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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret BastockPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138521346ISBN 10: 1138521345 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 18 December 2017 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction The question of function - The question of complexity - Natural selection and sexual selection - Courtship and conflict - Problems of inheritance - Problems of mechanism PART ONE: SOME DESCRIPTIONS I. Fish 2. Birds 3* Arthropods 4 cockroach PART TWO: EVOLUTION 4. Introduction 5. Natural Selection and Sexual Selection 6. The Evolution of Courtship 7. Genetics PART THREE: MECHANISMS 8. The Sexual Control System 9. Hormonal Mechanisms 10. Nervous MechanismsReviews-[T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound.- --C. G. Beer, Science [T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound. --C. G. Beer, Science [T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound. --C. G. Beer, Science "-[T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound.- --C. G. Beer, Science ""[T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound."" --C. G. Beer, Science ""[T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound."" --C. G. Beer, Science" Author InformationMargaret Bastock studied zoology at Oxford from 1946 to 1949 and became a zoology tutor at and, later, a Fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford. She worked for her Ph.D. under Professor N. Tinbergen and through him became acquainted with the work of the chief ethologists in Europe and the United States. Her original work has concentrated on the inheritance and organization of behavior in insects, and her principal interests include all aspects of animal behavior, genetics, and evolution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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