Animal behaviour : a very short introduction / Tristram D. Wyatt.
Animal behaviour : a very short introduction / Tristram D. Wyatt.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/1970
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 146 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. How animals behave (and why) -- 2. Sensing and responding -- 3. How behaviour develops -- 4. Learning and animal culture -- 5. Signals for survival -- 6. Winning strategies -- 7. The wisdom of crowds -- 8. Applying behaviour.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA 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...
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Animal behaviour : a very short introduction / Tristram D. Wyatt.
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Very short introductions ; 513
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/1970
Record Identifier
74VKVadl5KVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVadl5KVA
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ISBN
9780198712152 paperback
0198712154 paperback
DDC
591.5
MMS ID
991024099972502626
