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"There is no denying that this volume will set behavioral ecology's research path for the near future. The book does an admirable job of highlighting new ideas and approaches that are shaping the future of behavioral ecology with discussions of powerful techniques as well as boundary-challenging ideas. The chapters in Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology are short, concise and to-the-point. The material is presented in an engaging and enthusiastic style - a quality that will certainly appeal to graduate students and other newcomers to the field. The presentation, format, and style are consistent and flow very well from one chapter to the next. Credit the editors with this achievement."--Integrative and Comparative Biology
"Impressive. It's completeness, the fact that chapters are written by leading international experts in each field, and the inclusion of those equations necessary to explain topics in depth, all serve to widen the coverage of ideas and therefore the potential read
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Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology is intended to be used a text for graduate students and a sourcebook for professional scientists seeking an understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors. Chapters are written by an array of leading experts in the field, providing a core foundation, a history of conceptual developments, and fresh insight into the controversies and themes shaping the continuing development of the field. Essays on adaptation, selection, fitness, genetics, plasticity, and phylogeny as they pertain to behavior place the field in the broader context of ecology and evolution. These concepts, along with a diversity of theoretical approaches are applied to the evolution of behavior in a many contexts, from individual decision-making of solitary animals through to complex social interactions. Chapters integrate conceptual and theoretical approaches with recent empirical advances to understand the evolution of behavior, from foraging, dealing with risk, predator avoidance, and an array of social behaviors, including fighting and cooperation with conspecifics and conflict and cooperation between the sexes. Chapters also emphasize integrative and novel approaches to behavior, including cognitive ecology, personality, conservation biology, the links between behavior and evolution, the evolution of human social behavior, and ways in which modern genetic analyses can augment the study of behavior.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Good textbook...
13 Jun 2011
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This was the required book for a graduate class I took last fall. The book is great. It is dry at times as it is a collection of different articles by several scientists which have been edited together into a collection. You only get the one side to any point so for some of the concepts my professor used different articles to present a different viewpoint, but overall the book is great. It is well written and easy to understand. I would read the chapters before lecture even if we didn't have to and it helped me participate in all discussions. For those who just want to understand animal behavior, you might want to invest in a good dictionary if you don't have an evolutionary biology background.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A fascinating book
27 Jan 2011
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This book pulls in a lot of important concepts in behavioral ecology into one text. Each chapter is written by different authors, so there is some discontinuity between not only style of writing, but also more important aspects such as the breadth and level of detail for each topic. Because of this, usage as a graduate textbook may be somewhat limited, but could still easily be used as a introduction to this broad field, its history, and what has been done, and what could be done.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Behavioral Ecology for grad students
1 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
This book offers a complete review on Behavioral Ecology.
Grads and undergrad students can both learn about this subject.
Grads and undergrad students can both learn about this subject.
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