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Classic textbook and concise introduction to animal behaviour. In this edition, the coverage of mechanisms of behaviour is much expanded, as is the material on development, evolution and natural selection.
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PrefaceQuestions About Animal BehaviourThe Evolution Of BehaviourThe Machinery Of BehaviourThe Genetics And Development Of BehaviourMovements And MigrationEating And Not Being EatenSignalsSexual BehaviourConflicts And Social LifeCooperation And Social LifeReferencesIndex
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By: M Ridley
216 pages, B/w photos, illus, figs, tabs
Praise for the first edition "The book's chief distinction is it accessibility: indeed it succeeds excellently as an introduction to its subject. It is clear, lucid, easy to read, and unstuffy." -- Times Higher Education Supplement