The Flexible Phenotype
A Body-Centred Integration of Ecology, Physiology, and Behaviour
Theunis Piersma and Jan A. van Gils
Reviews and Awards
"The book does an excellent job of covering a large range of interesting topics in an approachable way." - Dustin R. Rubenstein, Quarterly Review of Biology
"This book is not simply a list of examples of how integration has helped us understand some behavioral problem; rather, it is more of a guide for using integration to investigate behavior as a vehicle for phenotypic flexibility. The integration that facilitates this process is difficult to practice. For the work of Piersma and van Gils, it requires expertise in physiology, behavior, and ecology, and, as these authors point out, attempting to be a jack of all of these trades runs the risk of mastering none of them. With their new book, Piersma and van Gils clearly demonstrate mastery not only at the three components of their integration, but also at the very process of integration, which is long overdue to be recognized as a trade in and of itself." - Keith W. Sockman, PLOS Biology
"The text is written engagingly, where each of the ten richly illustrated and concise chapters adds more depth to the integrated story...The book is written for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of physiology, behavioural ecology, and evolutionary biology. However, due to its attractive writing and lay-out this book will also appeal to a more general audience." - Casper Kraan, Basic and Applied Ecology
