Animal Behavior: Concepts, Methods, and Applications uses a conceptual approach that puts the process of science and applications front and center.
Animal Behavior has garnered praise from reviewers for its accessibility, student engagement, and profound exploration of major concepts and empirical methods in animal behavior. The goals of this text are to allow students to learn how knowledge about animal behavior is generated and to promote an inquiry-based process. This approach helps students understand the research that illustrates major concepts in animal behavior. Each chapter is built around four to six broad organizing concepts, emphasizing an in-depth exploration of carefully selected ideas, and offering students a clear learning progression and a solid framework for scaffolding their knowledge.
Each concept is illustrated using research from primary literature, emphasizing the methods of the featured studies.
This edition prominently features research from a diverse set of scientists, paying attention to gender equity, geographic diversity, and researchers from underrepresented groups. Incorporating scientists from a broad set of backgrounds demonstrates to students that there are scientists conducting animal behavior research who may be just like them.
By:
Shawn Nordell,
Thomas Valone
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 284mm,
Width: 213mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 1.565kg
ISBN: 9780197666913
ISBN 10: 0197666914
Pages: 584
Publication Date: 25 September 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface The Approach: Concepts, Methods, and Applications CHAPTER 1 The Science and Methods of Animal Behavior CHAPTER 2 Evolution and the Study of Animal Behavior CHAPTER 3 Behavioral Genetics CHAPTER 4 Sensory Systems and Behavior CHAPTER 5 Communication CHAPTER 6 Learning CHAPTER 7 Animal Cognition CHAPTER 8 Foraging Behavior CHAPTER 9 Antipredator Behavior CHAPTER 10 Dispersal and Migration CHAPTER 11 Habitat Selection, Territoriality, and Aggression CHAPTER 12 Mating Behavior CHAPTER 13 Mating Systems CHAPTER 14 Parental Care CHAPTER 15 Sociality CHAPTER 16 Cooperative Behavior Glossary Bibliography Answers to Selected Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Answers to Scientific Process Box
Shawn E. Nordell is Associate Director of Graduate Career Services at the University of Arizona. Previously she was Senior Associate Director at the Teaching Center at Washington University in St. Louis and Professor at Saint Louis University for sixteen years. Her research focused on fish behavioral ecology, mate choice, and predator avoidance. Thomas J. Valone is Professor of Biology at Saint Louis University and Director of the Reis Biological Field Station. His research focuses on community ecology, conservation biology, and foraging behavior.
