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Books Ecological & Biological Sciences Animal & General Biology Animals: Behaviour
Behaviour and Evolution
Series: Biology: Brain and Behaviour
Edited By: Marion Hall and Tim Halliday
306 pages, Illus, figs, tabs
About this book
Why does an animal behave in the way it does? The possible answers - development, survival value, evolutionary history or cause-and-effect - are the main themes that are discussed here.
Contents
Introduction.- Actions and Reactions.- Genes and Behaviour.- Behaviour and Adaptation.- Development of Behaviour.- Learning.- Motivation.- Cognition.- Reproductive Behaviour.- Living in Groups.
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