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The well-connected animal : social networks and the wondrous complexity of animal societies / Lee Alan Dugatkin

Author
Dugatkin, Lee Alan, 1962-
Published
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Copyright Date
©2024
Physical Description
xiii, 217 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents
The Networked Animal -- The Ties That Bind -- The Food Network -- The Reproduction Network -- The Power Network -- The Safety Network -- The Travel Network -- The Communication Network -- The Culture Network -- The Health Network.
Summary
"In the cloud forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica, pairs of male long-tailed manakins-clad in their stunning, red, blue, and black plumage-use perches as a stage for a coordinated song-and-dance to attract mates. Because the potential benefits are so great, males compete intensely for access to the stage. Who wins that competition? If you want a good perch to attract a mate, you need to have connections-and be deeply embedded in the manakin social network from the days of your youth. This is just one example in biologist and science writer Lee Alan Dugatkin's book The Well-Connected Animal. Drawing on work in animal behavior, evolution, computer science, psychology, anthropology, and genetics, Dugatkin enlightens readers about the role of social networks for animals in the wild. Readers will learn that social networks play a key role in the lives of giraffes, elephants, kangaroos, many a primate and bird species, Tasmanian devils, honeybees, whales, bats, badgers, field crickets, manta rays, and more. Interviews and insights from researchers offer a front row seat to understanding animal behavior and uncovering animal networks"--
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ISBN
9780226818788 hardcover
0226818780 hardcover
9780226818795 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-208) and index.
Endowment Note
Benzak Foundation American Environmental History Collections Endowment at the Penn State Libraries
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