An Introduction to Animal Behaviour
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Description
Wolves excitedly greet each other as members of the pack come together; a bumble bee uses its long tongue to reach the nectar at the base of a foxglove flower; a mongoose swiftly and deftly bites its prey to death; young cheetahs rest quietly together, very close to sleep. Now in full colour, this revised and updated edition of Manning and Dawkins' classic text provides a beautifully written introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour. Tinbergen's four questions of causation,…
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Key features
- Written in an accessible style, it covers the fundamentals of animal behaviour required for an introductory course
- In full colour throughout with detailed examples and explanations of a large range of fascinating behaviours
- Authored by two leading experts in their field, whose enthusiastic style will both motivate and help students to develop an appreciation of this fascinating field
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139030304
- Subjects Animal Behaviour,Evolutionary Biology,Life Sciences
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 26 March 2012
- ISBN: 9781107000162
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1kg
- Contains: 71 b/w illus. 135 colour illus.
- Page extent: 472 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 1-2 weeks
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 26 March 2012
- ISBN: 9780521165143
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.77kg
- Contains: 71 b/w illus. 135 colour illus.
- Page extent: 467 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 05 June 2012
- ISBN: 9781139030304
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