This is a guide to world animal behaviour. Presenting a balance of historical and current terminology, the authors provide definitions of terms central to ethological writing. Aditionally, they devote special attention to terms from related disciplines, particularly evolutionary biology, physiology, ecology and sociobiology. Most of the entries include descriptive examples and each term is cross-referenced to other related entries.
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This dictionary clearly and accurately defines more than 600 terms used in ethology, the science of animal behavior, in entries of one or two paragraphs. While there are several reference books dealing with ethology, the only real rival to this title is The Oxford Companion to Animal Behavior , edited by David McFarland (Oxford Univ. Pr., 1982), which covers half as many terms in twice as many pages, has hundreds of illustrations, and an index to the animals mentioned in the text. Smaller libraries can get by with the Oxford reference while larger libraries and natural history collections should have both titles.
- Jonathan F. Husband, Framingham State Coll. Lib., Mass.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jonathan F. Husband, Framingham State Coll. Lib., Mass.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This dictionary clearly and accurately defines more than 600 terms used in ethology, the science of animal behavior, in entries of one or two paragraphs. (Jonathan Husband Library Journal )
A helpful guide to the often confusing lexicon of ethology.Words such as 'instinct,' 'territory,' and 'courtship' have very specialized meanings in ethology, often very different from common usage...Immelmann's dictionary is highly recommended for all college and university libraries and for large public libraries. (Choice )
A helpful guide to the often confusing lexicon of ethology.Words such as 'instinct,' 'territory,' and 'courtship' have very specialized meanings in ethology, often very different from common usage...Immelmann's dictionary is highly recommended for all college and university libraries and for large public libraries. (Choice )
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