Understanding Animal Behaviour - What to Measure and Why

Studying behaviour in animals requires numerical measurement. This book provides a scientific framework for what to measure and why.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is the problem and what is the solution?; 2. Behaviour as a means, not an end; 3.The deep structure of behavior; 4. The brain is not alone; 5. Bringing it all together: steps in the descriptive process; 6. What of the future?; Epilogue; Appendix A. Eshkol-Wachman movement notation and descriptive analysis; Appendix B. Practice, practice, practice; References; Index.

About the author

Sergio Pellis is a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He has been researching animal behaviour and neuroscience since 1976 and has maintained a research laboratory at the University of Lethbridge since 1990. For the past 13 years, he has been a Board of Governors Research Chair, and in 2014 was awarded the Speaker Gold Medal for Research.Vivien Pellis was an Adjunct Professor and currently remains a Research Associate in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge. She has been a university researcher in animal behaviour and neuroscience since 1981, investigating a diversity of behaviours and species.

Product details

• Authors: Sergio Pellis, Sergio (University of Lethbridge Pellis, Vivien Pellis, Vivien (University of Lethbridge Pellis, Pellis Vivien
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108705103
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70510-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Animal behaviour, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Developmental biology, Ethology and animal behaviour