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Author Shumaker, Robert W., author.

Title Animal tool behavior : the use and manufacture of tools by animals / Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, and Benjamin B. Beck ; foreword by Gordon M. Burghardt.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Edition Revised and updated edition.
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 282 pages) : illustrations
text file
Note Revised edition of: Animal tool behavior : the use and manufacture of tools by animals / Benjamin B. Beck. New York : Garland STPM Pub., c1980.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-276) and index.
Summary In this revised edition of a landmark publication, Robert W. Shumaker and Kristina R. Walkup join Beck to reveal the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behaviour. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals.
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Subject Tool use in animals.
Tool use in animals.
Animal behavior.
Animal behavior.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Walkup, Kristina R., author.
Beck, Benjamin B., author.
Burghardt, Gordon M., 1941- writer of foreword.
Askews and Holts Library Services.
ISBN 9781421401287 electronic bk
1421401282
9780801898532 (hardback)