Reviews

An Introduction to Animal Behaviour by Aubrey Manning, Marian Stamp Dawkins

melting_gargoyle's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

klord3's review against another edition

4.0

I just used this book to teach animal behavior. Previously, I have used Alcock. While neither is organized in an intuitive way, I like Manning and Dawkins book because it is less dense and allows for the inclusion of more primary literature in class. It is also organized around Tinbergen's four questions instead of all evolution all the time. I find this to be very assessable for introductory students, especially when they are not from a biology background. Finally, Manning and Dawkins regularly include anthrozoological examples, which is attractive to students dealing with this topic for the first time, or students whose main interest is in humans or human animal interactions.