Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

• Author(s): Nils Anthes, Peter M. Kappeler, Ralph Bergmüller, Wolf Blanckenhorn, H. Jane Brockmann, Claudia Fichtel, Lutz Fromhage, Joachim Frommen, Wolfgang Goymann, Juergen Heinze, Katharina Hirschenhauser, Heribert Hofer, Sylvia Kaiser, Bart Kempenaers, Gerald Kerth, Judith Ingrid Korb, Kurt M. Kotrschal, Cornelila Kraus, Martha Manser, Nico Michiels, Robin F. A. Moritz, Mario Pahl, Dustin Penn, Norbert Sachser, Martin Schaefer, Carel P. van Schaik, Jutta M. Schneider, Isabella Schreiber, Michael Taborsky, Jürgen Tautz, Fritz Trillmich, Shaowu Zhang,
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Pages: 707
• ISBN_10: 3642026230
  ISBN_13: 9783642026232
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior) , Science / Life Sciences / Evolution , Science / Life Sciences / Ecology , Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General , Science / Life Sciences / General , Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience ,

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This up-to-date review examines key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. Various tests are covered, including recent empirical examples.