Evolution of Animal Behavior : Paleontological and Field Approaches

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Title: Evolution of Animal Behavior : Paleontological and Field Approaches
Description: This volume highlights current research in the field of animal behavior, with an emphasis on evolutionary perspectives. The contributors represent paleontological, field, and experimental approaches. They focus on a series of studies that confront wide-ranging issues, including sexual selection, mate choice, differential parental investment, apparent altruism, cooperative behavior, and the relevance of phylogenetic constraints and historical information. The volume will be of special interest to evolutionary biologists, behavioral ecologists, and paleontologists.
Authors: Matthew H. Nitecki, Jennifer A. Kitchell
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Animal behavior--Evolution--Congresses
Categories: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:This volume highlights current research in the field of animal behavior, with an emphasis on evolutionary perspectives. The contributors represent paleontological, field, and experimental approaches. They focus on a series of studies that confront wide-ranging issues, including sexual selection, mate choice, differential parental investment, apparent altruism, cooperative behavior, and the relevance of phylogenetic constraints and historical information. The volume will be of special interest to evolutionary biologists, behavioral ecologists, and paleontologists.
ISBN:9780195040067
9781423738107
9780195364941