Elephant Sense and Sensibility
- 1st Edition - February 11, 2015
- Latest edition
- Author: Michael Garstang
- Language: English
Elephant Sense and Sensibility is a comprehensive treatment of the full range of elephant behavior. Beginning with chapters on evolution and the elephant’s brain, this book is a… Read more
Elephant Sense and Sensibility is a comprehensive treatment of the full range of elephant behavior. Beginning with chapters on evolution and the elephant’s brain, this book is an integrated presentation of the elephant’s capacity for memory, morality, emotion, empathy, altruism, language, intelligence, learning and teaching. Grounded primarily in scientific research, the book also draws upon anecdotal and visual evidence showing elephants thinking, acting, feeling and behaving in ways that we, as humans, recognize. This complete treatment of elephant behavior supported by the extensive literature, along with anecdotal and photographic material, provides an overview not available in any other text.
- Covers a variety of aspects that relate to behavior, ranging from brain function and sensory input to communication, learning, and intelligence
- Features a comprehensive treatment of elephant behavior supported by the extensive literature, anecdotal information, and striking photographic material, providing an overview not available in any other text
- Features an interdisciplinary approach to behavior, with vital information included and integrated from several key disciplines
Scientists and students in the disciplines of animal behavior, behavioral ecology, neuroscience, ethology and conservation biology, and a global audience of wildlife conservation and management professionals interested in and working with elephants
- Foreword
- A Special Note on the Photography
- Preface
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- Chapter 2: Elephant Evolution
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- Chapter 3: An Elephant’s Brain
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- Chapter 4: Functioning of the Brain
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- Chapter 5: Memory
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- Chapter 6: Morality
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- Chapter 7: Emotions
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- Chapter 8: Empathy and Altruism
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- Chapter 9: Communication
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- Sound Generation
- Sound Detection
- Sound Location
- The Role of the Atmosphere
- Range of Elephant Calls
- Times and Frequency of Calling
- Abiotic Sounds
- Chapter 10: Language
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- Chapter 11: Intelligence
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- Chapter 12: Learning and Teaching
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- Chapter 13: The Sensory Environment of Elephants
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- Chapter 14: Them and Us
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- References
- Supplemental Bibliography
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 11, 2015
- Language: English
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Michael Garstang
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USARead Elephant Sense and Sensibility on ScienceDirect