Animal Personalities - Behavior, Physiology, and Evolution (Hardcover, New)

Ask anyone who has owned a pet and they'll assure you that, yes, animals have personalities. And science is beginning to agree. Researchers have demonstrated that both domesticated and non domesticated animals - from invertebrates to monkeys and apes - behave in consistently different ways, meeting the criteria for what many define as personality. But why the differences, and how are personalities shaped by genes and environment? How did they evolve? The essays in "Animal Personalities" reveal that there is much to learn from our furred and feathered friends. The study of animal personality is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in behavioral and evolutionary biology. Here Claudio Carere and Dario Maestripieri, along with a host of scholars from fields as diverse as ecology, genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, and psychology, provide a comprehensive overview of the current research on animal personality. Grouped into thematic sections, chapters approach the topic with empirical and theoretical material and show that to fully understand why personality exists, we must consider the evolutionary processes that give rise to personality, the ecological correlates of personality differences, and the physiological mechanisms underlying personality variation.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	March 2013
Editors:	Claudio Carere • Dario Maestripieri
Contributors:	Mark J. Adams • Alison M. Bell • Daniel T. Blumstein • Igor Branchi • Doretta Caramaschi • Sonia A. Cavigelli • James P. Curley • Niels J. Dingemanse
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	512
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-92205-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour
LSN:	0-226-92205-7
Barcode:	9780226922058

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