| Title |
Social behaviour in birds and mammals; essays on the social ethology of animals and man / edited by John Hurrell Crook. |
| OCLC |
93518 |
| ISBN |
0121978508 |
| Publisher |
London ; New York : [Academic Press], 1970. |
| Description |
xl, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Social behavior in animals.
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Birds -- Behavior.
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Mammals -- Behavior.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
K. R. L. Hall: a memoir, by S. Gartlan.--Introduction: social behaviour and ethology, by J. H. Crook.--Feeding dispersion in some overwintering wading birds, by J. D. Goss-Custard.--Ecological determinants of breeding adaptations and social behaviour in two fish-eating birds, by K. E. L. Simmons.--Problems of social structure in forest monkeys, by F. P. G. Aldrich-Blake.--The socio-ecology of primates, by J. H. Crook.--Effects of population density on behaviour in rodents, by J. Archer.--Gender role in the social system of Quelea, by J. H. Crook and P. A. Butterfield.--The pair bond in the zebra finch, by P. A. Butterfield.--Communication by facial-visual signals, by I. Vine.--The adaptive radiation of parental care in waterfowl, by J. Kear.--Perceptual factors and observational learning in the behavioural development of young chicks, by E. Cronhelm.--Visual experience and early social behaviour in chicks, by S. J. Dimond. |
| General note |
"Dedicated to the memory of K. R. L. Hall." |
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