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Dugatkin, Lee Alan, 1962-

Principles of animal behavior / Lee Alan Dugatkin. - second edition - xxi, 641 pages : some color illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references [p. 571-619] and index.

Principles of Animal Behavior --
The Evolution of Behavior --
Proximate Factors --
Learning --
Cultural Transmission --
Sexual Selection --
Mating Systems --
Kinship --
Cooperation --
Foraging --
Antipredator Behavior --
Communication --
Habitat Selection, Territoriality, and Migration --
Aggression --
Play --
Aging and Disease --
Animal Personalities.

The most balanced, comprehensive and current animal behavior text available.

Principles of Animal Behavior, Second Edition, builds on the first edition’s reputation as a contemporary and forward-looking text with several distinct features:
balanced coverage of proximate and ultimate factors, bolstered by a significant expansion of proximate coverage in the new edition
thorough coverage of phylogeny and animal behavior has been added to the book’s integrated view of natural selection, learning, and cultural transmission
a focus on current research and the process of science through interviews with prominent researchers at the end of every chapter.

ISBN: 9780393931693 (hdbk.)

LCCN: 2008021360

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Animal behavior.

LC Class. No.: QL751 / .D748 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 591.5 / D.L.P