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Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo
Herbert H. T. Prins
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Description for Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo
Paperback. Focuses on the question - What are the benefits that animals gain from living in a social group? This book is suitable for wildlife enthusiasts, interested naturalists, wildlife biologists and wildlife managers. Series: Chapman & Hall Wildlife Ecology & Behaviour S. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; PSVW7; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 857.
Over the past 30 years or so, research effort in behaviour and ecology has progressed from simple documentation of the habits or habitats of differ ent species to asking more searching questions about the adaptiveness of the patterns of behaviour observed; moved from documenting simply what occurs, to trying to understand why. Increasingly, studies of behav iour or ecology explore the function of particular responses or patterns of behaviour in individuals or populations - looking for the adaptiveness that has led to the adoption of such patterns either at a proximate level (what environmental circumstances have favoured the adoption of ... Read more
Over the past 30 years or so, research effort in behaviour and ecology has progressed from simple documentation of the habits or habitats of differ ent species to asking more searching questions about the adaptiveness of the patterns of behaviour observed; moved from documenting simply what occurs, to trying to understand why. Increasingly, studies of behav iour or ecology explore the function of particular responses or patterns of behaviour in individuals or populations - looking for the adaptiveness that has led to the adoption of such patterns either at a proximate level (what environmental circumstances have favoured the adoption of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Series
Chapman & Hall Wildlife Ecology & Behaviour S.
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412725203
SKU
V9780412725203
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Reviews for Ecology and Behaviour of the African Buffalo
This book will come to be seen as a milestone in the development and testing of ideas in behavioural ecology...This is a brilliant book. - Mammal News; In all, this is a highly informative and easily readable text which makes an excellent companion to, and extension of, the earlier work of Grimsdell (1969) ... Read more