Behavioral Aspects of Feeding: Basic and Applied Research in Mammals

Series of papers covering the following topics: individual development of flavour preferences; social learning of food preferences; social learning of feeding skills; studies in semi-natural enclosures; rodent control.

Individual Development of Flavour Preferences - Prenatal Induction of Natriophilia and Its Neuroendocrine Mechanism; Acquired Ingestive Motivation and the Structure of Food Recognition; Components of the Feeding Sequence, Their Development and Control; Social Learning of Food Preferences - Olfactory Communications about Foods among Rats - A Review of Recent Findings; Individual and Social Experiences in the Establishment of Food Preferences in Mice; Development of Feeding and Food Preference in the European Rabbit - Environmental and Maturational Determinants; Ontogeny and Social Transmission of Food Selection in Domesticated Ruminants; The Transition to Foraging Independence in Free-Ranging Vervet Monkeys; Food Enculturation; Social Learning of Feeding Skills - Social Transmission of Pine Cone Feeding Behaviour in the Black Rat; Leaming Processes and Feeding Behavior in Monkeys; Imitation and Culture - Longevity, Fecundity and Fidelity in Social Transmission; Studies in Seminatural Enclosures - Making Decisions in the Wild - Constraints, Conflicts and Communication in Foraging Rats; The Possible Role of Social Influences of Food Selection in the Formation and Control of Mouse Plagues; Rodent Control - Semiochemicals and Improvements in Rodent Control; The Impact of Social Factors on the Feeding Behaviour of Brandt's Voles; Knowledge of Feeding Strategies as the Basis for Integrated Control of Wild Rodents in Agriculture and Forestry; Rodent Management in India - Problems and New Perspectives.