Behavioural ecology

Behavioural ecology. Edited by E. Danchin, L.-A. Giraldeau and F. Cézilly. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920629-2, 2008, XXXIV + 874 pp., price UK £ 29.99 (paperback).

Available from: Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0X2 6DP, England (Tel. [phone]; Fax [phone]; E-mail: science.book@ oup.co.uk or [email protected]; http://www.oup.com).

* A fresh, new textbook to reinvigorate the teaching of behavioural ecology;

* Contributions from research experts coupled to meticulous editing provide a text with all the qualities of a multi-authored book without the potential drawbacks;

* Full coverage of topics including conservation, host-parasite interactions, dispersal, and social foraging and sex-ratio games, as well as hormones and behaviour, gives the book a truly contemporary flavour, and takes students to the frontiers of the subject;

* Unique coverage of the fundamental building blocks of behavioural ecology make this the ideal resource for students coming to the subject for the first time;

* Online Resource Centre features downloadable...