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[A] clean and comprehensive coherence and whilst a solid reference and textbook work, it is a genuine pleasure to read. (Journal of Biological Education )
It neatly integrates behavioural mechanisms with the adaptive value of behavioural traits, and their underlying genetics. What is more, it is an ejoyable read. It is sure to appeal to a wide spectrum of readers from undergraduates through to professional behavioural ecologists. (Owen Jones in Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2009 )
I found a substantial amount of new information and the book is excellent in refreshing one's memory and broadening one's views: and all this for a reasonable price. I am convinced that anyone interested in this field, from undergraduates to professionals, will enjoy this much needed new textbook on behavioural ecology. (Marc Naguib in Animal Behaviour, 2008 )
This is an excellent textbook, useful for students at all levels, as well as professionals. I think this book is set to become the new standard textbook on behavioural ecology. (Eliza Z. Cameron in Behavioural Processes, 2008 )
I think it achieves the very difficult task of being of value to a wide spectrum of readers. It is sufficiently clear and careful in its explanations, and fulsome in its examples that undergraduates can really use it. At the same time, almost everyone who would call themselves professional behavioural ecologists will benefit from reading this book. (Graeme Ruxton, University of Glasgow )
It neatly integrates behavioural mechanisms with the adaptive value of behavioural traits, and their underlying genetics. What is more, it is an ejoyable read. It is sure to appeal to a wide spectrum of readers from undergraduates through to professional behavioural ecologists. (Owen Jones in Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2009 )
I found a substantial amount of new information and the book is excellent in refreshing one's memory and broadening one's views: and all this for a reasonable price. I am convinced that anyone interested in this field, from undergraduates to professionals, will enjoy this much needed new textbook on behavioural ecology. (Marc Naguib in Animal Behaviour, 2008 )
This is an excellent textbook, useful for students at all levels, as well as professionals. I think this book is set to become the new standard textbook on behavioural ecology. (Eliza Z. Cameron in Behavioural Processes, 2008 )
I think it achieves the very difficult task of being of value to a wide spectrum of readers. It is sufficiently clear and careful in its explanations, and fulsome in its examples that undergraduates can really use it. At the same time, almost everyone who would call themselves professional behavioural ecologists will benefit from reading this book. (Graeme Ruxton, University of Glasgow )
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[A] clean and comprehensive coherence and whilst a solid reference and textbook work, it is a genuine pleasure to read. Journal of Biological Education It neatly integrates behavioural mechanisms with the adaptive value of behavioural traits, and their underlying genetics. What is more, it is an ejoyable read. It is sure to appeal to a wide spectrum of readers from undergraduates through to professional behavioural ecologists. Owen Jones in Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 2009 I found a substantial amount of new information and the book is excellent in refreshing one's memory and broadening one's views: and all this for a reasonable price. I am convinced that anyone interested in this field, from undergraduates to professionals, will enjoy this much needed new textbook on behavioural ecology. Marc Naguib in Animal Behaviour, 2008 This is an excellent textbook, useful for students at all levels, as well as professionals. I think this book is set to become the new standard textbook on behavioural ecology. Eliza Z. Cameron in Behavioural Processes, 2008 I think it achieves the very difficult task of being of value to a wide spectrum of readers. It is sufficiently clear and careful in its explanations, and fulsome in its examples that undergraduates can really use it. At the same time, almost everyone who would call themselves professional behavioural ecologists will benefit from reading this book. Graeme Ruxton, University of Glasgow
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More than 30 years after Wilson's Sociobiology (19?5) and Krebs and Davies' Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach (1978) were first published, the term 'behavioural ecology' remains somewhat unfamiliar to the general public. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
More than 30 years after Wilson's Sociobiology (19?5) and Krebs and Davies' Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach (1978) were first published, the term 'behavioural ecology' remains somewhat unfamiliar to the general public. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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While this text is apparently the "go-to" book for most ecology courses, I have found that the authors are very selective in their references, using material from very few sources. I would like to see a broader scope of ideas. As others have mentioned, each chapter has a different writing style because the authors take turns, but overall the writing style is convoluted and difficult to make sense of. Finally, I think I made a tally sheet for the number of types a hypothesis or model was presented, only to be followed with "more research is needed in this area" or "this has yet to be tested."
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Behavior text makes a valiant attempt
13 Feb 2009
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A good attempt at encompassing this broad area of research. This is an area of research that has needed an updated text book. The book does suffer from several things. First the chapters are written by a variety of authors and in this case this method has produced a book with a wide array of writing styles that makes it difficult to go from one chapter to the next. Second the book is very selective in its citations. Particular authors are cited often even under circumstances where more in depth work or even more classic work has been done by others.
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