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Book Title: The Evolution Of Animal Communication: Reliability And Decep...

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Publication Name: Evolution of Animal Communication : Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems

Language: English

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Item Height: 0.6 in

Subject: Game Theory, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Life Sciences / Zoology / General

Publication Year: 2005

Item Weight: 14 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9.2 in

Subject Area: Mathematics, Science

Author: William A. Searcy, Stephen Nowicki

Series: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology Ser.

Item Width: 7.4 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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