Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms
- ISBN-10
- 3642026249
- ISBN-13
- 9783642026249
- Series
- Animal Behaviour
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 707
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-03
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- Michael Taborsky, Nils Anthes, Peter M. Kappeler
Description
This up-to-date review examines key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. Various tests are covered, including recent empirical examples.
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- 2012-12-06
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