Donald M. Broom, D. M. Broom, Broom D. M.

Biology of Behaviour

Mechanisms, Functions and Applications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an introduction to studies of the behaviour of a wide variety of animals including man, farm animals and pest species.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780521299060
• ISBN-10: 0521299063
• Artikelnr.: 26222462

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Sensory function: behavioural and physiological evidence
3. The control of movement
4. The allocation of resources
5. Body regulation, maintenance and hazard avoidance behaviour
6. Feeding
7. Anti-predator behaviour
8. Functions of social behaviour and dispersal
9. Reproductive behaviour, including parent-offspring interactions
10. The organisation of social groups
References
Indexes.