The Design of Animal Communication

by Marc Hauser

Book Overview

When animals, including humans, communicate, they convey information and express their perceptions of the world. Because different organisms are able to produce and perceive different signals, the animal world contains a diversity of communication systems. 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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262582236
• ISBN13: 9780262582230
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 713 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher