Synopsis
Animal behaviour is a broad discipline with investigators and contributions from diverse perspectives, including anthropology, comparative psychology, ecology, physiology and zoology. This book, for a one-semester introductory course, uses evolutionary principles as a unifying theme to expose students to a number of approaches to the field of animal behaviour. The authors also show that the varied perspectives used to study behaviour are complementary and often integrated rather than mutually exclusive. The sustitle "Mechanisms, Ecology and Evolution" reflects the book's theme. Greater detail has been added where necessary to clarify key topics, such as genes and evolution, applied animal behaviour, and neuronal and sensory mechanisms. Features include several new boxed essays, updating to examples and references, a new interior design, and new and revised photos and art figures throughout the text. Teaching aids include: chapter outlines; end-of-chapter summary; discussion questions; suggested readings and full glossary and references section at the end of the text.
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Biographie de l'auteur
Lee Drickamer received a PhD in zoology from Michigan State University and is currently teaching at Northern Arizona University. His research interests include population biology, behavioral ecology of rodents, reproductive traits in field mice, comparative mating behavior of stink bugs, and dominance in domestic swine. Lee has been very active in the Animal Behavior Society and the American Society of Zoologists. He also is a member of the American Society of Mammalogists, American Society of Primatologists, British Ecological Society, Ecological Society of America, Illinois Academy of Science, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Society of American Naturalists, and Wilson Ornithological Society. Lee is lead author of Drickamer et al: Animal Behavior, 4e, also published by WCB/McGraw-Hill.
Stephen H. Vessey is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include the behavioral ecology of mammals, especially primates and rodents. He has been studying a population of white-footed mice in northwestern Ohio for more than 25 years. He is a formed associate editor of the Journal of Mammalogy and is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society. He has taught mammalogy and animal behavior at Bowling Green for 28 years, and is co-author of Animal Behavior, 4/e with Lee Drickamer.
Présentation de l'éditeur
Designed for a one-semester introductory course in Animal Behavior. Animal behavior is a broad discipline with investigators and contributions from diverse perspectives, including anthropology, comparative psychology, ecology, ethology, physiology, and zoology. The authors goal in this textbook is to use evolutionary principles as a unifying theme to provide students exposure to a number of approaches to the field of animal behavior. They also demonstrate that the varied perspectives used to study behavior are complementary and often integrated; they are not mutually exclusive. The subtitle, “Mechanisms, Ecology, and Evolution,” reflects the broad themes that dominate the book.
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