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Spider Behaviour - Flexibility and Versatility (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,752
Discovery Miles 17 520

Spider Behaviour - Flexibility and Versatility (Paperback, New)

Marie Elisabeth Herberstein

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Spiders are often underestimated as suitable behavioural models because of the general belief that due to their small brains their behaviour is innate and mostly invariable. Challenging this assumption, this fascinating book shows that rather than having a limited behavioural repertoire, spiders show surprising cognitive abilities, changing their behaviour to suit their situational needs. The team of authors unravels the considerable intra-specific as well as intra-individual variability and plasticity in different behaviours ranging from foraging and web building to communication and courtship. An introductory chapter on spider biology, systematics and evolution provides the reader with the necessary background information to understand the discussed behaviours and helps to place them into an evolutionary context. Highlighting an under-explored area of behaviour, this book will provide new ideas for behavioural researchers and students unfamiliar with spiders as well as a valuable resource for those already working in this intriguing field.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2011
First published: February 2011
Editors: Marie Elisabeth Herberstein
Dimensions: 245 x 170 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 391
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-74927-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology)
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LSN: 0-521-74927-1
Barcode: 9780521749275

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