ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. 12TH EDITION

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. 12TH EDITION

Editorial:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Año de edición:
Materia
Ciencias - biología
ISBN:
978-0-19-756491-2
Páginas:
708
N. de edición:
12
Idioma:
Inglés
Disponibilidad:
Disponible en 2-3 semanas

Descuento:

-5%

Antes:

173,00 €

Despues:

164,35 €

1 An Introduction to Animal Behavior
2 The Integrative Study of Behavior
3 The Developmental and Molecular Bases of Behavior
4 The Neural Basis of Behavior
5 The Physiological and Endocrine Bases of Behavior
6 Avoiding Predators and Finding Food
7 Territoriality and Movement
8 Principles of Communication
9 Reproductive Behavior
10 Mating Systems
11 Parental Care
12 Principles of Social Evolution
13 Social Behavior and Sociality
14 Human Behavior

The leading text in the field shows how researchers use scientific logic to study the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary bases of behavior, with emphasis on how evolutionary theory unifies the various sub disciplines within animal behavior. A comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments.

Features
• Enhanced eBook with inline videos, self-assessment interactive figures, and other standard robust enhanced eBook features
• IOC/Dashboard with video and audio assets, end-of-chapter quizzes, Lab Manual, discussion questions
• 10% reduction in length (primarily through cutting of extraneous examples)
• Adding more proximate explanations and integrative examples
• New re-designed chapter summaries