Ethology and Animal Behavior
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If Dogs Could Talk: Exploring the Canine Mind
by Vilmos Csanyi  Publisher Comments “This book is endlessly enlightening and entertaining . . . will appeal to all dog owners.” —Ann LaFarge, Taconic News How do dogs think? Short of breeding a talking dog (not as impossible as it sounds), the best we can do is to...
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The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots
by Irene Pepperberg Publisher Comments CAN A PARROT UNDERSTAND complex concepts and mean what it says? Since the early 1900s, most studies on animal-human communication have focused on great apes and a few cetacean species. Birds were rarely used in similar studies on the grounds that they...
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Natural History of Sex : the Ecology and Evolution of Mating Behavior (01 Edition)
by Adrian Forsyth Publisher Comments Essays exploring reproductive and sexual behavior in the natural world - Forsyth considers a host questions, both obscure and familiar, that reveal the patterns and consequences of animal sexual behavior....
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Animal Minds
by Donald Griffin Book News Annotation Communicating, using tools, making tactical gestures and strategic moves, animals often display what looks like conscious, even calculated behavior. Building on his work in The Question of Animal Awareness and Animal Thinking, Griffin brings together...
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Foundations of Animal Behavior: Classic Papers with Commentaries
by Lynne D Houck Publisher Comments Beginning with Darwin's work in the 1870s, "Foundations of Animal Behavior" selects the most important works from the discipline's first hundred years--forty-four classic papers--and presents them in facsimile, tracing the development of the field. These...
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Sexual Selection (Scientific American Library)
by James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould Book News Annotation A survey of the many mating systems and strategies practiced by species ranging from microorganisms through insects and birds to mammals, including humans. Fine color photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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Animal Minds
by Donald R Griffin Publisher Comments "Animal Minds tackles a question that is both fascinating and important. The overwhelming body of evidence that Donald Griffin has assembled puts beyond reasonable doubt the case for recognizing that many non-human animals . . . are capable of much more...
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Introduction to Ethology
by Slater P J B Publisher Comments This book provides an elementary introduction to the study of animal behaviour, aimed primarily at sixth formers and undergraduates attending short courses in the subject. It introduces the basic ideas and concepts of modern ethology set in a historical...
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Through our eyes only? :the search for animal consciousness
by Marian Stam Dawkins Publisher Comments What goes on inside the minds of other animals? Do they have thoughts and feelings like our own? To many people, particularly pet owners, the answers seem absurdly obvious. Others feel that the issue of animal consciousness is beyond the scope of science....
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Animal Navigation (Scientific American Library)
by Talbot H. Waterman Book News Annotation Waterman (biology, Yale) explains visual signals and gravity-sensing and documents the various compasslike elements of animal physiology. His examples include a wide range of animals. Attractively illustrated and produced. Annotation c. Book News...
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Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection
by Sarah Hrdy Publisher Comments We are tempted to think of maternal instinct as a quality a woman has or lacks. But the belief that mothers instinctively nurture their offspring--one of the West's most cherished ideals and a view widely accepted even in scientific circles--has become...
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The Natural Science of the Human Species: An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research: The "Russian Manuscript" (1944-1948)
by Konrad Lorenz Publisher Comments edited from the author's posthumous works by Agnes von Cranachtranslated by Robert D. MartinHere Am I -- Where Are You?: The Behavior of the Greylag Goose was thought to be Konrad Lorenz's last book. However, in 1991 the andquot;Russian Manuscriptandquot;...
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How We Got to Be Human: Subjective Minds with Objective Bodies
by William H Libaw Publisher Comments This book is about what science frequently dodges or even denies: subjective life as experienced by animals as well as humans. Mixing what is known from science with some novel ideas, science writer William Libaw provides a provocative and stimulating...
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Songs, Roars, and Rituals: Communication in Birds, Mammals, and Other Animals
by Lesley J Rogers Publisher Comments surrounding the evolution of human language and the use of symbolic language by apes. It concludes with a thought-provoking look at the future of communication between humans and animals....
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The Imitation Factor: Evolution Beyond the Gene
by Lee Alan Dugatkin Publisher Comments Is imitation really the best compliment? As Lee Alan Dugatkin's powerful work of cutting-edge science reveals, imitation is the most profound compliment you can give anyone. It might last for millions of years. An acclaimed biologist, Dugatkin has...
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Exploring Animal Behavior: Readings from "American Scientist"
by Paul W Sherman Book News Annotation Corrected review:: Collects 25 papers that have been published during the last 15 years in American Scientist, an interdisciplinary science magazine published since 1913. Four sections contain papers on doing science, mechanisms of behavior...
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Feeding Strategy (Phoenix Series)
by Jennifer Owen Publisher Comments Feeding is invoked in some way in almost all the encounters and associations between different species. The choice of food is immense: plants grow in a multitude of forms, from seaweeds to cactuses and from grasses to forest trees: animal prey is...
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The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
by Desmond Morris
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King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animals' Ways
by Konrad Z Lorenz
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by James M Dabbs
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