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This textbook covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. The authors, Michael Breed and Janice Moore, bring almost 60 years of combined experience as university professors to this textbook, much of that teaching animal...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Breed, Michael D.
Other Authors: Moore, Janice
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, �2012.
Subjects:
Animal behavior.
Behavior, Animal
Animaux > M�urs et comportement.
Science.
Animal behavior
Tiere
Verhaltensforschung
Zoology.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Animal Behavior.
Verhaltensforschung.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Of Cockroaches and Wolves: Framing Animal Behavior 2. Neurobiology and Endocrinology for Animal Behaviorists 3. Behavioral Genetics 4. Homeostasis and Time Budgets 5. Learning 6. Cognition 7. Communication 8. Movement: Search, Navigation, Migration, and Dispersal 9. Foraging 10. Self-defense 11. Mating Systems 12 . Nesting, Parenting and Territoriality 13. Social Behavior, Cooperation, and Kinship 14. Comparative Social Behavior 15. Conservation and Behavior.

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