Social behaviour in birds and mammals
Subtitle: essays on the social ethology of animals and man
By: edited by John Hurrell Crook.
Contributors: Hall, K. R. L.; Crook, John Hurrell, ed.
Publisher: [Academic Press]
Published: 1970
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: Social behavior in animals; Birds -- Behavior; Mammals -- Behavior
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Dedicated to the memory of K. R. L. Hall."
Table of contents: title: K. R. L. Hall: a memoir, by S. Gartlan.; title: Introduction: social behaviour and ethology, by J. H. Crook.; title: Feeding dispersion in some overwintering wading birds, by J. D. Goss-Custard.; title: Ecological determinants of breeding adaptations and social behaviour in two fish-eating birds, by K. E. L. Simmons.; title: Problems of social structure in forest monkeys, by F. P. G. Aldrich-Blake.; title: The socio-ecology of primates, by J. H. Crook.; title: Effects of population density on behaviour in rodents, by J. Archer.; title: Gender role in the social system of Quelea, by J. H. Crook and P. A. Butterfield.; title: The pair bond in the zebra finch, by P. A. Butterfield.; title: Communication by facial-visual signals, by I. Vine.; title: The adaptive radiation of parental care in waterfowl, by J. Kear.; title: Perceptual factors and observational learning in the behavioural development of young chicks, by E. Cronhelm.; title: Visual experience and early social behaviour in chicks, by S. J. Dimond.