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The third edition of Animal Behaviour continues to provide a balanced and integrated introductory treatment of the entire domain of animal behaviour for Biology and Psychology students. The text assumes no previous knowledge and has been designed to guide new students with a diversity of backgrounds through a logical sequence of study to a full understanding of complex behavioural patterns.
| ISBN | 0582327326 | | Pages | 592 | | ISBN13 | 9780582327320
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Weight (grammes) | 1662 | | Imprint | Longman | | Published in | Harlow | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780582067219 | | Publication date | 05 Jan 1999 | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Library of Congress | QL | | Width (mm) | 189 | | DEWEY | 591.5 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Preface to the third edition | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | 1 | | Introduction to the study of behaviour | | 1 | | Pt. 1 | | The evolution of behaviour | | 9 | | 1.1 | | Genetics and behaviour | | 11 | | | | Profile of Gregor Mendel | | 12 | | 1.2 | | Natural selection | | 53 | | | | Profile of Charles Darwin | | 54 | | 1.3 | | Evolution and social behaviour | | 101 | | | | Profile of Sir Ronald Fisher | | 102 | | Pt. 2 | | Mechanisms of behaviour | | 163 | | 2.1 | | Animal perception | | 165 | | | | Profile of Johannes Muller | | 166 | | 2.2 | | The animal and the environment | | 237 | | | | Profile of Claude Bernard | | 238 | | 2.3 | | Animal learning | | 309 | | | | Profile of Ivan Pavlov | | 310 | | Pt. 3 | | Understanding complex behaviour | | 355 | | 3.1 | | Ethology | | 357 | | | | Profiles of Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen | | 358 | | 3.2 | | Animal competence | | 419 | | | | Profile of Karl von Frisch | | 420 | | 3.3 | | The mentality of animals | | 479 | | | | Profile of Edward Tolman | | 480 | | | | References | | 535 | | | | Index | | 575 |
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