Danilo Mainardi (25 November 1933 – 8 March 2017) was an Italian

ethologist Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and objective ...

, scholar, and writer.

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*1974 - L'animale culturale (The cultural animal),

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() *1975 - La scelta sessuale nell'evoluzione della specie, Bollati Boringhieri () *1989 - Novanta animali, Bollati Boringhieri () *1991 - Animali e uomini, Il Cigno Galileo Galilei *1991 - Galapagos e Patagonia. Sulle orme di Darwin, Il Cigno Galileo Galilei *1991 - Etologia & protezione animale, Editoriale Grasso ()] *1992 - Il cane e la volpe, Giulio Einaudi Editore, Einaudi () *1992 - Dizionario di Etologia, Giulio Einaudi Editore, Einaudi () *1994 - Lo zoo aperto, Giulio Einaudi Editore, Einaudi () *1995 - Il corno del rinoceronte,

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() *1996 - Del cane, del gatto e di altri animali,

() *1997 - Gli animali fanno così, Giunti Editore () *2000 - La strategia dell'aquila (The Strategy of the Eagle),

() *2001 - L'animale irrazionale,

() *2002 - L'etologia caso per caso, (Case studies in Ethology) Airplane () *2003 - Arbitri e galline,

() *2006 - Nella mente degli animali (In the animals' mind), Cairo Publishing () *2008 - La bella zoologia (The nice Zoology), Cairo Publishing () *2009 - L'intelligenza degli animali (The intelligence of animals), Cairo Publishing () Among his publications in English: * "Sociobiology: beyond nature/nurture?", American Association Adv.Sc. * "The biology of aggression", Sijtoff & Nordhoff * "The behaviour of Human Infant", Plenum * "Fear and Defence", Harwood * "Infanticide and Parental care", Harwood * "Food preferences", Harwood * "Behavioural ecology of fishes", Harwood * "Vertebrate mating systems", World Scientific

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Member of Accademia Nazionale delle ScienzeENGLISH bio notesENGLISH Journey in the mind of the animals - Written and audio contributions at Festival della mente di Sarzana 2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mainardi, Danilo 1933 births 2017 deaths Ethologists University of Parma alumni Academic staff of the University of Parma Italian zoologists Writers from Milan Academic staff of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice