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Author Alcock, John, 1942-

Title Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach / John Alcock
Edition Seventh edition
Published Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates ; Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2001

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 W'PONDS  591.5 Alc/Aba 2001  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 543 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Contents 1. An Evolutionary Approach To Animal Behavior -- 2. Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Behavior: How and Why Birds Sing -- 3. The Development of Behavior: A Focus on Heredity -- 4. The Development of Behavior: A Focus on the Environment -- 5. The Control of Behavior: Neural Mechanisms -- 6. The Organization of Behavior: Neurons and Hormones -- 7. Adaptation and Antipredator Behavior -- 8. The Evolution of Feeding Behavior -- 9. Choosing Where to Live -- 10. The Evolution of Communication -- 11. The Evolution of Reproductive Behavior -- 12. The Evolution of Mating Systems -- 13. The Evolution of Parental Care -- 14. The Evolution of Social Behavior -- 15. The Evolution of Human Behavior
Notes Previous ed.: 1997
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [495]-527
Notes English
Subject Behavior evolution.
Animal behavior.
Evolution.
Animal behavior -- Evolution.
LC no. 2001020603
ISBN 0878930116