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Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues [[electronic resource] ] : Reflections on Redecorating Nature
| Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues [[electronic resource] ] : Reflections on Redecorating Nature |
| Autore | Bekoff Marc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina |
179.3
591.56 |
| Collana | Animals Culture And Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Animal rights
Animal welfare Cognition in animals Social behavior in animals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-09392-0
9786611093921 1-59213-349-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I EMOTIONS, COGNITION, AND ANIMAL SELVES:"WOW! THAT'S ME!"; 1 Beastly Passions; 2 Cognitive Ethology: The Comparative Study of Animal Minds; 3 On Aims and Methods of Cognitive Ethology; 4 Reflections on Animal Selves; II THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF DOGS AND COYOTES; 5 The Social Ecology of Coyotes; 6 Population and Social Biology of Free-Ranging Domestic Dogs; 7 Ground Scratching by Male Domestic Dogs:A Composite Signal?; 8 Observations of Scent-Marking and Discriminating Selffrom Others by a Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris): Tales of Displaced Yellow Snow
III SOCIAL PLAY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCIALCOMMUNICATION: COOPERATION, FAIRNESS,AND WILD JUSTICE9 Social Communication in Canids: Evidence for theEvolution of a Stereotyped Mammalian Display; 10 Virtuous Nature; 11 Wild Justice, Cooperation, and Fair Play: Minding Manners,Being Nice, and Feeling Good; IV HUMAN DIMENSIONS: HUMAN-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS; 12 Human (Anthropogenic) Effects on Animal Behavior; 13 Translocation Effects on the Behavior of Black-TailedPrairie Dogs; 14 Interactions Among Dogs, People, and the Environment inBoulder, Colorado: A Case Study 15 Behavioral Interactions and Conflict Among Domestic Dogs,Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs, and People in Boulder, ColoradoV ETHICS, COMPASSION, CONSERVATION, AND ACTIVISM:REDECORATING NATURE; 16 The Importance of Ethics in Conservation Biology:Let's Be Ethicists Not Ostriches; 17 Ethics and the Study of Carnivores: Doing Science WhileRespecting Animals; Afterword: Minding Animals, Minding Earth-Old Brainsin New Bottlenecks; References; Index |
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues [[electronic resource] ] : Reflections on Redecorating Nature
| Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues [[electronic resource] ] : Reflections on Redecorating Nature |
| Autore | Bekoff Marc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina |
179.3
591.56 |
| Collana | Animals Culture And Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Animal rights
Animal welfare Cognition in animals Social behavior in animals |
| ISBN |
1-281-09392-0
9786611093921 1-59213-349-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I EMOTIONS, COGNITION, AND ANIMAL SELVES:"WOW! THAT'S ME!"; 1 Beastly Passions; 2 Cognitive Ethology: The Comparative Study of Animal Minds; 3 On Aims and Methods of Cognitive Ethology; 4 Reflections on Animal Selves; II THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF DOGS AND COYOTES; 5 The Social Ecology of Coyotes; 6 Population and Social Biology of Free-Ranging Domestic Dogs; 7 Ground Scratching by Male Domestic Dogs:A Composite Signal?; 8 Observations of Scent-Marking and Discriminating Selffrom Others by a Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris): Tales of Displaced Yellow Snow
III SOCIAL PLAY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCIALCOMMUNICATION: COOPERATION, FAIRNESS,AND WILD JUSTICE9 Social Communication in Canids: Evidence for theEvolution of a Stereotyped Mammalian Display; 10 Virtuous Nature; 11 Wild Justice, Cooperation, and Fair Play: Minding Manners,Being Nice, and Feeling Good; IV HUMAN DIMENSIONS: HUMAN-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS; 12 Human (Anthropogenic) Effects on Animal Behavior; 13 Translocation Effects on the Behavior of Black-TailedPrairie Dogs; 14 Interactions Among Dogs, People, and the Environment inBoulder, Colorado: A Case Study 15 Behavioral Interactions and Conflict Among Domestic Dogs,Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs, and People in Boulder, ColoradoV ETHICS, COMPASSION, CONSERVATION, AND ACTIVISM:REDECORATING NATURE; 16 The Importance of Ethics in Conservation Biology:Let's Be Ethicists Not Ostriches; 17 Ethics and the Study of Carnivores: Doing Science WhileRespecting Animals; Afterword: Minding Animals, Minding Earth-Old Brainsin New Bottlenecks; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784275603321 |
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Bekoff Marc
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| Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal thinking : contemporary issues in comparative cognition / / edited by Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer
| Animal thinking : contemporary issues in comparative cognition / / edited by Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5/13 |
| Collana | Strüngmann Forum Reports |
| Soggetto topico |
Cognition in animals
Animal navigation Decision making in animals Social behavior in animals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-262-29898-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Animal Thinking: An Introduction; Navigation; 2 Navigation and Communication in Honeybees; 3 Navigating in a Three-Dimensional World; 4 Making the Case for the Intelligence of Avian Navigation; 5 Animal Navigation: A Synthesis; Decision Making and Planning; 6 Goal-Directed Behavior and Future Planning in Animals; 7 Mechanisms for Decisions about the Future; 8 Status of Nonhuman Memory Monitoring and Possible Roles in Planning and Decision Making; 9 Planning, Memory, and Decision Making; Communication
10 Where Is the Information in Animal Communication?11 Communication in Social Insects: Sophisticated Problem Solving by Groups of Tiny-Brained Animals; 12 Language and Episodic Sharing; 13 Communication; Knowledge; 14 How Intelligent Is Machiavellian Behavior?; 15 Simple Reactions to Nearby Neighbors and Complex Social Behavior in Primates; 16 Cooperation in Nonhuman Primates: Function and Cognition; 17 How Folk Psychology Ruined Comparative Psychology: And How Scrub Jays Can Save It; 18 Social Knowledge; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465254903321 |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal thinking : contemporary issues in comparative cognition / / edited by Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer
| Animal thinking : contemporary issues in comparative cognition / / edited by Randolf Menzel and Julia Fischer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.5/13 |
| Collana | Strüng`mann Forum reports |
| Soggetto topico |
Cognition in animals
Animal navigation Decision making in animals Social behavior in animals Animal communication |
| Soggetto non controllato |
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General |
| ISBN | 0-262-29898-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Animal Thinking: An Introduction; Navigation; 2 Navigation and Communication in Honeybees; 3 Navigating in a Three-Dimensional World; 4 Making the Case for the Intelligence of Avian Navigation; 5 Animal Navigation: A Synthesis; Decision Making and Planning; 6 Goal-Directed Behavior and Future Planning in Animals; 7 Mechanisms for Decisions about the Future; 8 Status of Nonhuman Memory Monitoring and Possible Roles in Planning and Decision Making; 9 Planning, Memory, and Decision Making; Communication
10 Where Is the Information in Animal Communication?11 Communication in Social Insects: Sophisticated Problem Solving by Groups of Tiny-Brained Animals; 12 Language and Episodic Sharing; 13 Communication; Knowledge; 14 How Intelligent Is Machiavellian Behavior?; 15 Simple Reactions to Nearby Neighbors and Complex Social Behavior in Primates; 16 Cooperation in Nonhuman Primates: Function and Cognition; 17 How Folk Psychology Ruined Comparative Psychology: And How Scrub Jays Can Save It; 18 Social Knowledge; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792209603321 |
| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Baboon metaphysics [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of a social mind / / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth
| Baboon metaphysics [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of a social mind / / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth |
| Autore | Cheney Dorothy L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.8/65 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SeyfarthRobert M |
| Soggetto topico |
Baboons - Behavior
Social behavior in animals Cognition in animals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-77567-7
9786612775673 0-226-10242-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Evolution of Mind -- 2. The Primate Mind in Myth and Legend -- 3. Habitat, Infanticide, and Predation -- 4. Males: Competition, Infanticide, and Friendship -- 5. Females: Kinship, Rank, Competition, and Cooperation -- 6. Social Knowledge -- 7. The Social Intelligence Hypothesis -- 8. Theory of Mind -- 9. Self-Awareness and Consciousness -- 10. Communication -- 11. Precursors to Language -- 12. Baboon Metaphysics -- Appendix -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458624803321 |
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Cheney Dorothy L
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Baboon metaphysics [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of a social mind / / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth
| Baboon metaphysics [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of a social mind / / Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth |
| Autore | Cheney Dorothy L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.8/65 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SeyfarthRobert M |
| Soggetto topico |
Baboons - Behavior
Social behavior in animals Cognition in animals |
| Soggetto non controllato | social, society, communication, interpersonal, evolution, change, biology, biological, academic, scholarly, research, darwin, darwinian, notes, metaphysical, philosophy, philosophical, botswana, fieldwork, okavango delta, river, nature, natural world, animals, mammals, matrilineal, families, community, status, experiment, organization, emotions, behavior, cognition, friendship |
| ISBN |
1-282-77567-7
9786612775673 0-226-10242-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Evolution of Mind -- 2. The Primate Mind in Myth and Legend -- 3. Habitat, Infanticide, and Predation -- 4. Males: Competition, Infanticide, and Friendship -- 5. Females: Kinship, Rank, Competition, and Cooperation -- 6. Social Knowledge -- 7. The Social Intelligence Hypothesis -- 8. Theory of Mind -- 9. Self-Awareness and Consciousness -- 10. Communication -- 11. Precursors to Language -- 12. Baboon Metaphysics -- Appendix -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791489603321 |
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Cheney Dorothy L
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Le basi biologiche del comportamento sociale umano : studiare gli animali per comprendere l'uomo / Robert A. Hinde
| Le basi biologiche del comportamento sociale umano : studiare gli animali per comprendere l'uomo / Robert A. Hinde |
| Autore | Hinde, Robert A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bologna : Zanichelli, c1977 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 416 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
| Collana | Serie di psicologia ; 6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethology
Habits and behavior patterns (Ethology) Psicology, comparative Social behavior in animals |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003426589707536 |
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Hinde, Robert A.
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| Bologna : Zanichelli, c1977 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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The behavioural biology of dogs [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by Per Jensen]
| The behavioural biology of dogs [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by Per Jensen] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI International, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JensenPer |
| Soggetto topico |
Dogs - Behavior
Social behavior in animals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-73616-X
9786610736164 1-84593-188-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Preface; I: The Dog in Its Zoological Context; II: Biology and Behaviour of Dogs; III: The Dog in Its Niche: Among Humans; IV: Behavioural Problems of Dogs; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446337603321 |
| Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI International, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith
| The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith |
| Autore | Goldsmith Timothy H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociobiology
Social behavior in animals |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-52780-3
0-19-802282-4 0-19-535754-X 1-4294-0608-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. The Dual Nature of Causation in Biology; Proximate and ultimate cause and the nature of explanation; 2. Some Fallacies and Misconceptions; 3. Evolutionary Theory Since Darwin; Natural variation and its sources; Forces of evolutionary change; The sometimes elusive concepts of heritability, adaptation, and fitness; Some recent contributions to evolutionary theory particularly relevant for the study of behavior; 4. Reasoning about Ultimate Causes of Behavior; What is the meaning of sex?; The fundamental significance of parental investment
An argument about evolutionarily stable strategiesConcerning the language; Mating systems; Life-history strategies; What about the mating behavior of humans?; Parable or reality?; 5. Getting from Genes to Behavior; Instinct and the myth of ""Biological Determinism""; The ontogeny of behavior follows general principles of development; The other end of life: Why do we age and die?; 6. Evolutionary Perspectives on Volition, Learning, and Language; How do we know that behavior evolves?; Free will; Evolution and learning; Communication and language; 7. Decisions, Decisions! Drives and the evolution of the vertebrate brainThe concept of behavioral scaling; Animals as decision makers; Decision makers as animals; 8. Culture, Anthropology, and Evolution; Coevolution of biology and culture: the ""leash effect""; Sociobiology and cultural materialism; The case of Tibetan fraternal polyandry; 9. Epilogue - Concerning ""Biological Reductionism""; Notes and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450918903321 |
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Goldsmith Timothy H.
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| New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith
| The biological roots of human nature : forging links between evolution and behavior / / Timothy H. Goldsmith |
| Autore | Goldsmith Timothy H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociobiology
Social behavior in animals |
| ISBN |
0-19-771179-0
1-280-52780-3 0-19-802282-4 0-19-535754-X 1-4294-0608-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. The Dual Nature of Causation in Biology; Proximate and ultimate cause and the nature of explanation; 2. Some Fallacies and Misconceptions; 3. Evolutionary Theory Since Darwin; Natural variation and its sources; Forces of evolutionary change; The sometimes elusive concepts of heritability, adaptation, and fitness; Some recent contributions to evolutionary theory particularly relevant for the study of behavior; 4. Reasoning about Ultimate Causes of Behavior; What is the meaning of sex?; The fundamental significance of parental investment
An argument about evolutionarily stable strategiesConcerning the language; Mating systems; Life-history strategies; What about the mating behavior of humans?; Parable or reality?; 5. Getting from Genes to Behavior; Instinct and the myth of ""Biological Determinism""; The ontogeny of behavior follows general principles of development; The other end of life: Why do we age and die?; 6. Evolutionary Perspectives on Volition, Learning, and Language; How do we know that behavior evolves?; Free will; Evolution and learning; Communication and language; 7. Decisions, Decisions! Drives and the evolution of the vertebrate brainThe concept of behavioral scaling; Animals as decision makers; Decision makers as animals; 8. Culture, Anthropology, and Evolution; Coevolution of biology and culture: the ""leash effect""; Sociobiology and cultural materialism; The case of Tibetan fraternal polyandry; 9. Epilogue - Concerning ""Biological Reductionism""; Notes and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784716403321 |
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Goldsmith Timothy H.
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| New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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