Sociality: The Behaviour of Group-Living Animals

ISBN-13: 9783319285832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 276 str.

Ashley Ward; Mike Webster

Opis

The last decade has seen a surge of interest among biologists in a range of social animal phenomena, including collective behaviour and social networks.

Spis treści

Part 1 What is Sociality?.- Part 2 How Do Animals Group?.- Part 3 Why Do Animals Group?.- Part 4 How does animal social behaviour fit in an evolutionary context?. ​

O autorze

Dr. Ashley Ward, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia. 

Dr. Mike Webster, Lecturer, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK.

Blurb

The last decade has seen a surge of interest among biologists in a range of social animal phenomena, including collective behaviour and social networks. In ‘Animal Social Behaviour’, authors Ashley Ward and Michael Webster integrate the most up-to-date empirical and theoretical research to provide a new synthesis of the field, which is aimed at fellow researchers and postgraduate students on the topic. ​