Animal behavior / John Paul Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, John Paul, 1909-2000.

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Natural history library

The Natural history library ; N29

A Doubleday anchor book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (autograph) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 331 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Distribution:

[New York] : Published in co-operation with The American Museum of Natural History.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Books, 1963.

Contents:

Animal behavior and human behavior

The elements of behavior: methods of study

Differential capacities: anatomy and behavior

Internal causes: the physiology of behavior

Learning: the effects of experience

Heredity and behavior

Intelligence: the organization of behavior

Social behavior and social organization

Communication: the language of animals

Behavior and the environment

Behavior and evolution.

Notes:

" ... Originally published the University of Chicago Press in 1958. "The Natural History Library edition is published by arrangement with The University of Chicago Press."

"Natural History Library edition: 1963."

"Illustrations redrawn from the original edition by Russell Francis Peterson."

"Cover design by Sydney Butchkes. Cover drawing by Abner Graboff."

"The foreword to this edition is by Madeline Cooper, Research Investigator in the Department of Animal Behavior at the American Museum of Natural History."--Cover.

Publisher's catalogue: ([3] pages) at end.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-312) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Adams copy has autograph of Mark B. Adams

Adams copy has marginal marks.

OCLC:

704435