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An Introduction to Animal Behavior: An Integrative Approach
Contributor(s): Ryan, Michael (Author), Wilczynski, Walter (Author)

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 ISBN: 193611318X     ISBN-13: 9781936113187
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
OUR PRICE: $19.95  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Developmental Biology
- Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
Dewey: 591.5
LCCN: 2010048432
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.7" W x 9.2" L (1.36 lbs) 258 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 09/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 228
 
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The study of animal behavior is one of the most integrative endeavors in biology--it encompasses how the behavior is acquired, how it works, why it has come to work as it does, and how it influences the behaving animal and the animals around it. In Animal Behavior: An Integrative Approach,
Michael J. Ryan and Walter Wilczynski address the interrelationship of these aspects of animal behavior, which Nikolaas Tinbergen codified in his "four questions" as causation, ontogeny, survival value, and evolution. In light of these questions, the authors first review some of the basic concepts
of ultimate and proximate aspects of behavior. They make the argument that integrating different levels of analysis is critical for deriving a correct interpretation of behavior. In subsequent chapters, they review topics such as foraging, orientation and migration, sex differences, mate choice,
social bonding, cooperation, conflict, and aggression. The authors integrate information from molecular genomics through neuroscience, endocrinology, development, and learning to evolutionary genetics, selection, constraints, and phylogenetics to provide a concise but comprehensive look at current
topics in animal behavior. This book provides a well-thought-out and integrated introduction to the complexity of animal behavior that should appeal to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional scientists in other fields in need of a succinct review of the field.
 
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