TEXTBOOK OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, THIRD EDITION By MANDAL, FATIK BARAN

Price: Rs. 495.00 ISBN: 978‐81‐203‐5148‐6 Pages: 408 Binding: Paper Back Order online at www.phindia.com

DESCRIPTION

This well‐accepted book, now in its Third Edion, is an extension of the previous edion. The text has further enriched with more informaon to understand animal behaviour coherently and scienfically.

The book aempts to provide a reasonably suitable account of animal behaviour for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students. Although behaviour of animals has fascinated people for a long, behavioural biology has been incorporated in the syllabi very recently. The study of behaviour received its important boost from the work of Charles Darwin who used the term ‘insnct’, to refer to the natural behaviour of animals. In the 1930s, a comprehensive theory of animal behaviour emerged through the work of Konrad Lorenz and, later of Niko Tinbergen. Biological study of behaviour, in fact came of age as a science when Lorenz, Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch received the Nobel Prize for their contribuon to science.

Observing and describing exactly what animals do is fascinang and scienfic analysis of their behaviour is significant for several reasons. Each species tends to have an array of stereotyped behaviours, some of which are shared with related species, but others are unique. Ecology, natural selecon, macroevoluon, microevoluon, and gene constute the foundaon of animal behaviour. Various animal groups exhibit diverse strategies for their survival and reproducon which are discussed in this book. The book is primarily intended for the students of B.Sc./M.Sc. (Zoology/Life Science) for their courses. It would be useful for the researchers in the field of animal behaviour, and conservaon biologists. It would also aract students who are pursuing courses in Sociology and Anthropology.

Key features

• Presents a well‐balanced view of ethology. • Discusses the current development in the field. • Includes a glossary of important terms. • Offers chapter‐end quesons to check the students’ understanding of the concept.

CONTENTS

Preface • Preface to the First Edion Acknowledgements 1. Introducon 2. Trends in Animal Behaviour Studies 3. Interacon between Gene, Neuron, Hormone and Environment 4. Innate and Learned Behaviour 5. Animal Communicaon 6. Defensive Behaviour and Biomimicry 7. Chronobiology 8. Migraon and Other Rythmic Behaviours 9. Socio‐biology and Social Behaviour 10. Sexual Behaviour and Parental Care 11. Behavioural Ecology and Conservaon Biology 12. Human Behaviour Glossary • References Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(s) Fak Baran Mandal, PhD, Associate Professor of Zoology, Bankura Chrisan College, Bankura, West Bengal has more than 17 years of teaching experience. He has been awarded Fellowship of Zoological Society of India (FZSI) in the year 1995. Dr. Mandal, a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Scienfic Review, Editorial Board member of the World Journal of Science and Technology, Open Research Journal of Science and Environment, and Science Journal Internaonal is a reviewer of several Journals. A member of several naonal and internaonal organizaons, he is also a faculty member of Webmed Central. He has authored six books, including Human Parasitology (Second Edion), and Invertebrate Zoology, published by PHI Learning. His field of interest includes ecology and evoluonary biology, biodiversity, parasitology, and behavioural biology.

2015 / 408pp. / 21.6 × 27.8 cm / ISBN‐978‐81‐203‐5148‐6 / Rs.495.00

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