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As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organis…
A comprehensive guide to the evolutionary history of the world's prosimians, monkeys, and apes, and of humankind's interactions with them. This account of 65 million years of adaptation and evolution concludes with a chapter on the threat that homo sapiens now pose to the surviv…
A comprehensive guide to the evolutionary history of the world's prosimians, monkeys, and apes, and of humankind's interactions with them. This account of 65 million years of adaptation and evolution concludes with a chapter on the threat that homo sapiens now pose to the surviv…
This accessible textbook introduces undergraduate students and other readers to the field of neuroethology - the study of the neurobiological processes underlying animal behaviour. The book begins with Aristotle's theories of behaviour and leads up to contemporary breakthroughs.
"In Animal Minds, Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional feelings? How can we tell…
Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientist…
Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientist…
Horse Behaviour Explained: Origins, Treatment, and Prevention of Problems is a general guide to understanding horse behaviour, how the horse learns and how horse handlers can adjust their behaviour to avoid creating anxiety in the horse. The author begins by providing an overvi…
Horse Behaviour Explained: Origins, Treatment, and Prevention of Problems is a general guide to understanding horse behaviour, how the horse learns and how horse handlers can adjust their behaviour to avoid creating anxiety in the horse. The author begins by providing an overvi…
The author offers a memoir of his two decades in the field studying Kenyan baboons as he describes the members of the baboon troop and their behavior and his interaction with the neighboring Masai tribe.
The author offers a memoir of his two decades in the field studying Kenyan baboons as he describes the members of the baboon troop and their behavior and his interaction with the neighboring Masai tribe.
When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of 'if', 'when' and 'how' escape decisions? these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarise over fifty years of scattered researc…
"Xiaoming Wang has spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae, and Richard H. Tedford is well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Anton's impecc…
This book describes a powerful and flexible technique for the modeling of behavior, based on evolutionary principles. The technique employs a stochastic dynamic programming and permits the analysis of behavioral adaptations wherein organisms respond to changes in their environme…
First Published in 1986.