
How Animals Behave Is Crucial To Their Survival And Reproduction. The Application Of New Molecular Tools Such As Dna Fingerprinting And Genomics Is Causing A Revolution In The Study Of Animal Behaviour, While Developments In Computing And Image Analysis Allow Us To Investigate Behaviour In Ways Never Previously Possible. By Combining These With The Traditional Methods Of Observation And Experiments, We Are Now Learning More About Animal Behaviour Than Ever Before. In This Very Short Introduction Tristram D. Wyatt Discusses How Animal Behaviour Has Evolved, How Behaviours Develop In Each Individual (considering The Interplay Of Genes, Epigenetics, And Experience), How We Can Understand Animal Societies, And How We Can Explain Collective Behaviour Such As Swirling Flocks Of Starlings. Using Lab And Field Studies From Across The Whole Animal Kingdom, He Looks At Mammals, Butterflies, Honeybees, Fish, And Birds, Analysing What Drives Behaviour, And Exploring Instinct, Learning, And Culture. Looking More Widely At Behavioural Ecology, He Also Considers Some Aspects Of Human Behaviour. About The Series: The Very Short Introductions Series From Oxford University Press Contains Hundreds Of Titles In Almost Every Subject Area. These Pocket-sized Books Are The Perfect Way To Get Ahead In A New Subject Quickly. Our Expert Authors Combine Facts, Analysis, Perspective, New Ideas, And Enthusiasm To Make Interesting And Challenging Topics Highly Readable.
This book investigates the fundamental drivers of animal behavior by synthesizing traditional observational methods with modern molecular and computational tools. Tristram D. Wyatt, a researcher at the University of Oxford, utilizes his expertise in pheromones and behavioral biology to examine how genes, epigenetics, and environmental experience shape the actions of diverse species. The text argues that the integration of genomics and advanced image analysis has transformed the field, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of instinct, learning, and social structures across the animal kingdom.
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Experts and readers frequently cite this text as an accessible and concise entry point for students and laypeople interested in behavioral biology. The prose is noted for its clarity and ability to distill complex scientific advancements into a manageable format for a general audience.
Page Count:
144
Publication Date:
2017-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019102094X
ISBN-13:
9780191020940
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