Ethology and animal behaviour

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems.

An overview of current research and experimental approaches in avian cognition and how this relates to other species.

The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems.

An overview of current research and experimental approaches in avian cognition and how this relates to other species.

This book examines the evolutionary lead taken by the matriline in providing the intergenerational co-adaptations required for successful pregnancy.

This book examines the evolutionary lead taken by the matriline in providing the intergenerational co-adaptations required for successful pregnancy.

In this volume, studies of bone growth and development illustrate new methods and insights that enhance the anthropological understanding of skeletal variation.

In this volume, studies of bone growth and development illustrate new methods and insights that enhance the anthropological understanding of skeletal variation.

Using first-person stories and approachable scientific reviews, this volume explores how zoos conduct and support science around the world.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

Using first-person stories and approachable scientific reviews, this volume explores how zoos conduct and support science around the world.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

A comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary perspectives on the forms and functions of play and its importance in development.

A comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary perspectives on the forms and functions of play and its importance in development.

The first reference to demonstrate how birds survive the high-altitude Central Asian Flyway and the threats to this unique migration.

This volume presents a new approach to conceptualizing animal vocal communication, with an emphasis on how receivers'' responses influence signalling.

A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.

The first reference to demonstrate how birds survive the high-altitude Central Asian Flyway and the threats to this unique migration.

This volume presents a new approach to conceptualizing animal vocal communication, with an emphasis on how receivers'' responses influence signalling.

A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.

This book provides a unique framework for understanding diverse issues across behavior studies, facilitating collaboration between sub-disciplines.

This book will provide scientists with a better understanding of statistics, improving their decision-making and reducing animal use.

This book will provide scientists with a better understanding of statistics, improving their decision-making and reducing animal use.

An up-to-date portrait of the giraffe, summarising current knowledge on their biology and behaviour along with current conservation efforts.

An up-to-date portrait of the giraffe, summarising current knowledge on their biology and behaviour along with current conservation efforts.

This book explains how animals use chemical communication, emphasising the evolutionary context and covering fields from ecology to neuroscience and chemistry.

This book explains how animals use chemical communication, emphasising the evolutionary context and covering fields from ecology to neuroscience and chemistry.

Experts from a range of fields provide the latest authoritative accounts of domestic cat behaviour and their interaction with humans.

Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution.

Experts from a range of fields provide the latest authoritative accounts of domestic cat behaviour and their interaction with humans.

Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution.

Experts from a range of disciplines identify the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

Experts from a range of disciplines identify the key barriers to a definition of moral respect that includes nonhuman animals.

A comprehensive review of the current state of our knowledge on the inheritance of normal behaviour in the laboratory mouse.

An exploration of key concepts in the study of animal communication, covering case studies as well as more theoretical issues.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

A comprehensive review of the current state of our knowledge on the inheritance of normal behaviour in the laboratory mouse.

An exploration of key concepts in the study of animal communication, covering case studies as well as more theoretical issues.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

Presentation of groundbreaking research on an extensive range of tool using animals, looking particularly at the evolution of cognitive abilities.

A comparative overview of the effects of neuropeptides on behavior, examining parallel findings in both humans and non-human animals.

Presentation of groundbreaking research on an extensive range of tool using animals, looking particularly at the evolution of cognitive abilities.

A comparative overview of the effects of neuropeptides on behavior, examining parallel findings in both humans and non-human animals.

A synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research on an established society of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese.

A synthesis of more than twenty years of behavioural research on an established society of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

Covers contest behaviour in detail from theoretical and empirical perspectives and across a wide range of species.