Understanding Animal Behaviour - Sergio Pellis, Vivien Pellis

Understanding Animal Behaviour

What to Measure and Why
Buch | Softcover
166 Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-70510-3 (ISBN)
43,60 inkl. MwSt
Providing a clear and defined starting point for any behavioural study, this is the first book to make available a framework for deciding what aspects of an animal's behaviour to measure. The authors draw on numerous examples to demonstrate clearly how the principles can be applied across disciplines.
All students and researchers of behaviour – from those observing freely-behaving animals in the field to those conducting more controlled laboratory studies – face the problem of deciding what exactly to measure. Without a scientific framework on which to base them, however, such decisions are often unsystematic and inconsistent. Providing a clear and defined starting point for any behavioural study, this is the first book to make available a set of principles for how to study the organisation of behaviour and, in turn, for how to use those insights to select what to measure. The authors provide enough theory to allow the reader to understand the derivation of the principles, and draw on numerous examples to demonstrate clearly how the principles can be applied. By providing a systematic framework for selecting what behaviour to measure, the book lays the foundations for a more scientific approach for the study of behaviour.

Sergio Pellis is a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He has been researching animal behaviour and neuroscience since 1976 and has maintained a research laboratory at the University of Lethbridge since 1990. For the past 13 years, he has been a Board of Governors Research Chair, and in 2014 was awarded the Speaker Gold Medal for Research. Vivien Pellis was an Adjunct Professor and currently remains a Research Associate in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge. She has been a university researcher in animal behaviour and neuroscience since 1981, investigating a diversity of behaviours and species.

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is the problem and what is the solution?; 2. Behaviour as a means, not an end; 3.The deep structure of behavior; 4. The brain is not alone; 5. Bringing it all together: steps in the descriptive process; 6. What of the future?; Epilogue; Appendix A. Eshkol–Wachman movement notation and descriptive analysis; Appendix B. Practice, practice, practice; References; Index.

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Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 228 mm
Gewicht 280 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 1-108-70510-3 / 1108705103
ISBN-13 978-1-108-70510-3 / 9781108705103
Zustand Neuware
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