Animal personalities behavior physiology and evolution

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A study of animal personality is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in behavioral and evolutionary biology. It provides an overview of the research on animal personality.



Ask anyone who has owned a pet and they'll assure you that, yes, animals have personalities. And science is beginning to agree. Researchers have demonstrated that both domesticated and non domesticated animals - from invertebrates to monkeys and apes - behave in consistently different ways, meeting the criteria for what many define as personality. But why the differences, and how are personalities shaped by genes and environment? How did they evolve? The essays in "Animal Personalities" reveal that there is much to learn from our furred and feathered friends. The study of animal personality is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in behavioral and evolutionary biology. Here Claudio Carere and Dario Maestripieri, along with a host of scholars from fields as diverse as ecology, genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, and psychology, provide a comprehensive overview of the current research on animal personality. Grouped into thematic sections, chapters approach the topic with empirical and theoretical material and show that to fully understand why personality exists, we must consider the evolutionary processes that give rise to personality, the ecological correlates of personality differences, and the physiological mechanisms underlying personality variation.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 maart 2013

Aantal pagina's: 512

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Claudio Carere

Tweede Auteur: Professor Dario Maestripieri

Hoofdredacteur: Claudio Carere

Tweede Redacteur: Dario Maestripieri

Hoofduitgeverij: University Of Chicago Press

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 159 mm

Product hoogte: 32 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 153 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 38 mm

Verpakking lengte: 227 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 809 g

EAN: 9780226921976

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