| Description |
xiv, 542 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Approaches To The Study Of Animal Behavior. -- History of the Study of Animal Behavior. -- Genetic Analysis of Behavior. -- Natural Selection and Ecological Analysis of Behavior. -- Learning. -- Physiological Analysis--Nerve Cells and Behavior. -- Physiological Analysis of Behavior--The Endocrine System. -- The Development of Behavior. -- Behavior Of Individual Surviving In Environment. -- Biological Clocks. -- Mechanisms of Orientation. -- The Ecology and Evolution of Spatial Distribution. -- Foraging. -- Antipredator Behavior. -- Sexual Selection. -- Parental Care and Mating Systems. -- Behavior Of Group--Social Behavior. -- Sociality, Conflict, and Resolution. -- Cooperation and Altruism. -- Maintaing Group Cohesion: Description and Functions of Communication and Contact. -- Maintaining Group Cohesion: The Evolution of Communication. -- Appendix. -- References. -- Photo Credits. -- Permissions. -- Index |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Animal behavior.
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| Author |
McGuire, Betty.
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Wallace, Robert A.
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| LC no. |
00043552 |
| ISBN |
0471295027 cased |
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