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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour & ndash; an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, & ndash; and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals. Stuart A. West has joined as a co-author bringing his own perspectives and wor.

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  • "Introduction to behavioural ecology"@pl
  • "An introduction to behavioural ecology"@it

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  • "This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour & ndash; an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, & ndash; and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals. Stuart A. West has joined as a co-author bringing his own perspectives and wor."@en
  • "Natural selection and behaviour; Ecology and adaptation: comparison between species; Economic decisions and the individual; Living in groups and defending resources; Fighting and assessment; Sexual conflict and sexual selection; Parental care and mating systems; Alternative strategies; Co-operation and helping in birds, mammals and fish; Co-operation and altruism in the social insects; The design of signals: ecology and evolution; Co-evolution and arms races."
  • "The third edition of this successful textbook looks again at the influence of natural selection on behavior - an animal's struggle to survive by exploiting resources, avoiding predators, and maximizing reproductive success. In this edition, new examples are introduced throughout, many illustrated with full color photographs. In addition, important new topics are added including the latest techniques of comparative analysis, the theory and application of DNA fingerprinting techniques, extensive new discussion on brood parasite/host coevolution, the latest ideas on sexual selection in relation t."@en

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  • "Lehrbuch"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Einführung"
  • "Matériel didactique"

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  • "Einführung in die Verhaltensökologie mit 33 Tabellen"
  • "An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology"@en
  • "An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology"
  • "Wprowadzenie do ekologii behawioralnej"@pl
  • "Einführung in die Verhaltensökologie : 33 Tabellen"
  • "Einführung in die Verhaltensökologie"
  • "An introduction to bahavioural ecology"
  • "An Introduction to behavioural ecology"
  • "An introduction to behavioral ecology"@en
  • "Ecologia e comportamento animale"
  • "Ecologia e comportamento animale"@it
  • "Einführung die Verhaltensökologie"
  • "An introduction to behavioural ecology"@es
  • "An introduction to behavioural ecology"
  • "An introduction to behavioural ecology"@en
  • "Einführung in die verhaltensökologie"
  • "Introduction to behavioural ecology"

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