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Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach by Dustin R. Rubenstein and John Alcock is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Cover Animal Behavior Dedication Contents in Brief Contents Preface Author Biographies Acknowledgements Media and Supplements CHAPTER 1: An Introduction to Animal Behavior Natural Selection and the Evolution of Behavior The Cost–Benefit Approach to Behavioral Biology The Levels of Analysis BOX 1.1 Natural selection and infanticide in primates The Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Approaches to Studying Behavior The Adaptive Basis of Behavior: Mobbing in Gulls BOX 1.2 Phylogenies and the comparative method BOX 1.3 The benefit of high nest density for the arctic skua The Science of Animal Behavior CHAPTER 2: The Integrative Study of Behavior The Development of Song Learning BOX 2.1 Characterizing sounds made by animals Intraspecific Variation and Dialects Social Experience and Song Development Mechanisms of Song Learning BOX 2.2 Song learning in birds adoptedby another species The Genetics of Song Learning Control of the Avian Song System BOX 2.3 Proximate mechanisms underlying song preferences in females The Evolution of Song Learning An Evolutionary History of Bird Song Mechanisms of Song Learning and the Comparative Approach Human versus Avian Vocal Learning The Adaptive Value

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Author
Dustin R. Rubenstein and John Alcock
Publisher
Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press
Published
2020
Language
EN
ISBN
9781605355481
Category
science
Subjects
Science, Biology, Zoology
Rating
4.05 / 5 (130 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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