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Title Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach / edited by John R. Krebs, Nicholas B. Davies
Edition Fourth edition
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 1997

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Description viii, 456 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 1. The Evolution of Behavioural Ecology / John R. Krebs and Nicholas B. Davies -- 2. Sensory Systems and Behaviour / Rudiger Wehner -- 3. The Ecology of Information Use / Luc-Alain Giraldeau -- 4. Recognition Systems / Paul W. Sherman, Hudson K. Reeve and David W. Pfennig -- 5. Managing Time and Energy / Innes C. Cuthill and Alasdair I. Houston -- 6. Sperm Competition and Mating Systems / Timothy R. Birkhead and Geoffrey A. Parker -- 7. The Evolution of Animal Signals / Rufus A. Johnstone -- 8. Sexual Selection and Mate Choice / Michael J. Ryan -- 9. Sociality and Kin Selection in Insects / Andrew F. G. Bourke -- 10. Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates / Stephen T. Emlen -- 11. The Ecology of Relationships / Anne E. Pusey and Craig Packer -- 12. The Social Gene / David Haig -- 13. Adaptation of Life Histories / Serge Daan and Joost M. Tinbergen -- 14. The Phylogenetic Foundations of Behavioural Ecology / Paul H. Harvey and Sean Nee
15. Causes and Consequences of Population Structure / Godfrey M. Hewitt and Roger K. Butlin -- 16. Individual Behaviour, Populations and Conservation / John D. Goss-Custard and William J. Sutherland
Summary Intended for students who are already familiar with the basic ideas of the subject, this text takes account of the many new developments, integrating an exposition of the theory with a critical discussion of how predictions have been tested
Analysis Animales Hábitos y conducta
Ecología animal
Evolución de la conducta
Notes Previous ed.: 1991
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-445) and index
Subject Animal behavior -- Evolution.
Animal behavior.
Animal ecology.
Behavior evolution.
Behavior, Animal [MESH]
Behavior, Animal.
Ecology [MESH]
Ecology.
Behavior, Animal.
Ecology.
Evolution
Author Davies, N. B. (Nicholas B.), 1952-
Krebs, J. R. (John R.)
LC no. 96030486
ISBN 0865427313
Other Titles Behavioral ecology