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Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour

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ISBN-10: 0521728487

ISBN-13: 9780521728485

Edition: 3rd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Peter J. Simmons, David Young

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This text is a simple, effective and comprehensive introduction to neuroethology; how nervous systems control animal behaviour.
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Book details

List price: $58.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.69" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

David Young is a respected writer, commentator, journalist, environmentalist, and historian. Working independently in the field of history and the environment he work explores the nature-culture relationship, including perspectives from indigenous nature and indigenous culture.

Preface
Organisation of animal behaviour and of brains: feeding in star-nosed moles and courtship in fruit flies
Signals in nerve cells: reflexes in mammals and insects
Neuronal mechanisms for releasing behaviour, predator and prey - toad and cockroach
Neuronal pathways for behaviour: startle behaviours and giant neurons in crayfish and fish
Eyes and vision: sensory filtering and course control in insects
Sensory maps: hunting by owls and bats
Programmes for movement: how nervous systems generate and control rhythmic movements
Changes in nerve cells and behaviour: learning in bees and rats; swarming in locusts
Nerve cells and animal signalling: songs of crickets, electric fish and birds
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Index