6 Development of Spatial Memory and the Hippocampus under
Nutritional Stress: Adaptive Priorities or Developmental
Constraints in Brain Development? Vladimir V. Pravosudov 88
6.1 Introduction • 6.2 Spatial memory and the hippocampus in birds •
6.3 Nutritional deficits during posthatching development, spatial memory, and
the hippocampus in western scrub jays • 6.4 Nutritional deficits during postnatal
development and the hippocampus in mammals • 6.5 Hippocampus and song
nuclei in birds • 6.6 Does lack of nutrition directly cause changes in the brain? •
6.7 Stem cells • 6.8 Conclusions
7 The Cognitive-Buffer Hypothesis for the Evolution of Large Brains
Daniel Sol 111
7.1 Introduction • 7.2 Assumptions of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis • 7.3 Predic-
tions of the cognitive-buffer hypothesis • 7.4 Synthesis • 7.5 Avenues for future
research • 7.6 Summary
Pa rT i i i d e C i s i o n m a k i n g : m at e C h o iC e a n d P r e dato r - P r e y
i n t e r aC t i o n s
8 Cognitive Mate Choice Michael J. Ryan, Karin L. Akre &
Mark Kirkpatrick 137
8.1 Introduction • 8.2 Detection and perception • 8.3 Evaluation and decision •
8.4 Conclusions and future directions
9 Monogamous Brains and Alternative Tactics: Neuronal V1aR,
Space Use, and Sexual Infidelity among Male Prairie Voles
Steven M. Phelps & Alexander G. Ophir 156
9.1 Introduction • 9.2 Reproductive decisions, space use, and mating tactics •
9.3 Neural substrates of alternative tactics • 9.4 Microsatellite polymorphisms
and phenotypic diversity • 9.5 Monogamy and cognitive ecology reconsidered
10 Assessing Risk: Embryos, Information, and Escape Hatching
Karen M. Warkentin & Michael S. Caldwell 177
10.1 Introduction • 10.2 Cognitive strategies to assess risk using nonstereotyped
cues • 10.3 Adaptive responses of embryos in heterogeneous environments •
10.4 Hatching decisions: Information use by red-eyed treefrog embryos •
10.5 Conclusions and future directions
11 Predator-Prey Interaction in an Auditory World John M. Ratcliffe 201
11.1 Of bats and moths and coevolution • 11.2 Sensory ecology and behavioral
flexibility of predatory bats • 11.3 Neuroethology of auditory-evoked defenses in
noctuoid moths • 11.4 Bat detection and the primary and secondary defenses of
moths • 11.5 Summary and conclusions