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Perspectives in Ethology
Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon; Klopfer, Peter H.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
This volume is subtitled "Alternatives" because we wanted to devote at least a part of it to the alternative ways in which members of the same species behave in a given situation. Not so very long ago the supposition among many ethologists was that if one animal behaved in a particular way, then all other members of the same age and sex would do the same. Any differences in the ethogram between individuals were to be attributed to "normal biological variation. " Such thinking is less common nowadays after the discovery of dramatic differences between members of the same species ... Read more
This volume is subtitled "Alternatives" because we wanted to devote at least a part of it to the alternative ways in which members of the same species behave in a given situation. Not so very long ago the supposition among many ethologists was that if one animal behaved in a particular way, then all other members of the same age and sex would do the same. Any differences in the ethogram between individuals were to be attributed to "normal biological variation. " Such thinking is less common nowadays after the discovery of dramatic differences between members of the same species ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461290155
SKU
V9781461290155
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