"Spring on the Sonoran Desert can be a four-month-long spectacle of life and color. Within these well-written pages, Alcock exposes us to the plant and animal life of a land many regard as desolate. To Alcock, the desert has a constant evolutionary beauty he never seems to tire of. Alcock's approach to his subject is an elegant combination of science and literature. Only the desert itself, arrayed in its April apparel, can rival the beauty of this book."—Arizona Highways "Deserts are not as bereft of life as they seem; their barren landscapes can support a remarkable variety of plant and animal life, though it may require a patient and skilled naturalist to reveal its mysteries. John Alcock is just such a naturalist. . . . Alcock provides delightful insights into how insects provision their developing young, how parasites find their victims and how flowers attract pollinators. A book of this kind allows its author, more accustomed to the rigours and constraints of writing academic papers and books, to relate revealing anecdotes and simply to express their fascinating for natural history. . . . Books such as this serve a vital function in bringing the mysteries of the desert to the attention of a wider public." —Times Literary Supplement

Sonoran Desert spring.

Science & Math

ALCOCK, John

John Alcock

Biological Sciences

University of Chicago Press

Our Transatlantic Flight

William Kimber

Mylar protected dustjacket. Pencil stain on ffep.

The Kookaburras' Song: Exploring Animal Behavior in Australia, 1st Edition

History

Australia & Oceania

University of Arizona Press

This edition has been completely rewritten and reorganized to include discoveries in the field and over 100 new illustrations. The author analyzes all aspects of the subject, stressing the utility of evolutionary theory in unifying different behavioural disciplines. However, the book treats both the ranging proximate mechanisms and the evolutionary, or ultimate causes of behaviour. The first chapter introduces the distinction between the two, and the rest of the text is organized into two main sections devoted to each. Examples are drawn from studies of invertibrates and vertibrates, and are supported by more than 1300 reference citations, many to recent articles. The book also emphasizes the tentative nature of scientific conclusions and identifies controversial and unresolved issues.

Animal Behavior : An Evolutionary Approach (6th ed)

Sinauer Associates

Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach- On the cover Male Telostylinus flies in combat on a fallen mango tree

Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach, 6th Edition

Content includes all aspects of behavior-diversity, genetics, development, nerve cells and behavior, organization, historical pathways of evolution of behavior; evolution of adaptations, communication; adaptations in feeding behavior, coping with predators; finding a place to live; reproduction; ecology; caring for young. Very comprehensive. 625 pages. 10.25 x 7.25 inches.

Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach

Animal Behavior 9th Ed, good previously used condition.

Animal Behavior 9th Ed + Exploring Animal Behavior 5th Ed: An Evolutionary Approach/ Readings from American Scientist

Paul W. Sherman

Sinauer Associates, Inc.

Exploring Animal Behavior: Readings from American Scientist

Paul W. Sherman John Alcock

Reference

Animal Behavior

Dustin R. Rubenstein

Oxford University Press Academic US

A comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking behaviors to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments.

Animal Behavior XE

Dustin Rubenstein & John Alcock

Oxford University Press

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