The Natural History Reader in Animal Behavior / / ed. by Howard Topoff.
Studies the nature of comparative animal behavior through the synthesis of principles and techniques from Zoology and Psychology and observations of animal behavior made over centuries.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987] ©1987 |
Year of Publication: | 1987 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Original Publication Dates of Articles in Natural History Magazine -- Introduction -- Additional Readings -- Part 1. Sensory Processes and Orientation -- 1. A Special Light to Steer By -- 2. The Shark’s Sixth Sense -- 3. Night Fighters in a Sonic Duel -- 4. The Pit and the Antlion -- 5. Bird Navigation -- 6. Psychophysics and Hearing in Fish -- 7. Invertebrate Learning -- Part 2. Evolution and Behavior -- 8. Evolution of Nest Building -- 9. Evolution of the Web -- 10. The Importance of Being Feverish -- 11. Goose Mates -- 12. Strategies of Reproduction -- Part 3. Social Organization -- 13. Four Months of the Ground Squirrel -- 14. The Helpful Shall Inherit the Scrub -- 15. The Hummingbird and the Calorie -- 16. Invasion of the Booty Snatchers -- 17. Fish in Schools -- 18. Masters of the Tongue Flick -- 19. Peaceable Peccaries -- 20. New Theory on a Fabled Exodus -- Part 4. Behavioral Development -- 21. Components of Recognition in Ducklings -- 22. Mother Baboon -- 23. A Mound of One’s Own -- 24. Sea Lion Shenanigans -- 25. At Play in the Fields -- Index |
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Summary: | Studies the nature of comparative animal behavior through the synthesis of principles and techniques from Zoology and Psychology and observations of animal behavior made over centuries. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231895675 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/topo93832 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Howard Topoff. |