 | The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Oxford paperbacks) by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £2.07 A solid start on evolutionary theory
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 | Introduction to Behavioural Ecology by J. R. Krebs
Buy new: £26.59 / Used from: £9.50 The study of the evolutionary function of behaviour
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 | Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour by Peter J. Simmons
Buy new: £20.89 / Used from: £5.02 All about how nerve cells generate behaviour- the study of neuroethology
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 | Design for a Life: How Behaviour Develops by Patrick Bateson
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £1.61 How does behaviour develop? The interacting role of genes and environment
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 | Animal Learning and Cognition: An Introduction by John M. Pearce
Buy used from: £3.00 A superb introduction to animal learning theory and associationist principles
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 | Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior by Sara J. Shettleworth
Buy new: £35.63 / Used from: £25.00 Definitelty the best single-author book on animal behaviour there is- combines functional and mechanistic standpoints
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 | The Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function, and Evolution
Buy new: £30.39 / Used from: £24.63 Maybe not as comprehensive as Shettleworth's- but each chapter is written by an expert in the field making it an authoritive and up to date textbook
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 | Neural Networks and Animal Behavior: (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) by Magnus Enquist
Buy new: £32.26 / Used from: £27.87 Perhaps tough going for a beginner, but I have put this in since it is the future of the study of animal behaviour. I hope!
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