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Why do visual signals have the characteristics that they do? Why do animals (including man) gesture, posture, and move in communicative fashions? Why are animals colored and patterned in particular ways? Optical Signals is the first attempt to answer these and related questions. After presenting a synthetic framework of social communication, ethology, mathematical information theory, and semiotics, Hailman explains the relevant background: considerations of the physics of light that carry information from sender to receiver, and properties that limit the receiver's ability to get and send information encoded in light. Next Hailman puts together data from different disciplines in order to discover the "design characteristics" of optical signals. The major part of the book concerns these design characteristics and factors that influence them: behavioral patterns and coloration that look like visual signals but are not, principles of visual deception, and the way in which the physical and biological environment structures the characteristics of signals. Lastly, the book considers how the message being transmitted influences the design of the signal itself.
Tiere. --- Optisches Signal. --- Kommunikation. --- Animals --- Animal communication. --- Animaux --- Communication animale. --- Color. --- Couleur. --- Animal biocommunication --- Animal language --- Biocommunication, Animal --- Language learning by animals --- Animal behavior --- Animal coloration --- Coat color of animals --- Color of animals --- Coloration in animals --- Color in nature --- Animal pigments --- Literary theory
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Laughing gull. --- Birds --- Instinct. --- Behavior.
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This concise guide to planning, writing, and presenting research is intended for biology students of all levels, especially those in behavioral ecology, The reader is guided through a discussion of the nature of scientific research, how to plan research, and how to obtain funding. The authors give advice and guidelines for presenting results at research seminars and scientific meetings, and also provide useful tips on preparing abstracts and posters for scientific meetings. They discuss how to write an effective C.V. and give general tips on how to write clearly. The book is illuminated throughout with personal examples from the authors' own experiences and emphasis is placed on problems associated with field studies. All biologists will find this a valuable resource and guide for the early years of their scientific careers and established faculty will find it an essential instructional tool.
Biology --- Report writing. --- Proposal writing in biology. --- Authorship --- Research paper writing --- Research report writing --- Term paper writing --- Life sciences --- Biomass --- Life (Biology) --- Natural history --- Authorship. --- Animal behavior --- Résumés (Employment) --- Research. --- Vocational guidance. --- Curricula vitae --- CVs (Curricula vitae) --- Job résumés --- Vitae (Curricula vitae) --- Applications for positions --- Job hunting --- Biology as a profession --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Biological research --- Biomedical research --- Behavior
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Animal behavior. --- Animal behavior --- History.
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Animal behavior. --- Birds --- Animal behavior --- Behavior. --- Evolution.
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Animal behavior --- Animal behavior --- Animaux --- Animaux --- History --- Moeurs et comportement --- Moeurs et comportement --- Histoire
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