Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan Harvard University Press 2000 FROM THE DUST JACKET: "The authors have done a remarkable job in highlighting many of the latest developments in the study of animal communication, and presenting it all in quite readable form. They touch on a lot of key issues, some of them profound and difficult, and deal with them satisfactorily, without getting too abstruse or turgid, which is quite an achievement. They have also been quite clever in introducing some of the main actors in the field in an almost personal way, which can be a big help in getting students interested and ready to explore the literature themselves." -Peter Marler, Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for Animal Behavior, University of California at Davis From the calling macaw and the roaring lion to the dancing lyrebird, animals all around us can be heard and seen communicating with each other and, occasionally, with us. Why they do so, what their utterances mean, and how much we know about them are the subject of Songs, Roars, and Rituals. This is a concise and very readable, yet comprehensive, introduction to the complexities of communication in animals. Rogers and Kaplan take us on an exciting journey through communication in the animal world, offering insights on how animals communicate by sight, sound, smell, touch, and even electrical signaling. They explore a wide variety of communication patterns in many species of mammals and birds and discuss in detail how communication signals evolved, how they are learned, and what song and mimicry may mean. An up-to-date account of the science of animal communication, this book also considers modern concepts (such as that of deceptive communication) and modern controversies, primarily those surrounding the evolution of human language and the use of symbolic language by apes. It concludes with a thought-provoking look at the future of communication between humans and animals. THE AUTHORS: Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan are both full professors at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Rogers, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, specializes in neuroscience and animal behavior. Kaplan specializes in ethology and social science. CONTENTS: Preface ix One: What is Communication? 1 Two: Signals and Sensory Perception 26 Three: Is Signaling Intentional or Unintentional? 48 Four: Communicating in Birds 70 Five: Communicating in Mammals 100 Six: Learning to Communicate 128 Seven: The Evolution of Communication 150 Eight: Human-Animal Contacts 169 References 185 Index 201 WHERE TO ORDER: Harvard University Press Customer Service Department 79 Garden Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA Fax: 1-800-962-4983 (within the United States and Canada) Phone: 1-800-448-2242 (within US and Canada) Email: Contact_HUP@harvard.edu Web Site: www.hup.harvard.edu PRICE: $31.50 ISBN 0-674-00058-7 Posted Date: May 20, 2003
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