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Evolution of animal behavior : paleontological and field approaches /

This volume highlights current research in the field of animal behavior, with an emphasis on evolutionary perspectives. The contributors represent paleontological, field, and experimental approaches. They focus on a series of studies that confront wide-ranging issues, including sexual selection, mat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Field Museum of Natural History, Spring Systematics Symposium
Otros Autores: Nitecki, Matthew H., Kitchell, Jennifer A.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume highlights current research in the field of animal behavior, with an emphasis on evolutionary perspectives. The contributors represent paleontological, field, and experimental approaches. They focus on a series of studies that confront wide-ranging issues, including sexual selection, mate choice, differential parental investment, apparent altruism, cooperative behavior, and the relevance of phylogenetic constraints and historical information. The volume will be of special interest to evolutionary biologists, behavioral ecologists, and paleontologists.
Notas:Papers presented at the 7th Spring Systematics Symposium of the Field Museum, Chicago, May 1984.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-178) and index.
ISBN:1423738101
9781423738107
1601296002
9781601296009
9780195040067
0195040066
1280439440
9781280439445