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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology (Third Edition)

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology (Third Edition)


John R. Krebs, Nicholas B. Davies



From the Back Cover The third edition of this successful textbook looks again at the influence of natural selection on be...
Animal Minds

Animal Minds


Donald R. Griffin



Amazon.com Review In 1945, Donald Griffin was one of the codiscoverers of echolocation by bats. In the 1980s he became a...
Sexual selections: What we can and can't learn about sex from animals

Sexual selections: What we can and can't learn about sex from animals


Zuk M.



Review "Fascinating and persuasive. Zuk is not an idealogue, just an unusually clear-eyed scholar." -- New York Times Bo...
Nerve cells and animal behaviour

Nerve cells and animal behaviour


Simmons P.J., Young D.



Review "In a nutshell, it provides a very comprehensive picture of what we know of neural systems and behaviour, and it d...
Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds

Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds


David Mcfarland



Review Poor review from QRB listed in Science Book News, no. 162 from 7/20/09 "There is much food for thought here for ...
Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From theoretical approaches to field applications

Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From theoretical approaches to field applications


Eric Wajnberg, Carlos Bernstein, Jacques Van Alphen



Review "This is a fascinating volume that provides a significant contribution to the literature on parasitoid insects. It...
Long-Term Studies of Vertebrate Communities

Long-Term Studies of Vertebrate Communities


Martin L. Cody, Jeffrey A. Smallwood



Review "I admire the enthusiasm, dedication, and persistence of these authors for their interest in the natural history o...
Cognitive Ecology of Pollination: Animal Behaviour and Floral Evolution

Cognitive Ecology of Pollination: Animal Behaviour and Floral Evolution


James D. Thomson, Lars Chittka



Review "Cognitive Ecology of Pollination is a book I would recommend to both graduate students and colleagues studying in...
The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin's Puzzle

The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin's Puzzle


Amotz Zahavi, Avishag Zahavi



From Library Journal Since the time of Darwin, altruism and other forms of cooperation have puzzled evolutionary biologis...
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 27 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 27 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)


Anders Moller, Charles Snowdon, Manfred Milinski



Review "The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a valuable reference fo...
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 21

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 21


Colin Beer, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Manfred Milinski, Peter J.B. Slater



Review "For anyone interested in behavior, particularly from a theoretical or physiological standpoint, every one of the ...
Animal Cognition in Nature: The Convergence of Psychology and Biology in Laboratory and Field

Animal Cognition in Nature: The Convergence of Psychology and Biology in Laboratory and Field


A. C. Kamil, I. M. Pepperberg, R. P. Balda



Review "All the authors present their most contemporary data and discuss them in a cognitive framework, considering the a...
Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior, Second Edition

Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior, Second Edition


Sara J. Shettleworth



Review "Sara Shettleworth has accomplished a truly impressive synthesis of an enormous body of research on a wide variety...
The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits (Bradford Books)

The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits (Bradford Books)


Gordon M. Burghardt



Review "A sign of our scientific times: The study of play (a process we value as a society) has lagged far...
Russian Contributions to Invertebrate Behavior

Russian Contributions to Invertebrate Behavior


Charles I. Abramson, Yuri Burmistrov, Zhanna Shuranova



Book Description This edited collection examines research in invertebrate learning that is being performed by Russian behav...
Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 15

Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 15




Advances in The Study of Behavior, Volume 15...
The Imitation Factor: Evolution Beyond the Gene

The Imitation Factor: Evolution Beyond the Gene


Lee Alan Dugatkin



Amazon.com Review Everyone knows "monkey see, monkey do," but how many of us reflect on the proverb's consequences? Biolo...
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 32 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 32 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)


Timothy J. Roper, Charles T. Snowdon, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Peter J.B. Slater



Review Praise for the Series"The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a ...
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behavior

The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behavior


David Attenborough



The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behavior...
Cattle Behaviour and Welfare 2nd Edition

Cattle Behaviour and Welfare 2nd Edition


Clive Phillips



Cattle Behaviour and Welfare 2nd Edition...
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 30 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 30 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)


Timothy J. Roper, Peter J. B. Slater



Review Praise for the Series"The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a ...
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 29 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 29 (Advances in the Study of Behavior)


Timothy J. Roper, Charles T. Snowdon, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Peter J.B. Slater



Review Praise for the Series"The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a ...
Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation

Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation




About the Author Marco Festa-Bianchet is professor of ecology at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada. Marco Ap...
Neuroethology: Nerve Cells and the Natural Behavior of Animals

Neuroethology: Nerve Cells and the Natural Behavior of Animals


Jeffrey M. Camhi



Neuroethology: Nerve Cells and the Natural Behavior of Animals...
Routes to Child Language: Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors

Routes to Child Language: Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors


Joanna Blake



Review "Routes to Child Language: Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors is a stunning achievement which surely repres...
The New Anthropomorphism (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences S.)

The New Anthropomorphism (Problems in the Behavioural Sciences S.)


John S. Kennedy



Review "...short, provocative, readable...." Mark Ridley, Nature ...
The Design of Animal Communication (Bradford Books)

The Design of Animal Communication (Bradford Books)


Marc D. Hauser, Mark Konishi



About the Author Marc D. Hauser is Professor of Psychology and Codirector of the Mind, Brain, and Behavior...
Animal Groups in Three Dimensions: How Species Aggregate

Animal Groups in Three Dimensions: How Species Aggregate


Julia K. Parrish, William M. Hamner



Review ' ... worthwhile book with something in it for everyone who is interested in animal groups.' Ethology ' ... has de...
The Rosetta Bone: The Key to Communication Between Humans and Canines (Howell Dog Book of Distinction)

The Rosetta Bone: The Key to Communication Between Humans and Canines (Howell Dog Book of Distinction)


Cheryl S. Smith



From the Back Cover Far too often, we humans expect our dogs to understand what we say to them. Though we may spend a lo...
Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives

Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives


John A. Byers, Marc Bekoff



Review "This volume is not only interdisciplinary but also manages to be instructively comparative in a broad sense....Th...