Ethology The Mechanisms and Evolution of Behavior

Name: Ethology The Mechanisms and Evolution of Behavior
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ISBN: 9780393014884

ISBN-10: 0393014886

ISBN-13: 9780393014884

Edition: 1982

Authors: James L. Gould

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The goal of this book is to illustrate the power of ethology's broad and integrative approach in unraveling how behavior, both simple and complex, is organized and orchestrated. The book develops this theme by looking first at traditional ethology to establish familiarity with the models which will then be used to examine neural mechanisms, social behavior and species interactions, and finally our own species. Suggested readings at the end of each chapter serve to broaden the book's base with examples of first-rate research treated in far more detail than would be possible in text. Where such concise, semitechnical supplements are not available, short essays devoted to particular…

Book details

Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/1982
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 624
Size: 0.75" wide x 0.95" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

James L. Gouldis Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and one of the world’s leading experts in animal behavior. With science writer Carol Grant Gould he has writtenThe Animal Mind,Sexual Selection, andThe Honey Bee, all considered classic books on animal behavior for lay audiences. They live in Princeton, New Jersey. Science writerCarol Grant Gouldand James L. Gould have writtenThe Animal Mind,Sexual Selection, andThe Honey Bee, all considered classic books on animal behavior for lay audiences. They live in Princeton, New Jersey.