Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach, Ninth Edition
This ninth edition is both comfortably familiar and thoroughly updated. The order and titles of the 14 chapters are the same ... Within this structure, however, the book is rewritten throughout with virtually every paragraph altered. The reference list has grown by nearly 300, and seemingly every citation has been considered for replacement. Similarly, clearly serviceable pictures and figures have often been replaced by even better ones. ... What unites all editions of this work is Alcock's ability to impart the excitement of doing science. ... this textbook remains unmatched in conveying that sense to its readers. I will use this new edition, and look forward to future versions for as long as John Alcock is excited about producing them. The excitement is contagious. --Peter A. Bednekoff, The Quarterly Review of Biology... Alcock's Animal Behavior continues to be one of the most popular textbooks used in animal behavior courses, and for good reason. The writing is easy to read and understand, it is packed with detailed examples, figures, and illustrations (all complete with full bibliographic information), and it presents a well-balanced view of proximate and ultimate causes of behavior, both of vertebrates and invertebrates. In addition, for the professor of the course, the ancillaries are useful and diverse ... It is in general a highly enjoyable book to read, both for those who know the field well and for those just being introduced to the wonders of animal behavior. --Miles Engell, Integrative and Comparative Biology... Alcock's Animal Behavior continues to be one of the most popular textbooks used in animal behavior courses, and for good reason. The writing is easy to read and understand, it is packed with detailed examples, figures, and illustrations (all complete with full bibliographic information), and it presents a well-balanced view of proximate and ultimate causes of behavior, both of vertebrates and invertebrates. In addition, for the professor of the course, the ancillaries are useful and diverse ... It is in general a highly enjoyable book to read, both for those who know the field well and for those just being introduced to the wonders of animal behavior. --Miles Engell, Integrative and Comparative Biology