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Game Theory and Animal Behavior
Game theory has revolutionized the study of animal behavior. The fundamental principle of evolutionary game theory--that the strategy adopted by one individual depends on the …
Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology
A key way that behavioral ecologists develop general theories of animal behavior is by studying one species or a closely related group of species--"model systems"--over a long …
Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology
A key way that behavioral ecologists develop general theories of animal behavior is by studying one species or a closely related group of species--''model systems''--over a long …
Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose
In the years after the Revolutionary War, the fledgling republic of America was viewed by many Europeans as a degenerate backwater, populated by subspecies weak and feeble. Chief …
Cooperation among Animals
Despite the depiction of nature "e;red in tooth and claw,"e; cooperation is actually widespread in the animal kingdom. Various types of cooperative behaviors have been …
The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin's Adventures in Science and Politics
Nary a Horse Left Standing: How a Nineteenth-Century Epidemic Transformed Medicine, Animal Welfare, and the Modern City
Principles of Animal Behavior, 5th Edition
Incorporating essential revisions to reflect the latest scientific advancements, a celebrated author and scientist offers a leading textbook on animal behavior. So much has …
Altruism Equation
In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s as …
Evolution (International Student Edition)
Written by active researchers to present a contemporary view of the field.Evolution makes the big themes in evolutionary biology accessible by introducing them early and …
Dr. Calhoun's Mousery
"e;Brilliant. . . . An absorbing read and a potent lesson in moral behavior-both of rodents and of humans."e;-Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poison …
The Well-Connected Animal
“Combines accessible prose with solid science.”—Wall Street Journal • “Demonstrates that whatever creature you are—from a giraffe to a Tasmanian devil—life is all about who you …