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The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle
- Title
- The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle / Amotz and Avishag Zahavi ; with Naama Zahavi-Ely and Melvin Patrick Ely ; illustrations by Amir Balaban.
- Author
- Zehavi, Amots.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Zahavi, Avishag.
- Description
- xvi, 286 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Translated from Hebrew.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Partners in communication : Prey-predator interactions -- Communication between rivals -- Mate selection. pt. 2. Methods of communication : The fallacy of species-specific signals -- Movements and ritualization -- Vocalizations -- Body parts that serve as signals -- The use of color for showing off -- Chemical communications. pt. 3. The handicap principle in social systems : Testing the bond -- Parents and offspring -- Babblers, competition for prestige, and the evolution of altruism -- The social insects : why help the queen? -- The parenting couple -- Social amebas (cellular slime molds) -- Parasite and host -- Information centers. pt. 4. Humans : Humans.
- Call Number
- JFE 99-12242
- ISBN
- 0195100352 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96042374
- OCLC
- 35360821
- Author
- Zehavi, Amots.
- Title
- The handicap principle : a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle / Amotz and Avishag Zahavi ; with Naama Zahavi-Ely and Melvin Patrick Ely ; illustrations by Amir Balaban.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.
- Added Author
- Zahavi, Avishag.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 99-12242