| Description |
1 online resource (437 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Social Behavior Research : Its History and a Role for Reptiles - Reptile evolution and biology - Mating systems, social structure, and social organization - Communication -- Courtship and Mating -- Communal Egg-laying : Habitat Saturation or Conspecific Attraction? -- Parental Care -- Hatching and Emergence : A Perspective from the Underworld -- Behavioral Development in Reptiles : Too Little Known, but Not Too Late -- The Reach of Sociality : Feeding, Thermoregulation, Predator Avoidance, and Habitat Choice -- Looking Towards the Future. |
| Summary |
Revealing the secrets of reptilian social relationships through original quantitative research, field studies, laboratory experiments, and careful analysis of the literature, The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles elevates these fascinating animals to key players in the science of behavioral ecology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reptiles -- Behavior.
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Reptiles -- Behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dinets, Vladimir, author.
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Burghardt, Gordon M., 1941- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doody, J. Sean The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2021 9781421440675 |
| ISBN |
1421440687 |
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9781421440682 (electronic book) |
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