.A. The monkey and the fig: A Socratic dialogue on evolutionary themes. American Scientist; 1988; 77: 256- 263.
• Austad, S.N.; Thornhill, R. This bug's for you. Natural History; December 1991: 44-49. (story about spiders)
• Barlow, G.W. Nature-Nurture and the Debates Surrounding Ethology and Sociobiology. American Zoologist; 1991; 31: 286-296.
• Bekoff, M.; Wells, M.C. The Social Ecology of Coyotes. Scientific American; April 1980.
• Bertram, B.C.R. The Social Systems of Lions. Scientific American; May 1975.
• Borgia, G. Sexual Selection in Bower Birds. Scientific American; April 1986.
• Browne, R.A. Sex and the single brine shrimp. Natural History; May 1993; 102: 34-39. (species is all female)
• Buskirk, J.V.; Smith, D.C. Between the devil and the deep blue lake. Natural History; April 1993; 102: 38-41. (breeding of Isle Royale's frogs)
• Calhoun, J.B. Population Density and Social Pathology. Scientific American; February 1962.
• Carter, S.C.; Getz, L.L. Monogamy and the prairie vole. Scientific American; June 1993; 268: 100-106.
• Crews, D. Courtship in Unisexual Lizards: A Model for Brain Evolution. American Scientist; December 1987.
• Davies, N.B.; Brooke, M. Coevolution of the Cuckoo and its Hosts. Scientific American; January 1991.
• Dyer, F.C.; Gould, J.L. Honey bee navigation. American Scientist; 1983; 71: 587-597.
• Eberhard, W.G. Animal genitalia and female choice. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 134-141.

FGHIJ -Animal Behavior Articles, continued

• Fenton, M.B.; Fullard, J.H. Moth hearing and the feeding strategies of bats. American Scientist; 1981; 69: 266-275.
• Fitzgerald, G.J. The reproductive behavior of the stickleback. Scientific American; April 1993; 268: 80-85.
• Frank, L.G.; Glickman, S.E.; Licht, P. Fatal Sibling Aggression, Precocial Development, and Androgens in Neonatal Spotted Hyenas. Science; 1991; 252.
• Franks, N.R. Army ants: A collective intelligence. American Scientist; 1989; 77: 138-145.
• French, A.R. The patterns of mammalian hibernation. American Scientist; 1988; 76: 568-575.
• Getz, L.L. and Carter, C.S. Prairie-vole partnerships. American Scientist; 1996; 84: 56-61.
• Gilbert, B. Some not-too-close encounters with a cactus that walks. Smithsonian; May 1992; 23: 56-67. (porcupine behavior)
• Gilbert, B. What to do if a demon of the North comes a-calling? Smithsonian; March 1993; 23: 136-148. (wolverine behavior)
• Guhl, A.M. Social Order of Chickens. Scientific American; February 1956.
• Gwinner, E. Internal Rhythms in Bird Migration. American Scientist; 1986.
• Holekamp, K.E.; Sherman, P.W. Why male ground squirrels disperse. American Scientist; 1989; 77: 232-239.
• Holmes, W.G.; Sherman, P.W. Kin recognition in animals. American Scientist; 1983; 71: 46-55.

KLMNO-Animal Behavior Articles, continued

• Kalin, N.H. The neurobiology of fear. Scientific American; May 1993; 268: 94-101. (studies of fear responses in rhesus monkeys)
• Kearns, C.A.; Inouye, D. W. Pistil-packing flies. Natural History; April 1993 102: 30-37. (pollination of flowers to feed flies)
• King, C.M. Weasel roulette. Natural History; November 1991: 34-41.
• Konishi, M. Listening with two ears. Scientific American; April 1993; 268: 66-73. (acoustics of barn owl)
• Larsen, T. Butterfly mass transit. Natural History; June 1993;102: 30-39. (migration)
• Leland, L.; Struhsaker, T.T. Teamwork tactics. Natural History; April 1993;102: 42-48. ( mutualism between kibale forest monkeys and eagles).
• Ligon, J.D.; Ligon, S.H. The Cooperative Breeding Behavior of the Green Woodhoopoe. Scientific American; July 1982.
• Lorenz, K.Z. The evolution of behavior. Scientific American; December 1958.
• Loyd, J.E. Mimicry in the Sexual Signals of Fireflies. Scientific American; July 1981.
• Marshall, A.J. Bowerbirds. Scientific American; June 1956.
• Maynard Smith, J. The evolution of behavior. Scientific American; September 1978.
• McMasters, J.H. The flight of the bumblebee and related myths of entomological engineering. American Scientist; 1989; 77: 164-169.
• Mock, D.W.; Drummond, H.; Stinson, C.H. Avian siblicide. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 438-449.
• Moehlman, P.D. Social organization in jackals. American Scientist; 1986; 75: 366-375.
• Nottebohm, F. From Bird Song to Neurogenesis. Scientific American; February 1989.
• O'Brien, W.J.; Browman, H.I.; Evans, B.I. Search strategies of foraging animals. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 152-160.
• O'Donoghue, M.; Stuart, S. Hare-raising encounters. Natural History; February 1993; 102: 26-33. (snowshoe hare's life from birth to maturity-- predation pressures)

PQRS-Animal Behavior Articles, continued

• Partridge, B.L. The Structure and Function of Fish Schools. Scientific American; June 1982.
• Premack, A.J.; Premack D. Teaching Language to an Ape. Scientific American; October 1972.
• Ridley, M. A boy or a girl: Is it possible to load the dice? Smithsonian; June 1993; 24: 113-123. (some animals determine the sex of their offspring)
• Robinson, M.H. An ancient arms race shows no sign of letting up. Smithsonian; April 1992; 23: 74-82. (animal defense mechanisms)
• Rothschild, M., et al. The Flying Leap of the Flea. Scientific American; November 1973.
• Rudloe, A. & J. Electric warfare: the fish that kill with thunderbolts. Smithsonian; July 1993; 94-105.
• Ryan, M.J. Signals, species and sexual selection. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 46-52.
• Sapolsky, R.M. Stress in the Wild. Scientific American; January 1990.
• Scott, M.P.; Traniello, J.F.A. Guardians of the underworld. Natural History; June 1989: 32-37. (Behavior of the Burying Beetle)
• Seeley, T.D. The honeybee colony as a superorganism. American Scientist; 1989; 77: 546-553.
• Seeley, T.D. How Honeybees Find a Home. Scientific American; October 1982.
• Seidensticker, J.; Lumpkin, S. Mountain lions don't stalk people. True or false? Smithsonian; February 1992; 22: 113-126.
• Singh, D. Urban Monkeys. Scientific American; July 1969.
• Smale, L.; Holekamp, K. E. Growing up in the clan. Natural History; January 1993; 102: 42-53. (spotted hyena behavior)
• Smith, K.K.; Kier, W.M. Trunks, tongues, and tentacles; Moving with skeletons of muscle. American Scientist; 1989; 77: 28-35.
• Stewart, M. M. Frequent fliers. Natural History; February 1993; 102: 42-49. (frogs in the Puerto Rican rain forest -- jumping behavior)
• Striker, E.M.; Verbalis ,J.G. Hormones and behavior: The biology of thirst and sodium appetite. American Scientist; 1988; 76: 261-267.

TUV-Animal Behavior Articles, continued

• Tattersall, I. Madagascar's lemurs. Scientific American; January 1993; v. 268: 110-117.
• Terborgh, J.; Stern, M. The surreptitious life of the saddle-backed tamarin. American Scientist; 1987; 75: 260-269.
• Thomas, J.A. The sounds of seal society. Natural History; March 1991; 46-55.
• Thorpe, W.H. Duet-singing Birds. Scientific American; August 1973.
• Tinbergen, N. Curious Behavior of the Stickleback. Scientific American; December 1952.
• Tinbergen, N. Defense by Color. Scientific American; October 1957.
• Todd, J.M. The Chemical Language of Fishes. Scientific American; May 1971.
• Topoff, H. Slave-making ants. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 520-529.
• Topoff, H.R. The Social Behavior of Army Ants. Scientific American; November 1972.
• Tuttle, R.H. Apes of the world. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 115-125.
• Tumlinson, J.H.; Lewis, W.J.; Vet, L.E.M. How parasitic wasps find their hosts. Scientific American; March 1993; 268: 100-106. (communication by pheromones)
• Von Frisch, K. Dialects of the bees. Scientific American; August 1962.

WXYZ-Animal Behavior Articles, continued

• Waldvogel, J.A. A bird's eye view. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 342-353.
• Washburn, S.L.; DeVore I. Social Life of Baboons. Scientific American; June 1961.
• Wenner, A.M. Sound Communication in Honeybees. Scientific American; April 1964.
• West, M.J.; King, A.P. Mozart's starling. American Scientist; 1990; 78: 106-114.
• Wiedensaul, S.  The Belled Viper.  Smithsonian; December 1997; 28(9): 97-110. (behavior and ecology of the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus)
• Wilson, E.O. Animal Communication. Scientific American; September 1972.
• Wilson, E.O. Slavery in Ants. Scientific American; June 1975.
• Wingfield, J.C.; Ball, G.F.; Duffy, A.M., Jr.; Hegner, R.E.; Ramenofsky, M. Testosterone and aggression in birds. American Scientist; 1987; 75: 602-608.
• Wursig, B. The Behavior of Baleen Whales. Scientific American; April 1988.
• Yager, D.; May, M. Coming in on a wing and an ear. Natural History; January 1993; 102: 28-33. (praying mantis sonar)