The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle /
Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species...
| Основен автор: | Zehavi, Amots. |
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| Други автори: | Zahavi, Avishag. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Hebrew |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=287565 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Handicap principle. |
| Резюме: |
Ever since Darwin, animal behavior has intrigued and perplexed human observers. The elaborate mating rituals, lavish decorative displays, complex songs, calls, dances and many other forms of animal signaling raise fascinating questions. To what degree can animals communicate within their own species and even between species? What evolutionary purpose do such communications serve? Perhaps most importantly, what can animal signaling tell us about our own non-verbal forms of communication? In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Ashivag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many p. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Translated from Hebrew. Originally published in 1997. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198026020 0198026021 |