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Reznikova, Zhanna.
Cambridge University Press, 2007.

ABOUT THE BOOK

From ants to whales, the lives of animals are filled with challenges that demand minute-by-minute decisions: to fight or flee, dominate or obey, take-off, share, eat, spit out, or court. Learning develops adaptive tuning to a changeable environment, while intelligence helps animals use their learned experiences in new situations. Using examples from field to laboratory, Animal Intelligence pools resources from ethology, behavioral ecology and comparative psychology to help the reader enter the world of wild intelligence through the analysis of adventures of ideas and methods, rather than through theoretic modeling. It reminds us—in the gentlest way—that there is a wonderful world of intellectual biodiversity out there, giving a multifaceted panorama of animal intelligence using the ant as its touchstone. Written in an accessible and charming style, and with undergraduates in mind, this book should be read by anyone with an interest in the wonderful world of animal behavior.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Zhanna Reznikova is Head of the Department of Comparative Psychology at the Novosibirsk State University, and Head of the Laboratory of Community Ethology at the Institute for Animal Systematics & Ecology, Siberia. She is a researcher and professor in the fields of ethology, behavioral ecology, and the behavior and ecology of social insects.

CONTENTS

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements

Part I Development of ideas and methods in studying animal intelligence

Part II Animals are welcomed to the class: Learning classes

Part III Past and future in animal life: Remembering, updating and anticipation

Part IV Being at the right place at the right time: Representation of space and objects in  the animal mind

Part V Experimental approaches to studying essential activities of animal intelligence

Part VI Advanced intelligence in animals: Rule extraction, tool-using and number-related skills

Part VII Knowledge is power, but not for all: Species-specific intelligence

Part VIII Wisdom through social learning

Part IX Intelligent communication

Part X Social life and social intelligence in the wild

References
Index

WHERE TO ORDER

ISBN 978-0-521-82504-7 (Hardback) $130.00
ISBN 978-0-521-53202-0 (Paperback) $60.00
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Posted Date: 2009-05-21

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