Animal behavior
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Animal behavior
Academic Press, c2016
2nd ed
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1st edition, 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Animal Behavior, Second Edition, covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. The authors, Michael Breed and Janice Moore, bring almost 60 years of combined experience as university professors to this textbook, much of that teaching animal behavior.
An entire chapter is devoted to the vibrant new field of behavior and conservation, including topics such as social behavior and the relationship between parasites, pathogens, and behavior. Thoughtful coverage has also been given to foraging behavior, mating and parenting behavior, anti-predator behavior, and learning.
This text addresses the physiological foundations of behavior in a way that is both accessible and inviting, with each chapter beginning with learning objectives and ending with thought-provoking questions.
Additionally, special terms and definitions are highlighted throughout. Animal Behavior provides a rich resource for students (and professors) from a wide range of life science disciplines.
Table of Contents
Animal Behavior, Second Edition
1 Of Cockroaches and Wolves: Framing Animal Behavior
2 Neurobiology and Endocrinology for Animal Behaviorists
3 Behavioral Genetics
4 Homeostasis and Time Budgets
5 Learning
6 Cognition
7 Communication
8 Movement: Search, Navigation, Migration, and Dispersal
9 Foraging
10 Self-Defense
11 Mating Systems
12 Nesting, Parenting, and Territoriality
13 Social Behavior, Cooperation, and Kinship
14 Comparative Social Behavior
15 Conservation and Behavior
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