Hormones, Brain, and Behavior: Volume 18 (Biology of the Reptilia Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226281248 ISBN 13: 9780226281247

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1992

Synopsis

This is the first volume to integrate information on ways in which the nervous and endocrine systems interact to mediate crucial aspects of reptile behavior. Although the authors pay particular attention to reproductive behavior, from initial recognition and evaluation of potential partners to decisions about reproduction, they also deal with other survival behaviors.

About this title

About the Authors

Carl Gans is professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of the Journal of Morphology. Philip S. Ulinski is professor in and chairman of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago.


Carl Gans is professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of the Journal of Morphology. David Crews is professor of zoology and psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a coeditor of Behavioral Endocrinology.

From the Back Cover

This is the first volume to integrate information on ways in which the nervous and endocrine systems interact to mediate crucial aspects of reptile behavior. Although the authors pay particular attention to reproductive behavior, from initial recognition and evaluation of potential partners to decisions about reproduction, they also deal with other survival behaviors.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226281248
• ISBN 13: 9780226281247
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 578
• Editor: Gans Carl, Crews David