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Since the last edition of this definitive textbook was published in 2013, much has happened in the field of animal behavior. In this fourth edition of Principles of Animal Behavior, 4th Edition, Lee Alan Dugatkin draws on cutting-edge new work not only to update and expand on the studies presented, but also to reinforce the previous editions’ focus on ultimate and proximate causation, as well as the book’s unique emphasis on natural selection, learning, and cultural transmission. The result is a state-of-the-art textbook on animal behavior that explains underlying concepts in a way that is both scientifically rigorous and accessible to students. Each chapter in the book provides a sound theoretical and conceptual basis upon which the empirical studies rest. A completely new feature in this edition are the Cognitive Connection boxes in Chapters 2–17, designed to dig deep into the importance of the cognitive underpinnings to many types of behaviors. Each box focuses on a specific issue related to cognition and the particular topic covered in that chapter. 1,237 p.
- Lee Alan Dugatkin. Animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2020-01 – University of Chicago Press, Copyright © 2019 by The University of Chicago.
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