Social Butterflies | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Black Friday Sale Now On! | Buy 3 Get 1 Free on all books | Instore & Online.
Black Friday Sale Now On! | Buy 3 Get 1 Free on all books | Instore & Online.
A01=Henry S. Horn
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Henry S. Horn
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=PS
Category=PSAJ
Category=PSVT
Category=RNC
Category=WNCN
COP=United States
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€100 and above
PS=Active
softlaunch

Social Butterflies

English

By (author): Henry S. Horn

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterflies

Throughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies. This book brings together his findings with recent advances in behavioral ecology to provide an incomparable look at the social lives of butterflies, illuminating for the first time the marvelously diverse range of butterfly behaviors across several species.

Social Butterflies features in-depth studies of five sympatric speciesthe Plain Ringlet, the Eyed Brown, the Great Spangled Fritillary, the Viceroy, and the Pearly Eyeshowing how their social interactions span much of the range of behaviors observed in vertebrates. Drawing on decades of his own keen observations in the field, Horn describes the natural history and behavioral peculiarities of each species and develops models to explain characteristic aspects of their behaviors. He then emphasizes key departures from these models to challenge the notion that butterflies are simply preconditioned to react to stimuli, showing how some make decisions by observing how other butterflies interact with the landscape and each other. Along the way, he sheds light on butterfly territoriality, mating tactics, vagrancy, feeding strategies, and more.

Charting new directions for future research, Social Butterflies poses intriguing questions about the complex and sometimes mystifying social behaviors of these marvelous creatures, making it essential reading for lepidopterists, ecologists, and anyone interested in the social behaviors of invertebrate species.

See more
Current price €104.54
Original price €122.99
Save 15%
A01=Henry S. HornAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Henry S. Hornautomatic-updateCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=PSCategory=PSAJCategory=PSVTCategory=RNCCategory=WNCNCOP=United StatesDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€100 and abovePS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Aug 2021
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780691206295

About Henry S. Horn

Henry S. Horn (19412019) was professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. He was the author of The Adaptive Geometry of Trees and the coeditor of Molds Molecules and Metazoa: Growing Points in Evolutionary Biology (both Princeton).

Customer Reviews

No reviews yet
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept