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Animal Behaviour :: Ecology and Evolution by C.J.BARNARD, Christopher J Barnard, Barnard, C. J., C. J. Barnard is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Animal Behaviour :: Ecology and Evolution about?

The study of animal behaviour, particularly from evolutionary and ecological viewpoints, has been one of the major growing points in biology over the last 10 to 15 years. The degree of quantitative rigour in theoretical, observational and experimental approaches to behaviour has increased dramatically. As more of the rapidly growing research literature be comes a basic requirement for students reading animal behaviour at undergraduate level, there is a need for a readily comprehensible text, covering all major aspects of behaviour study, to accom­ pany their courses. This book, based on my first, second and third year under­ graduate lectures at the University of No ttingham, is designed to meet that requirement. The book begins with a discussion of the physiological and anatomical bases of behaviour: the relationship between nervous system structure and function and behaviour; hormonal effects on behaviour; biological c1ocks; perceptual mechanisms; and stimulus filtering. This leadsto a consideration in Chapter 2 of how the animal integrates internal and external stimuli in making decisions about its behaviour and the way natural selection has shaped decision-making processes and

Author

C.J.BARNARD, Christopher J Barnard, Barnard, C. J., C. J. Barnard

Publisher

Croom Helm Ltd

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780709906735

Subjects

Social Science, Sociology, Science

Updated

2026-03-25