Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology

Informationen zum Autor David F. Westneat is a Professor at the University of Kentucky whose career has focused on studying social and reproductive behavior in birds. He has served as member of the editorial boards of Molecular Ecology and Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, as Editor-in-Chief for Behavioral Ecology, and is currently on the Board of Ecology Letters. Charles Fox is a Professor at the University of Kentucky and is the co-editor of four previous books, Maternal Effects as Adaptations (1998; with Tim Mousseau), Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies (2001; with Derek Roff and Daphne Fairbairn), Evolutionary Genetics: Concepts and Case Studies (2006; with Jason Wolf), and Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action (2008; with Scott Carroll). Charles is also Executive Editor of the journal Functional Ecology. Klappentext Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology presents a comprehensive treatment of theevolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors and is suitable as a graduate-level text and as a sourcebook for professional scientists. Zusammenfassung Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology presents a comprehensive treatment of theevolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors and is suitable as a graduate-level text and as a sourcebook for professional scientists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors 1.: Foundations 2.: Decision-Making 3.: Ecology of Behavior 4.: Social Behavior 5.: Reproductive Behavior 6.: . Extensions Literature Cited

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• Authors: David Westneat, David (EDT)/ Fox Westneat
• Assisted by: Charles Fox (Editor), David Westneat (Editor), David F Westneat (Editor), David F. Westneat (Editor), Westneat David (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2010
• EAN: 9780195331936
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533193-6
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Animal behaviour, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Evolution / Evolutionary biology