Ethology and animal behaviour

A beautifully illustrated reference work on the biology, evolution, conservation and management of all thirteen species of wild cattle.

Exploring the sex life of birds and their wide range of fascinating mating and parenting habits, this comprehensive study gives you a detailed insight into bird family life.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

We can't avoid insects.

This book explores the answers to fundamental questions about the human mind and human behaviour with the help of two ancient texts.

A how-to guide for ethnoprimatological research in the Anthropocene, offering an inside look at the latest research in the field.

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

Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listed as threatened.

This book is an essential, thorough, very practical guide to understanding and caring for your rabbit.

A fascinating analysis of the factors which act to trigger and deepen friendships in both mammalian and avian species.

An enchanting, fact-filled treasury for the dog lover in all of us, from A to ZDogpedia is your gateway into the astonishing world of dogs.

Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to provide a thorough overview of behaviour and welfare of companion and farm animals, including fish.

New Naturalist Wildfowl provides a much-anticipated overview of the fascinating birds that have become icons of our diminishing wilderness areas.

Handbook of Applied Dog Behaviour and Training, Volume two: Etiology and Assessment of Behaviour Problems is the definitive reference for dog trainers, behaviourists, breeders and veterinarians.

This is the seventh volume of a ten-volume series on The Natural History of the Crustacea.

This book explores mate-finding and courtship behaviour in the insect world, in all its subtlety and diversity.

This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great ape in Asia.

It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it.

Communication is essential for all forms of social interaction, from parental care to mate choice and cooperation.

Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world.

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

The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial.

Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates, first published in 2006, explores the chemically-mediated interactions between vertebrates and other animals and plants.

Improving welfare in farmed animals is good for productivity, consumer demand and, of course, the animals themselves.

This book blends new and historical research to present experiments, theories, and discoveries in fluid regulation, thirst, and drinking.

This book is the only account of what honeybees actually see.

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery.

A detailed study of the Hadza hunter-gatherers, examining ecological and demographical factors impacting upon the population.

In most terrestrial and aquatic habitats, the vast majority of animals transmitting and receiving communicative signals are arthropods.

A journey into the lives of chimpanzees, revealing the many parallels and differences between us.

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic.

This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.

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

From eye-witness accounts of elephants apparently mourning the death of family members to an experiment that showed that hungry rhesus monkeys would not take food if doing so gave another monkey an electric shock, there is much evidence of animals displaying what seem to be moral feelings.

A child's day in the garden with their Gran and Pa leads to a wonderful exploration of pollination.

Soon after Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution, primate cognition became a major area of research.

The first comprehensive reference book ever published on ecology, conservation status and management of all bears species worldwide.

An illuminating account of animal migration and the stunning new science that reveals their infinite, untapped knowledge.

Bringing together theory and reality of prey escape from predators, this book benchmarks new and current thinking in escape ecology.

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

First published in 1985.

This unique volume of thirty essays, by fifty-three internationally known scholars, honours C.

Jaques presents a totally new general theoretical foundation for understanding the individual and social behavior of all living organisms.

With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology).

The seventh volume in the series "e;Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals"e; describes aspects of the often-complex relationship between humans and marine mammals.

Animal behaviour and, as a result, animal welfare are increasingly complex areas of study, with the diversity of the animal kingdom and new research findings ensuring there is no one, easy answer.

Fascinating and controversial examination of how evolutionary theory sheds light on human nature using reproductive issues as a focus.

A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to all aspects of owning a dog.