Animal Contests

Author : Ian C. W. Hardy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107244390
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Contests written by Ian C. W. Hardy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contests are an important aspect of the lives of diverse animals, from sea anemones competing for space on a rocky shore to fallow deer stags contending for access to females. Why do animals fight? What determines when fights stop and which contestant wins? Addressing fundamental questions on contest behaviour, this volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives across a range of species. The historical development of contest research, the evolutionary theory of both dyadic and multiparty contests, and approaches to experimental design and data analysis are discussed in the first chapters. This is followed by reviews of research in key animal taxa, from the use of aerial displays and assessment rules in butterflies and the developmental biology of weapons in beetles, through to interstate warfare in humans. The final chapter considers future directions and applications of contest research, making this a comprehensive resource for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

Author : Ian C. W. Hardy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521887100
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Contests written by Ian C. W. Hardy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contests are an important aspect of the lives of diverse animals, from sea anemones competing for space on a rocky shore to fallow deer stags contending for access to females. Why do animals fight? What determines when fights stop and which contestant wins? Addressing fundamental questions on contest behaviour, this volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives across a range of species. The historical development of contest research, the evolutionary theory of both dyadic and multiparty contests, and approaches to experimental design and data analysis are discussed in the first chapters. This is followed by reviews of research in key animal taxa, from the use of aerial displays and assessment rules in butterflies and the developmental biology of weapons in beetles, through to interstate warfare in humans. The final chapter considers future directions and applications of contest research, making this a comprehensive resource for both graduate students and researchers in the field.

Author : John Calhoun Zajac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game Theory, Two-player Animal Contests, Evolutionary Stable Strategies, and Evolution written by John Calhoun Zajac and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald A. Dewsbury
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226144100
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studying Animal Behavior written by Donald A. Dewsbury and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-07-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these autobiographical essays by pioneers in the field of animal behavior, the authors discuss childhood, education, moments of discovery, and the attractions of the research that each pursued. The field of animal behavior has been interdisciplinary throughout its history, and the two psychologists and seventeen biologists in Donald Dewsbury's collection provide a fascinating assortment of backgrounds and interests. Chosen by a panel of seven distinguished animal behaviorists, the men whose essays are collected here include two Nobel Prize winners and one Pulitzer Prize winner. All provide unique accounts of the development of the field written by its original leading practitioners.

Author : Paul Joynson-Hicks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668024578
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild and Crazy written by Paul Joynson-Hicks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The funniest photographs of wildlife from around the world collected here in one ... book [intended] for animal lovers of all stripes"--

Author : A. Sarkar
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788171417476
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book Social Behaviour In Animals written by A. Sarkar and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Group Living, First Voice, Cooperative Behaviour, Evolution of Social Behaviour, Social Behaviour in Women, Social Behaviour of Aquatic Animals, Social Behaviour in Wild Animals, Lekking in Fishes and Birds, Agonistic Behaviour, Population Behaviour.

Author : Darcy Campion Devney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561649392
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organizing Special Events and Conferences written by Darcy Campion Devney and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is help for anyone who has to produce a public event — from a church social or school fundraiser to a national conference. This comprehensive and practical handbook is the first to reveal all the tricks and techniques of the professional event organizer. Packed with step-by-step instructions, checklists, schedules, and lists of organizations, addresses, and publications, this edition includes updated resources that will prove indispensable to event planners.

Author : Robert Lloyd Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
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Download or read book Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating Systems written by Robert Lloyd Smith and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sperm competition and the evolution of animal mating strategies; Male sperm competition avoidance mechanisms: the influence of female interests; Sperm in competition; Male mating effort, confidence of paternity, and insect sperm competition; ...

Author : Martin A. Bertman
Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
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Download or read book Philosophy of Sport written by Martin A. Bertman and published by Humanities-Ebooks. This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction, Definition of Sport, Sub-Classes, Competition versus Rivalry: Greek Olympics and Roman Gladiators, Social Psychology, Aesthetic Psychology: Certainty, Identity, and Purpose, Sport as Symbol of Society and Character of Choice, Sport Ethics.

Author : David L. Balch
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 153265958X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement written by David L. Balch and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author draws on two original sources, on a Greek biographer, historian, and rhetorician, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, as well as on Pompeian domestic art and architecture. Generally, NT scholars read texts, but Greeks and ancient Romans loved beauty. The walls and floors of their houses were decorated with thousands of colorful frescoes and mosaics, art that two millennia later is still on display in Pompeii. Christians lived and worshipped in those typical houses; relating the art to NT texts generates many intriguing new questions! What stories/myths did Greeks and Romans see every day? What were their sports, and how violent were they? Many NT scholars know as much or more Latin than they do Greek, and they therefore cite the Latin historian Livy rather than the Greek Dionysius, who wrote a century before the first Christian historian, Luke. Dionysius' rhetoric expressed values shared across cultures, by Greeks, Romans, and Jews (e.g., by the historian--and rhetorician--Josephus), some values that Luke also shares. Dionysius makes clear that cities and ethnic groups had to praise how they treated emigrant foreigners, questions handled differently by Josephus and by Luke. This enables new interpretations of Jesus' inaugural speech in Luke 4 and of Peter's second Pentecost speech in Acts 10.