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UNINA9910971511403321 |
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Autore |
Zehavi Amots |
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Titolo |
The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle / / Amotz and Ashivag Zahavi ; with Naama Zahavi-Ely and Melvin Patrick Ely ; illustrations by Amir Balaban |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770128-0 |
0-19-028458-7 |
9786610831210 |
1-280-83121-9 |
0-19-802602-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Animal behavior |
Animal communication |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p245-260. _ Includes index. |
Translated from Hebrew |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The handicap principle is that signals are only taken seriously if the signal itself imposes a handicap on the signaller that would make cheating impossible or unprofitable. The Zahavis explore the wide-ranging implications of this theory. |
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