The Evolution of Animal Communication : : Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems /

The Evolution of Animal Communication : : Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems / / Stephen Nowicki, William A. Searcy.

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Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other animals--sometimes dishonest? That's what William Searcy and Stephen Nowicki ask in The Evolution of Animal C...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Searcy, William A.,
Nowicki, Stephen,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2006
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 30
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 45 line illus. 1 table.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures, Boxes, and Table
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Signaling When Interests Overlap
  • 3 Signaling When Interests Diverge
  • 4 Signaling When Interests Oppose
  • 5 Honesty and Deception in Communication Networks
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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