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Unravelling animal behaviour
- Title
- Unravelling animal behaviour / Marian Stamp Dawkins.
- Author
- Dawkins, Marian Stamp.
- Publication
- Harlow, Essex, England : Longman, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QL751 .D375 1986 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 159 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Animal behavour is all around us. There are animals in our houses, on farms and in the natural world outside. And television shows us the lives of animals we would otherwise never see. For these reasons the study of animal behaviour - sometimes called ethology or sociobiology - is a popular and flourishing subject. It has an immediate fascination for a wide range of people, as well as practical applications in agriculture and animal welfare. Marian Stamp Dawkins has written an introductory guide to animal behaviour which is not a textbook nor a review, but more a companion work to some of the more puzzling and interesting aspects of the subject. Topics covered range from the sociobiological - kin selection, genes and behaviour, and sexual selection - to the classical ethological views of instinct, motivation and communication. Throughout, the book's aim is to clear up confusion and misunderstanding, but at the same time to leave the reader with a sense of the genuine mysteries that exist about this particular branch of zoology. Although intended primarily for students taking a course in animal behaviour, this lively and informative account will appeal to anyone with an interest in the behaviour animals, whether or not they have studied the subject before. -- from back cover.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [149]-159.
- Contents
- Adaptation -- Optimality -- Inclusive fitness -- Genes and behaviour -- Innate behaviour -- Some obstinate remnants: Instinct, displacement activities, and fixed action patterns -- The machinery of behaviour -- Communication -- Evolutionarily stable strategies -- Sexual selection.
- ISBN
- 0582446910
- 9780582446915
- 0470206578
- 9780470206577
- LCCN
- 85010230
- OCLC
- ocm12050273
- 12050273
- SCSB-638454
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library