Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions

Herman, Louis M.

ISBN 10: 047137315X / ISBN 13: 9780471373155

Editore: U.S.A.: Wiley, 1980

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Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions Herman, Louis M. John Wiley & Sons. 1980. 463p. hardcover with dust jacket, dust jacket bumped/scuffed/small tears/chipping, boards bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean-- 047137315X ISBN 13: 9780471373155--21.00.

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• Titolo: Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions
• Editore: U.S.A.: Wiley
• Data di pubblicazione: 1980
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 047137315X
• ISBN 13: 9780471373155
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Dust Jacket Included
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • ANIMALS

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A broad review of established and entirely new data on the behavior of marine mammals, particularly dolphins. Includes hearing and vision; adaptive coloration; cetacean communication, language, and mating systems; effect of the cetacean school on the individual; behavioral contrasts and comparisons between species in controlled settings such as oceanariums; and learning, memory, communication, and language learning ability in dolphins. Includes numerous graphs, tables, and photographs.