Ethology

Author: Shang Yuchang
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Research findings in ethology not only can be applied to sectors such as agriculture, animal husbandry, and aquaculture to significantly improve economic benefits but also hold immeasurable significance for advancing the development of disciplines like bionics, physiology, psychology, genetics, and evolutionary theory. This book systematically and comprehensively elaborates on the fundamental theories and methods of ethology from multiple perspectives, including research methods in animal behavior, behavioral genetics, behavioral evolution, behavioral physiology, behavioral development, foraging behavior, spatial-temporal behavior, social life and communication, and learning behavior. The numerous examples cited in the book are vivid and engaging, with a rigorous yet humorous writing style. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students, a teaching reference for biology teachers in high schools, and a reading material for interested readers.