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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Scott ForbesPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780691130354ISBN 10: 0691130353 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 22 January 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsForbes's writing is lively... He explains evolutionary theory lucidly and well... Forbes is good at explaining the subtlety and frequent counter-intuitiveness of current thinking on these topics. -- Seamus Sweeney Times Literary Supplement This absorbing read is an entertaining but sober addition to the library of anyone who is interested in family conflict and the natural world. Biology Digest All will welcome [this book] as an interesting, well-researched, extraordinarily well-written, and occasionally humorous work in behavioral ecology. Choice This is certainly worth reading if this is an area that you are interested in. Forbes obviously knows his subject. -- Nicola Vollenhoven Biologist Forbes's writing is lively... He explains evolutionary theory lucidly and well... Forbes is good at explaining the subtlety and frequent counter-intuitiveness of current thinking on these topics. -- Seamus Sweeney, Times Literary Supplement This absorbing read is an entertaining but sober addition to the library of anyone who is interested in family conflict and the natural world. -- Biology Digest All will welcome [this book] as an interesting, well-researched, extraordinarily well-written, and occasionally humorous work in behavioral ecology. -- Choice This is certainly worth reading if this is an area that you are interested in. Forbes obviously knows his subject. -- Nicola Vollenhoven, Biologist Author InformationScott Forbes, Professor of Biology at the University of Winnipeg, is a behavioral ecologist whose chief research interest is the evolutionary ecology of families. He has published articles in a wide variety of journals, including Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Ecology, Nature, American Naturalist, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |