Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function And Evolution

ISBN 10: 0631231250 / ISBN 13: 9780631231257

Verlag: WB, 2004

Beschreibung

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function And Evolution
• Verlag: WB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0631231250
• ISBN-13: 9780631231257
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Good
• Gewicht: 1170 Gramm

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

This wide-ranging textbook provides a broad overview of the current state of animal behavior studies.

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• An ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in biology, experimental psychology and neuroscience.
  
• Comprises a series of contributions from international experts.
  
• Represents a diverse set of approaches to animal behavior.
  
• Ranges across the subject all levels, from molecules and neurons to individuals and populations.
  
• Draws on the work of the pioneering Dutch ethologist, Niko Tinbergen.
  
• Addresses all four of Tinbergen’s key questions: causation, development, function, and evolution.
  
• Deals with contemporary subjects, such as animal welfare, conservation, neurobiology, and animal cognition.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Johan J. Bolhuis is Professor of Behavioural Biology at Utrecht University.

Luc-Alain Giraldeau is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Québec in Montréal.