Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms

by Dustin Penn, Martha Manser, Mario Pahl, et al.

Book Overview

Communication and cognition.- Visual communication: evolution, ecology, and functional mechanisms.- Vocal communication in social groups.- Kin recognition: an overview of conceptual issues, mechanisms and evolutionary theory.- Honeybee cognition.- Individual performance in complex social systems: the greylag goose example.- Conflict and cooperation.- Conflict and conflict resolution in social insects.- Social insects, major evolutionary transitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662502356
• ISBN13: 9783662502358
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 707 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"