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Animal Behavior

Book • Second Edition2015

Authors:

Michael D. Breed and Janice Moore

Animal Behavior

Book • Second Edition2015

 

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Authors:

Michael D. Breed and Janice Moore

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Animal Behavior, Second Edition, covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. The authors, Michael ... read full description

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    Chapter 1 - Of Cockroaches and Wolves: Framing Animal Behavior

    Pages 1-26

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    Chapter 2 - Neurobiology and Endocrinology for Animal Behaviorists

    Pages 27-70

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    Chapter 3 - Behavioral Genetics

    Pages 71-107

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    Chapter 4 - Homeostasis and Time Budgets

    Pages 109-144

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    Chapter 5 - Learning

    Pages 145-173

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    Chapter 6 - Cognition

    Pages 175-209

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    Chapter 7 - Communication

    Pages 211-251

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    Chapter 8 - Movement: Search, Navigation, Migration, and Dispersal

    Pages 253-292

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    Chapter 9 - Foraging

    Pages 293-323

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    Chapter 10 - Self-Defense

    Pages 325-355

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    Chapter 11 - Mating Systems

    Pages 357-393

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    Chapter 12 - Nesting, Parenting, and Territoriality

    Pages 395-422

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    Chapter 13 - Social Behavior, Cooperation, and Kinship

    Pages 423-458

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    Chapter 14 - Comparative Social Behavior

    Pages 459-497

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    Chapter 15 - Conservation and Behavior

    Pages 499-538

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    Index

    Pages 539-546

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Description

Animal Behavior, Second Edition, 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 behavior.

An entire chapter is devoted to the vibrant new field of behavior and conservation, including topics such as social behavior and the relationship between parasites, pathogens, and behavior. Thoughtful coverage has also been given to foraging behavior, mating and parenting behavior, anti-predator behavior, and learning.

This text addresses the physiological foundations of behavior in a way that is both accessible and inviting, with each chapter beginning with learning objectives and ending with thought-provoking questions.

Additionally, special terms and definitions are highlighted throughout. Animal Behavior provides a rich resource for students (and professors) from a wide range of life science disciplines.

Animal Behavior, Second Edition, 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 behavior.

An entire chapter is devoted to the vibrant new field of behavior and conservation, including topics such as social behavior and the relationship between parasites, pathogens, and behavior. Thoughtful coverage has also been given to foraging behavior, mating and parenting behavior, anti-predator behavior, and learning.

This text addresses the physiological foundations of behavior in a way that is both accessible and inviting, with each chapter beginning with learning objectives and ending with thought-provoking questions.

Additionally, special terms and definitions are highlighted throughout. Animal Behavior provides a rich resource for students (and professors) from a wide range of life science disciplines.

Key Features

  • Provides a rich resource for students and professors from a wide range of life science disciplines
  • Updated and revised chapters, with at least 50% new case studies and the addition of contemporary in-text examples
  • Expanded and updated coverage of animal welfare topics
  • Includes behavior and homeostatic mechanisms, behavior and conservation, and behavioral aspects of disease
  • Available lab manual with fully developed and tested laboratory exercises
  • Companion website includes newly developed slide sets/templates (PowerPoints) coordinated with the book
  • Provides a rich resource for students and professors from a wide range of life science disciplines
  • Updated and revised chapters, with at least 50% new case studies and the addition of contemporary in-text examples
  • Expanded and updated coverage of animal welfare topics
  • Includes behavior and homeostatic mechanisms, behavior and conservation, and behavioral aspects of disease
  • Available lab manual with fully developed and tested laboratory exercises
  • Companion website includes newly developed slide sets/templates (PowerPoints) coordinated with the book

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ISBN

978-0-12-801532-2

Language

English

Published

2015

Copyright

Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Authors

Michael D. Breed

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

Janice Moore

Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA