(eBook PDF) Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach 10th Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0878939660
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0878939664
• Author: John Alcock

This new edition of Animal Behavior has been thoroughly rewritten with coverage of much recent work in animal behavior. The scope of the changes for the tenth edition, however, is much more all-encompassing than that of past revisions. Thoughtful suggestions from many readers inspired a major reorganization of the material, such that the new book presents the central concepts of animal behavior in a different sequence from prior editions:
The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. Instead of introducing the concept of proximate and ultimate causation and then focusing heavily on the proximate mechanisms of behavior in the early chapters, this edition focuses first on the evolutionary basis of behavior. Chapter 1 presents the concept of a Darwinian puzzle, a trait that exists even though it seems to reduce the reproductive success of individuals, in which case it should have been eliminated by natural selection. The emphasis on Darwinian puzzles continues, with an in-depth discussion of the evolution of altruism in Chapter 2 (versus Chapter 14) and subsequent exploration of the adaptive value of a broad range of traits from anti-predator activities to reproductive and parental behaviors.

Table of contents:

1. An introduction to animal behavior

2. The integrative study of behavior

3. The developmental and genetic bases of behavior

4. The neural basis of behavior

5. The physiological basis of behavior

6. Avoiding predators and finding food

7. Territoriality and migration

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.

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