Courtship

An Ethological Study

Margaret Bastock

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AldineTransaction
15 March 2007

Animal reproduction; Animal behaviour

This concise but thorough study of courtship behavior in fish, birds, and arthropods is the first rigorous examination of the evolutionary origins and mechanisms of courtship and its contribution to biological success. Demonstrating the fruitfulness of an empirically based, inductive approach to understanding courtship, the book also explains clearly how principles of modern evolutionary theory can be successfully employed in studying behavior.

The author describes many observations and experiments that have not previously appeared outside specialized journals and brings an abundance of simple yet accurate examples of animal behavior to bear on explanations of ethological concepts and evolutionary theory. No attempt is made to skim over the gaps of knowledge apparent in the study of behavior evolution; rather, the author discusses the limitations and difficulties of different approaches, critically reviews the deductions that can be and have been made from them, and tries to present enough evidence on controversial points for the reader himself to judge the validity of specific arguments.

Indicating how ethological method, firmly based on biological principles, can intensively investigate and illuminate a single area of animal behavior, the book will be valuable to students and professionals in zoology, animal behavior, and experimental psychology.

By: Margaret Bastock
Imprint: AldineTransaction
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9780202309118
ISBN 10: 0202309118
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 15 March 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margaret Bastock studied zoology at Oxford from 1946 to 1949 and became a zoology tutor at and, later, a Fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford. She worked for her Ph.D. under Professor N. Tinbergen and through him became acquainted with the work of the chief ethologists in Europe and the United States. Her original work has concentrated on the inheritance and organization of behavior in insects, and her principal interests include all aspects of animal behavior, genetics, and evolution.

Reviews for Courtship: An Ethological Study

-[T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound.- --C. G. Beer, Science [T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound. --C. G. Beer, Science [T]his little book is intended for non-specialists in animal behavior.... Neither the descriptions of facts nor the presentations of ideas are beyond the comprehension of the intelligent general reader, yet the book gives a scholarly treatment of its subject. But the book should also appeal to scientists whose business is the study of animal behavior.... [T]his book is thoroughly sound. --C. G. Beer, Science