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Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach

Title
Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach / John Alcock.
Author
Alcock, John, 1942-
Publication
Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [1993], ©1993.

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Description
625 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 580-612) and index.
Contents
Evolutionary approach to animal behavior -- Diversity of behavior -- Genetics of behavior -- Development of behavior -- Nerve cells and behavior -- Organization of behavior -- Evolution of behavior: historical pathways -- Evolution of adaptations -- Evolution of communication -- Finding a place to live -- Adaptive feeding behavior -- Coping with predators adaptively -- Male and female reproductive tactics -- Ecology of mating systmes -- Caring for offspring -- Ecology of social behavior -- Evolutionary approach to human behavior.
ISBN
0878930175
LCCN
92039692
OCLC
ocm27035555
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries