Binding: Paperback
Description: How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DN a fingerprinting and genomics is causing a revolution in the study of animal behaviour while developments in computing and image analysis allow us to investigate behaviour in ways never previously possible. By combining these with the traditional methods of observation and experiments we are now learning more about animal behaviour than ever before. In this Very Short Introduction Tristram D. Wyatt discusses how animal behaviour has evolved how behaviours develop in each individual (considering the interplay of genes epigenetics and experience) how we can understand animal societies and how we can explain collective behaviour such as swirling flocks of starlings. Using lab and field studies from across the whole animal kingdom he looks at mammals butterflies honeybees fish and birds analysing what drives behaviour and exploring instinct learning and culture. Looking more widely at behavioural ecology he also considers some aspects of human behaviour. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Animal Behaviour: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Wyatt Tristram D. (Senior Research Associate Department Of Zoology University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198712152
Pages: 176 Pages, 27 Black And White Illustrations
Publication Date: 5/1/2017
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Animal Behaviour