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020			_a9781405114165
037			_cTextbook
040			_aCSL _beng _cCSL
041			_aeng
084			_aG:66 M1;Q2;1 TK _qCSL
100			_aDavies, Nicholas B _eauthor _9821057
245		0	_aIntroduction to behavioural ecology
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aWest Sessex : _bBlackwell, _c2012.
300			_axii, 506p. _b: col. ill.
500			_aReferences 442-488p.; Index 489-506p.
520			_aThis textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour – an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, – and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals. Stuart A. West has joined as a co-author bringing his own perspectives and work on microbial systems into the book. Written in the same engaging and lucid style as the previous editions, the authors explain the latest theoretical ideas using examples from micro-organisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. There are boxed sections for some topics and marginal notes help guide the reader. The book is essential reading for students of behavioural ecology, animal behaviour and evolutionary biology.
650			_a Competing for resources _9821058
650			_a Living in group _9821059
650			_a Mating systems _9821060
650			_aEconomic decisions _9821061
700			_aKrebs, John R _eco-author _9821062
700			_aWest, Stuart A _eco-author _9821063
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