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" Recent trends in animal behaviour / "
Archana Ruhela, Malini Sinha.
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BL
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962677
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b717047
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Ruhela, Archana.
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Recent trends in animal behaviour /\ Archana Ruhela, Malini Sinha.
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Jaipur, India :: Oxford Book Co.,, 2010.
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1 online resource (308 pages) :: illustrations
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1282810197
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: 1441661050
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: 9350431068
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: 9781282810198
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: 9781441661050
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: 9789350431061
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938017926X
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9789380179261
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction to Animal Behaviour -- Evolution and Animal Behaviour -- Animal Behavioural Genetics -- Phylogeny and Animal Behaviour -- Animal Behaviour and Cognition -- Animal Learning and Development -- Proximate Mechanisms in Animal Behaviour -- Animal Social Behaviour -- Human Behaviour Patterns -- Bibliography -- Index.
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The present book explores the mechanisms and evolution of animal behaviour, including neural, hormonal, and genetic substrates of behaviour; foraging; anti-predator defences; mating systems and sexual selection; social behaviour; communication; parental care; kin selection and recognition; and territoriality. This thoroughly up-to-date text shows how evolutionary biologists analyse all aspects of behaviour. It is distinguished by its balanced treatment of both the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary causes of behaviour, and stresses the utility of evolutionary theory in unifying the differe.
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Animal behavior.
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Animal behavior.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
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591.5
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QL751.R84 2010eb
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Sinha, Malini.
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Animal behavior
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: Recent trends in animal behavior
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: Animal behaviour
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