Brown / Laland / Krause Fish Cognition and Behavior

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99604-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Fish and Aquatic Resources

The study of animal cognition has been largely confined to birdsand mammals; a historical bias which has led to the belief thatlearning plays little or no part in the development of behaviour infishes and reptiles. Research in recent decades has begun toredress this misconception and it is now recognised that fishesexhibit a rich array of sophisticated behaviour with impressivelearning capabilities entirely comparable with those of mammals andother terrestrial animals.
In this fascinating book an international team of experts havebeen brought together to explore all major areas of fish learning,including:
* * foraging skills
* Predator recognition
* Social organisation and learning
* Welfare and pain
Fish Cognition and Behavior is an important contributionto all fish biologists and ethologists and contains muchinformation of commercial importance for fisheries managers andaquaculture personnel. Libraries in universities and researchestablishments will find it an important addition to theirshelves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Culum

Laland, Kevin

Krause, Jens

Über Autor(innen)

Culum Brown, University of Edinburgh, Institute of EvolutionaryBiology, School of Biological Science, UK
Kevin Laland, University of St Andrew's, Centre for SocialLearning and Cognitive Evolution, UK
Jens Krause, University of Leeds, School of Biology, UK