Cooperative Breeding in Mammals

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Amotz and Avishag Zahavi

Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species and even between species? What evolutionary purpose do such communications serve? Perhaps most importantly, what can animal signaling tell us about our own non-verbal forms of communication? In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Ashivag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many p.

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John Alcock

This edition has been completely rewritten, resulting in a more compact text. For the first time there are four-colour photographs and illustrations throughout.

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Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi, Sheila Pankhurst

"Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of exotic animals in captivity, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure that zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible." "Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research, practice, and teaching, the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian and non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare is the ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject, whether as a student or as a zoo professional."--BOOK JACKET.

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Francis Galton

Galton founded the science of Eugenics and coined the word in 1883. He investigated the families of great men and thought genius was hereditary.