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Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals third edition


Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals third edition

Hardback by Shumaker, Robert W. (VP of Life Sciences); Walkup, Kristina R. (Iowa State U., Drake U., and the Des Moines Area Community College); Beck, Benjamin B. (Director of Conservation, Great Ape Trust); Burghardt, Gordon M. (Alumni Distinguished Service Professor, University of Tennessee)

Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals

£62.00

ISBN:
9781421450292
Publication Date:
4 Feb 2025
Edition/language:
third edition / English
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages:
344 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Not yet available: due Feb-2025
Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals

Description

This revised and updated edition of the landmark publication reveals the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior. When originally published in 1980, Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Benjamin B. Beck showed how animals-from insects to primates-employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. This work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species. This new edition reveals the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior, updated and revised with 300 additional references that have been published since the second edition. Through a comprehensive synthesis of studies produced through 2023, Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, and Benjamin B. Beck define tool use, discuss the modes of tool use that have emerged in the scientific literature, examine all forms of tool manufacture, and address common myths about non-human tool use. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals. This volume provides a thorough framework for understanding animal tool use and manufacture.

Contents

Foreword, by Gordon M. Burghardt Preface 1. Introduction 2. Invertebrates 3. Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles 4. Birds 5. Non-Primate Mammals 6. Lemurs, Lorises, and Monkeys 7. Apes 8. Seven Myths References Index

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