Overview
Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. That number is still expanding. This thematic volume makes another important ""contribution to the development of the field"" by bringing together material that aggregates studies conducted on the behavior of tropical animals.Advances in the Study of Behavior is now available online at ScienceDirect--full-text online from volume 30 onward.
Full Product Details
Author: Regina H. Macedo (Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brasil) ,
H. Jane Brockmann ,
Charles T. Snowdon ,
Timothy J. Roper
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Edition: 42nd edition
Volume: 42
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.610kg
ISBN: 9780123808943
ISBN 10: 0123808944
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 November 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The series is designed for psychologists, zoologists, and psychiatrists, but will also be a valuable reference for workers in endocrinology, neurology, physiology, ethnology, and ecology. --BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
Author Information
Dr. H. Jane Brockmann is professor of zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Her research interests include ethology, behavioral ecology; the evolution and economics of behavior; nesting and mating behavior of horseshoe crabs and solitary wasps; and alternative strategies, conflict evolution of social behavior and sex ratios. Charles T. Snowdon is a Hilldale Professor of Psychology and Zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently editor of the Journal of Comparative Psychology, he was previously North American Editor of Animal Behaviour and has served as President of the Animal Behavior Society. He has held a Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health since 1977. His research interests are in vocal and chemical communication, reproductive behavioral biology, parental care and infant development in cooperatively breeding primates. His students and collaborators work in both captive and field settings. Professor Tim Roper has a Personal Chair in Animal Behaviour at the University of Sussex. He has been Secretary of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, a Council Member of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology and both European Editor and Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. His research interest is in the behavioral ecology of social mammals, especially badgers.
