Animal signals : signalling and signal design in animal communication
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Animal signals : signalling and signal design in animal communication
Tapir Academic, 2000
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"Based on the oral presentations given at an international symposium an Adaptive Significance of Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication venued at Kongsvoll, Norway, September 15-20, 1998 ... organised by the Royal Norwagian Society of Sciences and Letters, the Foundation" --T.p. verso
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How can we explain the peacock's beautiful tail decorations, or the wonderful song of the nightingale? Why are some smells nice and others nasty? Understanding the signalling systems of nature has wide-ranging relevance including biological conservation and human communication. Animal Signals provides a state-of-the-art update on current knowledge within this rapidly developing field. Written by leading international scientists, it provides a comprehensive overview of the fascinating diversity of animal signals and signalling functions. Combining reviews and novel research, the book is aimed both at students and professional scientists.
Table of Contents
- Evolutionary implications of the interaction between animal signals and the environment
- efficacy and content in avian colour signals
- the visual ecology of reef fish colours
- avian UV vision and sexual selection
- knowledge, information, biases and signal assemblages
- a signalling tail
- female ornaments - genetically correlated or sexually selected?
- handicap, index, and conventional signal elements of bird song
- scents of danger - the evolution of olfactory ornament in chemical-mediated predator-prey interactions
- signals and multi-modal signalling in spider communication
- signal function, signal efficiency and the evolution of anoline lizard dewlap colour
- conflicts of interest in signal evolution
- environmental dependence of genetic indicator mechanisms
- problems in studying receiver biases and their effects on signal evolution
- signals, parasites and the immune system
- examples of MHC-correlated sexual selection in mice and humans
- MHC genotype and ornamentation
- is fluctuating asymmetry a visual signal?
- communication networks - receiver and signaller perspectives
- male-male competition and female choice in the evolution of vocal signalling
- why female birds sing
- the significance of learning in signal environment - the curious case of the chaffinch
- prowess and the resolution of animal fights
- sexual signals and speciation
- multiple nestling begging signals - reed warbler chicks and cuckoo tricks.
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