Contributors, v Preface, vii // Acknowledgements, viii // Part 1: Introduction // 1 The Evolution of Behavioural Ecology, 3 John R. Krebs & Nicholas B. Davies // Part 2: Mechanisms and Individual Behaviour // Introduction, 15 // 2 Sensory Systems and Behaviour, 19 Rudiger Wehner // 3 The Ecology of Information Use, 42 Luc-Alain Giraldeau // 4 Recognition Systems, 69 // Paul W. Sherman, Hudson K. Reeve & David W. Pfennig // 5 Managing Time and Energy, 97 Innes C. Cuthill & Alasdair I. Houston // 6 Sperm Competition and Mating Systems, 121 Timothy R. Birkhead & Geoffrey A. Parker // Part 3: From Individual Behaviour to Social Systems // Introduction, 149 // 7 The Evolution of Animal Signals, 155 // Rufus A. Johnstone // 8 Sexual Selection and Mate Choice, 179 Michael J. Ryan // 9 Sociality and Kin Selection in Insects, 203 Andrew F.C. Bourke // 10 Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates, 228 Stephen T. Emlen // 11 The Ecology of Relationships, 254 Anne E. Pusey & Craig Packer // 12 The Social Gene, 284 David Haig // Part 4: Life Histories, Phylogenies and Populations // Introduction, 307 // 13 Adaptation of Life Histories, 311 Serge Daan & Joost M. Tinbergen // 14 The Phylogenetic Foundations of Behavioural Ecology, 334 Paul H. Harvey & Sean Nee // 15 Causes and Consequences of Population Structure, 350 Godfrey M. Hewitt & Roger K. Butlin // 16 Individual Behaviour, Populations and Conservation, 373 John D. Goss-Custard & William J. Sutherland // References, 396 // Index, 447