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Author : Thomas A. Sebeok,Alexandra Ramsay
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110862850
Author : Thomas Albert Sebeok,Alexandra Ramsay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Animal communication
ISBN : LCCN:70167800
Author : Marc D. Hauser,Mark Konishi,Masakazu Konishi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Animal communication
ISBN : 0262582236
Based on the approach laid out in the 1950s by Nobel laureate Nikolaas Tinbergen, this book looks at animal communication from the four perspectives of mechanisms, ontogeny, function, and phylogeny.
Author : Henrik Brumm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642414947
The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and explores the implications that noise has for our understanding of animal communication. It is written by leading biologists working on different taxa including insects, fish, amphibians, lizards, birds, and mammals. In addition to this broad taxonomic approach, the chapters also cover a wide array of research disciplines: from the mechanisms of signal production and perception, to the behavioural ecology of signalling, the evolution of animal communication, and conservation issues. This volume promotes the integration of the knowledge gained by the diverse approaches to the study of animal communication and, at the same time, highlights particularly interesting fields of current and future research.
Author : W. John Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0674064666
W. John Smith enlarges ethology's perspective on communication and takes it in new directions. Traditionally, ethnological analysis has focused on the motivational states of displaying animals. The Behavior of Communicating emphasizes messages. After developing the concept of messages and discussing their forms, Smith turns to the evolution of display behavior. He then revises the traditional ethnological concept of displays and in a final chapter develops the further concept of formalized interactions.
Author : Ulrich Stegmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107013100
A valuable overview and analysis of foundational concepts in animal behaviour studies, including information, meaning, communication, signals and cues. Its comprehensive introduction and numerous illustrations will make it accessible to students and researchers from a wide variety of academic backgrounds, ranging from ethology and evolutionary biology to philosophy of mind.
Author : Donald H. Owings,Eugene S. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521324688
This book will be a landmark text for all those interested in animal communication. Animal Vocal Communication explicitly avoids human-centred concepts and approaches and links communication to fundamental biological processes instead. It offers a conceptual framework - assessment/management - that allows us to integrate detailed studies of communication with an understanding of evolutionary perspectives. Self-interested assessment is placed on par with the signal production (management) side of communication, and communication is viewed as reflecting regulatory processes. Signals are used to manage the behaviour of others by exploiting their active assessment. The authors contend that it is this interplay between management and assessment that results in the functioning and evolution of animal communication; it is what communicative behaviour accomplishes that is important, not what information is conveyed.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:889323830
Author : Stephen M. Tomecek
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Animal communication
ISBN : 9781604130911
Describes the communication methods of various types of animals, including voice and song, scent, patterns and colors, warning signs, body language, and courtship displays.
Author : Michelle Garcia Andersen
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781731650412
Book Features: • Ages 6-10, Grades 1-4 • 24 pages, 7 1⁄2 inches x 10 inches • Simple, easy-to-read pages with full-color pictures • Includes after-reading questions and extension activity • Reading/teaching tips included The Fascinating Life Of Animals: In Amazing Animal Behaviors: Animal Communication, 1st—4th graders dive into the fascinating lives of their favorite animals and learn about the remarkable ways in which they communicate! Fun Facts For Animal Lovers: How do elephants show affection? What animals communicate by scratching on trees? Young learners read an animal behavior case study exploring fun facts about the ways animals communicate using different cues! Build Reading Skills: This engaging 24-page children’s book will help your child improve comprehension and build confidence with guided after-reading questions and a fun extension activity. Leveled Books: Part of the Amazing Animal Behaviors series, the nonfiction leveled text and full-color pictures make this children’s book an engaging story with fun and interesting facts about different animals’ ways of communicating. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.
Author : Jack P. Hailman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0674027957
This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved signals (e.g., color patterns and vocalizations). The book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted redundancies and explains how desirable redundancies enhance communication reliability. Jack Hailman believes this work pioneers several aspects of analyzing human and animal communication. The book is the first to survey man-made signals as a class. It is also the first to compare such human-devised systems with signaling in animals by showing the highly similar ways in which the two encode information. A third innovation is generalizing principles of quantitative information theory to apply to a broad range of signaling systems. Finally, another first is distinguishing among types of redundancy and their separation into unwanted and desirable categories. This remarkably novel book will be of interest to a wide readership. Appealing not only to specialists in semiotics, animal behavior, psychology, and allied fields but also to general readers, it serves as an introduction to animal signaling and to an important class of human communication.
Author : William A. Searcy,Stephen Nowicki
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400835720
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 Communication. They take on the fascinating yet perplexing question of the dependability of animal signaling systems. The book probes such phenomena as the begging of nesting birds, alarm calls in squirrels and primates, carotenoid coloration in fish and birds, the calls of frogs and toads, and weapon displays in crustaceans. Do these signals convey accurate information about the signaler, its future behavior, or its environment? Or do they mislead receivers in a way that benefits the signaler? For example, is the begging chick really hungry as its cries indicate or is it lobbying to get more food than its brothers and sisters? Searcy and Nowicki take on these and other questions by developing clear definitions of key issues, by reviewing the most relevant empirical data and game theory models available, and by asking how well theory matches data. They find that animal communication is largely reliable--but that this basic reliability also allows the clever deceiver to flourish. Well researched and clearly written, their book provides new insight into animal communication, behavior, and evolution.
Author : Ulrich E. Stegmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107354890
The explanation of animal communication by means of concepts like information, meaning and reference is one of the central foundational issues in animal behaviour studies. This book explores these issues, revolving around questions such as: what is the nature of information? What theoretical roles does information play in animal communication studies? Is it justified to employ these concepts in order to explain animal communication? What is the relation between animal signals and human language? The book approaches the topic from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including ethology, animal cognition, theoretical biology and evolutionary biology, as well as philosophy of biology and mind. A comprehensive introduction familiarises non-specialists with the field and leads on to chapters ranging from philosophical and theoretical analyses to case studies involving primates, birds and insects. The resulting survey of new and established concepts and methodologies will guide future empirical and theoretical research.
Author : Marta Williams
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781577316091
DOMESTIC ANIMALS & PETS. Marta Williams takes communicating with the animals in our lives a few steps further by offering concrete suggestions for specific animal issues. Starting with a basic overview of what it means to communicate intuitively with animals, Marta goes on to offer case studies of how such communication can work. Marta guides readers step by step to a new understanding of how and when animals communicate, and teaches simple ways to begin interpreting and testing the signals animals give to humans. The particular focus of this book is solving common animal behaviour issues. Perhaps a dog constantly barks or lunges, or a cat goes missing or won't eat. Or, a horse shies and won't respond to training. All of these issues and more are dealt with through examples, exercises, and case studies.
Author : Eugene S. Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107052253
This volume presents a new approach to conceptualizing animal vocal communication, with an emphasis on how receivers' responses influence signalling.