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Animal communication theory : information and influence /
An exploration of key concepts in the study of animal communication, covering case studies as well as more theoretical issues. The book approaches the topic from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including ethology, animal cognition, theoretical biology and evolutionary biology, as well as phi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Varieties of information
- pt. II. Influence and manipulation
- pt. III. Case studies
- pt. IV. Animal signals in evolutionary perspective
- pt. V. From animal signals to human language.
- Introduction : A primer on information and influence in animal communication / Ulrich E. Stegmann
- Influence and information in communication networks / Andrew G. Horn and Peter K. McGregor
- Animal communication as information-mediated influence / Andrea Scarantino
- Communication as information use : insights from statistical decision theory / Caitlin R. Kight, John M. McNamara, David W. Stephens and Sasha R.X. Dall
- Communication as a transfer of information : measurement, mechanism, and meaning / R. Haven Wiley
- Natural information, intentional signs and animal communication / Ruth G. Millikan
- Communication without meaning or information : abandoning language-based and informational constructs in animal communication / Drew Rendall and Michael J. Owren
- Information in animal communication : when and why does it matter? / Sahotra Sarkar
- Mitogenetic rays and the information metaphor : transmitted information has had its day / Eugene S. Morton and Richard G. Coss
- The importance of integrative biology to sexual selection and communication / Michael J. Ryan
- Animal signals : always influence, sometimes information / Claire Horisk and Reginald B. Cocroft
- Learned signals and consistency of delivery : a case against receiver manipulation in animal communication / Carlos A. Botero and Selvino R. de Kort
- Information, inference and meaning in primate vocal behaviour / Julia Fischer
- Information and uncertainty in meerkats and monkeys / Colin Allen
- The neural representation of vocalisation perception / Kate L. Christison-Lagay and Yale E. Cohen
- The value of information in signals and cues / Michael Lachmann
- Information and influence in sender-receiver models, with applications to animal behaviour / Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Information, meaning and animal communication / Fred Adams and Steve Beighley
- Information, influence and inference in language evolution / Thomas C. Scott-Phillips and Simon Kirby.