Animal behavior : mechanism, development, function, and evolution / Chris Barnard.
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TextPublication details: Harlow, England : Pearson Education, 2004.Description: xxx, 726 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0130899364
- 591.5 22 B.C.A
- QL751 .B18563 2004
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Summary: his book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of behaviour, from its basis in the animal¿s anatomy and physiology to its adaptive value in the environment. It is aimed at undergraduate students in the biological sciences and psychology and is designed to serve as both a detailed introduction and an extensive, up-to-date source of reference enabling students to pursue topics in the primary literature.
Questions about behaviour --
Evolution and behaviour --
Physiological mechanisms and behaviour --
Motivation and cognition --
From genes to behaviour --
Maturation and learning --
Habitat choice and migration --
Predators and prey --
Social behaviour --
Mating parential care --
Communication --
Human behaviour.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [634]-705).
Questions about behaviour --
Evolution and behaviour --
Physiological mechanisms and behaviour --
Motivation and cognition --
From genes to behaviour --
Maturation and learning --
Habitat choice and migration --
Predators and prey --
Social behaviour --
Mating parential care --
Communication --
Human behaviour.
his book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of behaviour, from its basis in the animal¿s anatomy and physiology to its adaptive value in the environment. It is aimed at undergraduate students in the biological sciences and psychology and is designed to serve as both a detailed introduction and an extensive, up-to-date source of reference enabling students to pursue topics in the primary literature.
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