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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