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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

by: Davies, Nicholas B.; Krebs, John R.; West, Stuart A.

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

by: Davies, Nicholas B.; Krebs, John R.; West, Stuart A.

ISBN 13:
9781444339499
ISBN 10:
1444339494
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 04/09/2012
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

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 colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour - an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, - and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals.Written in the same engaging and lucid style as the previous editions, the authors explain the latest theoretical ideas using examples from micro-organisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. There are boxed sections for some topics and marginal notes help guide the reader. The book will be essential reading for students of behavioural ecology, animal behaviour and evolutionary biology.

Author Biography

Nicholas B. Davies FRS is Professor of Behavioural Ecology in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College.

John R. Krebs FRS is Principal of Jesus College and Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and a member of the House of Lords.

Stuart West is Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford.

Preface x

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Natural Selection, Ecology and Behaviour 1

Watching and wondering 1

Natural selection 5

Genes and behaviour 6

Selfish individuals or group advantage? 11

Phenotypic plasticity: climate change and breeding times 18

Behaviour, ecology and evolution 21

Summary 22

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