Introduction to Animal Behaviour

Name: Introduction to Animal Behaviour
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ISBN: 9780521578912

ISBN-10: 0521578914

ISBN-13: 9780521578912

Edition: 5th 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Aubrey Manning, Marian Stamp Dawkins

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Using its powerful beak, a lorikeet gently preens its mates feathers; young cheetahs rest together in the shade; fireflies semaphore to each other across a darkened landscape and a mongoose deftly bites its prey to death. The study of animal behaviour is about all these things and more. It involves absolute stillness and violent activity, and all the noises and smells and changes of colour and shape that characterize animal life. Taking the organisation of behaviour within the individual animal as its core, this is a clear, concise and readable textbook introduction to the fascinating world of animal behaviour, investigating Tinbergens questions of causation, evolution, development and…

Book details

List price: $79.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 460
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English




Introduction



The development of behaviour



Stimuli and communication



Motivation and decision-making



Learning and memory



Evolution



Social organisation


References


Index