Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms Paperback / softback
by Nils Anthes, Ralph Bergmuller, Wolf Blanckenhorn, H. Jane Brockmann, Claudia Fichtel, Lutz Fromhage, Joachim Frommen, Wolfgang Goymann, Juergen Heinze
Edited by Peter M. Kappeler
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The study of animal behaviour has become one of the fastest growing b- logical disciplines in recent decades.
This development can be easily - ferred, for example, from the steady increase in the total number of pub- cations on any aspect of animal behaviour, in particular also in journals with a more general readership (e. g. Nature, Proceedings of the Royal - ciety or Current Biology), the ever-increasing number of participants at - ternational conferences (e. g. IEC or ISBE), and from the growing numbers of students choosing courses in this field.
This development has several causes, of which I find three particularly compelling.
First, it is incre- ingly being appreciated that behaviour is the crucial level at which an in- vidual s genotype and phenotype interface with the environment.
Rec- nising behaviour as the main mechanism animals employ to ascertain their homeostasis, growth, survival and reproduction therefore provides a deep understanding of organismal integration and adaptation.
Second, the ast- ishing success of the study of animal behaviour also has importantly to do with the intellectual flexibility and methodological inter-disciplinarity - quired for comprehensive analyses of behaviour.
Today, students of beh- iour are jacks-of-all-trades; importing, applying and improving methods from many neighbouring disciplines, such as molecular genetics, physi- ogy or micro-electronics, as well as concepts and theories from less ob- ous sources, such as economics or sociology, for example."
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
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- Pages:707 pages, XXI, 707 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Publication Date:23/08/2016
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- ISBN:9783662502358