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A fourth, and completely revised, edition of the classic text which has defined the field. All the chapters have been completely rewritten, many by new authors, and new topics are covered to summarise recent advances in our understanding of how mechanisms control and constrain the adaptive behaviour of individuals, and how individual decision making influences population structure and its consequences for conservation. Each chapter provides an up to date review of the main ideas and empirical data to test them and focuses on current controversies and unsolved questions.
`...it is hard to see how anyone with research interests in functional aspects of behaviour could decide NOT to buy this book.' Peter McGregor, IBIS.