Publication

2010 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

140,500 words, Guess

Page Count

562 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivesocialbehaviour00tsze
  • ISBN-139780521709620
  • ISBN-100521883172
  • ISBN-100521709628
  • ISBN-139780521883177
and 6 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010027383
  • OCLC Control Number614315490
  • Better World Books9780521709620
  • Better World Books9780521883177
  • Better World BooksKS-302-822
  • Open LibraryOL27087939M

Classifications

  • DDC304.5
  • LCCHM628 .S63 2010
  • LCCQP360

Alternate Titles

  • Social behavior

Description

"Humans live in large and extensive societies and spend much of their time interacting socially. Likewise, most other animals also interact socially. Social behaviour is of constant fascination to biologists and psychologists of many disciplines, from behavioural ecology to comparative biology and sociobiology. The two major approaches used to study social behaviour involve either the mechanism of behaviour - where it has come from and how it has evolved, or the function of the behaviour studied. With guest articles from leaders in the field, theoretical foundations along with recent advances are presented to give a truly multidisciplinary overview of social behaviour, for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Topics include aggression, communication, group living, sexual behaviour and co-operative breeding. With examples ranging from bacteria to social mammals and humans, a variety of research tools are used, including candidate gene approaches, quantitative genetics, neuro-endocrine studies, cost-benefit and phylogenetic analyses and evolutionary game theory"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Social behaviour: genes, ecology and evolutionCambridge University Press2010-01-01

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