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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455410003321

Autore

Smith William John

Titolo

The behavior of communicating [[electronic resource] ] : an ethological approach / / W. John Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1977

ISBN

0-674-04379-0

Descrizione fisica

viii, 545 p. : ill

Disciplina

591.59

Soggetti

Animal communication

Animal behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction 2. The Diversity of Displays 3. Analysis of a Display Repertoire 4. Messages: The Kinds of Information Made Available by Displays 5. Widespread Behavioral Selection Messages 6. Further Messages: Behavioral and Nonbehavioral 7. The Origin of Widespread Messages 8. Differing Approaches to the Analysis of Display Behavior 9. Contextual Sources of Information 10. Meanings and Functions 11. Origins and Differentiation of Display Behavior 12. Effects of Evolution on the Forms of Displays and Accoutrements 13. The Concept of Formalized Behavior 14. Formalized Interactions 15. A Prologue to the Study of Communicating References Index