Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function And Evolution

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• An ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in biology, experimental psychology and neuroscience.
  
• Comprises a series of contributions from international experts.
  
• Represents a diverse set of approaches to animal behavior.
  
• Ranges across the subject all levels, from molecules and neurons to individuals and populations.
  
• Draws on the work of the pioneering Dutch ethologist, Niko Tinbergen.
  
• Addresses all four of Tinbergen’s key questions: causation, development, function, and evolution.
  
• Deals with contemporary subjects, such as animal welfare, conservation, neurobiology, and animal cognition.

Luc-Alain Giraldeau is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Québec in Montréal.