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An Introduction to Animal Behaviour

Name: An Introduction to Animal Behaviour
Author: Aubrey Manning,Marian Stamp Dawkins

Aubrey Manning,

Marian Stamp Dawkins,

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An Introduction to Animal Behaviour

Aubrey Manning,

Marian Stamp Dawkins,

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Wolves excitedly greet each other as members of the pack come together; a bumble bee uses its long tongue to reach the nectar at the base of a foxglove flower; a mongoose swiftly and deftly bites its prey to death; young cheetahs rest quietly together, very close to sleep. Now in full colour, this revised and updated edition of Manning and Dawkins' classic text provides a beautifully written introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour. Tinbergen's four questions of causation, evolution, development and function form the fundamental framework of the text, illustrated with fascinating examples of complex behavioural mechanisms. The authors provide accounts of all levels of behaviour from the nerve cell to that of the population. The strengths of An Introduction to Animal Behaviour as a textbook include its clear explanations and concise, readable text and the enthusiasm of the authors for their subject.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9781139334877

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Veterinary Medicine

Action

potential

(i)

A

postsynaptic 

neuron, 

c,

is

shown

diagrammatically 

with 

two

presynaptic

neurons, 

a

and

b.

(ii) 

Spatial 

summation: 

the

responses 

of

presynaptic 

neurons 

a

and

b

are

summed 

by

the

postsynaptic 

neuron 

c.

(iii) 

Temporal 

summation: 

the

successive

responses 

of

one

presynaptic 

neuron 

are

summed.

(iv) 

Facilitation: 

c

responds 

more 

strongly 

with

each 

succesive 

input 

from 

a.

(v)

Inhibition: 

c

responds 

less 

strongly 

if

a

and

b

are

active.

Threshold 

for

action 

potential

Sub-threshold

postsynaptic 

potentials

Resting

potential

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(ms)

Time 

(ms)

mV

a

alone

b

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Membrane 

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–40

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Figure

1.8

(a)

Three

examples

of

the

electrical

activity

that

can

be

recorded

from

neurons:

the

resting

potential

when

the

cell

is

at

rest;

postsynaptic

potentials

that

do

not

lead

to

a

‘nerve

spike’

or

action

potential;

and

the

massive

action

potential

itself.

(b)

Some

operations

performed

by

neurons.

Units

of

the

nervous

system

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AN INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
TITLE
Copyright
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
CHAPTER TWO: The development of behaviour
CHAPTER THREE: Stimuli and communication
CHAPTER FOUR: Decision-making and motivation
CHAPTER FIVE: Learning and memory
CHAPTER SIX: Evolution
CHAPTER SEVEN: Social organization
REFERENCES
FIGURE CREDITS
Index