Essentials Of Animal Behaviour

Author : Peter J. B. Slater
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521629966
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Animal Behaviour written by Peter J. B. Slater and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readable introduction to animal behaviour for beginning students in biology and psychology.

Author : Graham Scott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405144513
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential Animal Behavior written by Graham Scott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Animal Behavior provides a comprehensive introduction toall areas of the subject: from the genetic and neurobiologicalcontrol of behavior to the learning, development, and function ofbehavior in an evolutionary context. Social behaviour is alsocovered throughout the text. Written in a concise and engaging style, this new book: includes examples from both marine and terrestrial environmentsaround the world places current research alongside classic examples, and puts the study of animal behavior in an applied context,emphasizing the implications for animal welfare and animalconservation. Carefully designed to meet the needs of students coming to thesubject for the first time, the book includes the followingfeatures: key concept boxes Focus on boxes chapter summaries guided reading to aid revision and further study case studies and boxed examples that reinforce essentialpoints, and questions for discussion. This book is essential reading for degree-level studentsfollowing modular programs in biology, zoology, marine biology, andpsychology. An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Pleasecontact our Higher Education team at ahref="mailto:[email protected]"[email protected]/afor more information.

Author : Sergio Pellis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110866587X
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Animal Behaviour written by Sergio Pellis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All students and researchers of behaviour – from those observing freely-behaving animals in the field to those conducting more controlled laboratory studies – face the problem of deciding what exactly to measure. Without a scientific framework on which to base them, however, such decisions are often unsystematic and inconsistent. Providing a clear and defined starting point for any behavioural study, this is the first book to make available a set of principles for how to study the organisation of behaviour and, in turn, for how to use those insights to select what to measure. The authors provide enough theory to allow the reader to understand the derivation of the principles, and draw on numerous examples to demonstrate clearly how the principles can be applied. By providing a systematic framework for selecting what behaviour to measure, the book lays the foundations for a more scientific approach for the study of behaviour.

Author : Marian Stamp Dawkins
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191037443
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Observing Animal Behaviour written by Marian Stamp Dawkins and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to the power of observation before, and sometimes instead of, experimental manipulation in the study of animal behaviour. It starts with simple and easily accessible methods suitable for student projects, before going on to demonstrate the possibilities that now exist for far more sophisticated analyses of observational data. At a time when animal welfare considerations are attracting political as well as scientific debate, the potential for non-intrusive studies on animals is being increasingly recognized. Observation emerges as a valuable alternative approach, often yielding highly informative results in situations (such as on zoos, farms or for wild animals) where more invasive experimental techniques would be undesirable, unethical or just plain impossible. However, to justify its place alongside experimentation as a rigorous scientific method, observation needs to be just as disciplined and systematic and have just as much attention paid to project design in the way that observations are made and recorded. Observing Animal Behaviour takes the reader through all these stages: from the initial observations, to the formulation of hypotheses, and their subsequent testing with further systematic observations. Although designed principally as a companion text for advanced undergraduate and students taking courses in animal behaviour, this accessible text will be essential reading for anyone wanting to study animal behaviour using observational methods rather than experimentation, and assumes no previous knowledge of animals, statistics or scientific method. It will be of particular relevance and use to those professional researchers and consultants in the behavioural sciences who seek a compact but comprehensive introduction to the quantitative observation of animal behaviour.

Author : Peter M. Kappeler
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030828794
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Behaviour written by Peter M. Kappeler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​This textbook presents all basic principles of animal behaviour in a clear and concise manner and illustrates them with up-to-date examples. Emphasis is placed on behavioural biology as an integrative discipline of organismic biology, focusing on the adaptive value of behaviours that facilitate resource access, predator avoidance and reproductive success and underlie parental care, all within a comprehensive presentation of social complexity. This new textbook provides a rich resource for students (and teachers) from a wide range of life science disciplines.

Author : Peter James Bramwell Slater
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Animal Behaviour written by Peter James Bramwell Slater and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Appleby
Publisher : Souvenir Press
ISBN 13 : 9780285643406
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The APBC Book of Companion Animal Behaviour written by David Appleby and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide compiles the insights and experience of authors at the forefront of this expanding science to provide expert and professional perspectives that will enhance the relationship between a pet and its owner. Pet behaviour, whether dogs, cats or rabbits, is affected by their ethology (the science of animal behaviour) while it is also important to understand how emotional response and learning can govern their actions. Animal experts propose solutions to problem behaviour in ground-breaking essays, as well as providing guidance on the relationship between pets and children (including the arrival of a new baby), "rage" syndrome in dogs, how to rehabilitate rescue dogs and cats, plus advice on legal and welfare issues.

Author : Barrett Adkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781635490251
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Behavior written by Barrett Adkins and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal behavior, ethology or behaviorism is a scientific field that studies the behavior of animals under normal circumstances. It includes topics like observational learning, habituation, imprinting, and associative learning, etc. This book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of animal behavior. Such selected concepts that redefine the field have been presented in it. This book is a valuable compilation of topics, ranging from the basic to the most complex theories and principles in the field of animal behavior. For someone with an interest and eye for detail, this text covers the most significant topics in this field. It will provide comprehensive knowledge to the students.

Author : Mark Ridley
Publisher : LibreDigital
ISBN 13 : 9781444313796
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Behavior written by Mark Ridley and published by LibreDigital. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic textbook is a concise introductory guide to the subject of animal behavior. The book is organized by first building the four-cornered foundations of the subject, then moving higher. In an extremely well-organized progression, the student is lead to an understanding of the essential topics, explained in logical self-contained units. Each chapter ends with suggestions for further reading. In this second edition, the coverage of mechanisms of behavior is much expanded, as is the material on evolution and natural selection. The chapter on development includes much of the new work on learning and memory, especially song-learning in birds. Indeed throughout the book, examples are drawn from recent ground-breaking research.The latest edition of the textbook of choice in animal behaviourExtremely well illustrated and including many classic photos by Niko TinbergenUniquely well suited as an introductory text - designed for student use with a clear and logical organization founded on self-contained units

Author : David McFarland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780582009608
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Behaviour written by David McFarland and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: