Animal Behavior, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Breed, Michael D.; Moore, Janice

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 546
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter,Copyright,Dedication,PrefaceEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Of Cockroaches and Wolves: Framing Animal Behavior, Pages 1-26
Chapter 2 - Neurobiology and Endocrinology for Animal Behaviorists, Pages 27-70
Chapter 3 - Behavioral Genetics, Pages 71-107
Chapter 4 - Homeostasis and Time Budgets, Pages 109-144
Chapter 5 - Learning, Pages 145-173
Chapter 6 - Cognition, Pages 175-209
Chapter 7 - Communication, Pages 211-251
Chapter 8 - Movement: Search, Navigation, Migration, and Dispersal, Pages 253-292
Chapter 9 - Foraging, Pages 293-323
Chapter 10 - Self-Defense, Pages 325-355
Chapter 11 - Mating Systems, Pages 357-393
Chapter 12 - Nesting, Parenting, and Territoriality, Pages 395-422
Chapter 13 - Social Behavior, Cooperation, and Kinship, Pages 423-458
Chapter 14 - Comparative Social Behavior, Pages 459-497
Chapter 15 - Conservation and Behavior, Pages 499-538
Index, Pages 539-546

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