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xvii, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

xvi, 383 pages, 1 unnumbered page : including illustrations, plates. portrait frontispiece ; 20 cm

The life- history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles / by Gerald R. Leighton.

Symposia of the Society for Expermiental Biology

Nervous and hormonal mechanisms of integration.

The imitation factor : evolution beyond the gene / Lee Alan Dugatkin.

<p>How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is causing a revolution in the study of animal behaviour, while developments in computing and image analysis allow us to investigate behaviour in ways never previously possible. By combining these with the traditional methods of observation and experiments, we are now learning more about animal behaviour than ever before. In this Very Short Introduction Tristram D. Wyatt discusses how animal behaviour has evolved, how behaviours develop in each individual (considering the interplay of genes, epigenetics, and experience), how we can understand animal societies, and how we can explain collective behaviour such as swirling flocks of starlings. Using lab and field studies from across the whole animal kingdom, he looks at mammals, butterflies, honeybees, fish, and birds, analysing what drives behaviour, and exploring instinct, learning, and culture. Looking more widely at behavioural ecology, he also considers some aspects of human behaviour.-- publisher.</p>

Very short introductions

xix, 146 pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm.

Animal behaviour : a very short introduction / Tristram D. Wyatt.

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Behavior, Animal

Catalogue

Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

The life- history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles / by Gerald R. Leighton.

Nervous and hormonal mechanisms of integration.

The imitation factor : evolution beyond the gene / Lee Alan Dugatkin.

Animal behaviour : a very short introduction / Tristram D. Wyatt.

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Behavior, Animal

Catalogue

Development of the avian embryo : a behavioural and physiological study / B.M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince.

The life- history of British serpents and their local distribution in the British Isles / by Gerald R. Leighton.

Nervous and hormonal mechanisms of integration.

The imitation factor : evolution beyond the gene / Lee Alan Dugatkin.

Animal behaviour : a very short introduction / Tristram D. Wyatt.

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