Ethology: The Mechanisms and Evolution of Behavior

by James L. Gould

Book Overview

The goal of this book is to illustrate the power of ethology's broad and integrative approach in unraveling how behavior, both simple and complex, is organized and orchestrated. The book develops this theme by looking first at traditional ethology to establish familiarity with the models which will then be used to examine neural mechanisms, social behavior and species interactions, and finally our own species. Suggested readings at the end of each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393014886
• ISBN13: 9780393014884
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.5" x 9.6"