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PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR - LEE ALAN DUGATK...

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  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. As Principles of Animal Behavior makes clear  the tapestry of animal behavior is
created from weaving all of these components into a beautiful whole. With Dugatkin's
exquisitely illustrated  comprehensive  and up-to-date fourth edition  we are able to admire
that beauty anew.

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