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A conceptual approach that puts the process of science and applications front and center. Emphasizes concepts. Animal Behavior: Concepts, Methods, and Applications, Third Edition, uses broad organizing concepts to provide a framework for understanding the science of animal behavior. In an engaging,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nordell, Shawn E. (Author), Valone, Thomas J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Edition:Third edition
Subjects:
Animal behavior.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The approach : Concepts, methods, and applications
  • Chapter 1. The science of animal behavior
  • Chapter 2. Methods for studying animal behavior
  • Chapter 3. Evolution and the study of animal behavior
  • Chapter 4. Behavioral genetics
  • Chapter 5. Sensory systems and behavior
  • Chapter 6. Communication
  • Chapter 7. Learning, neuroethology, and cognition
  • Chapter 8. Foraging behavior
  • Chapter 9. Antipredator behavior
  • Chapter 10. Dispersal and migration
  • Chapter 11. Habitat selection, territoriality, and aggression
  • Chapter 12. Mating behavior
  • Chapter 13. Mating systems
  • Chapter 14. Parental care
  • Chapter 15. Sociality
  • Chapter 16. Cooperative behavior
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Answers to selected Critical Thinking and Discussion questions
  • Answers to Scientific Process Box "Evaluate" questions
  • Credits
  • Index.