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Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Marc Bekoff
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Edited by John A. Byers
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:292 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Animal behaviour |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521586566
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Classifications | Dewey:591.563 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
8 Tables, unspecified; 5 Halftones, unspecified; 17 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
4 June 1998 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Why do animals play? Play has been described in animals as diverse as reptiles, birds and mammals, so what benefits does it provide and how did it evolve? Careful, quantitative studies of social, locomotor and object play behavior are now beginning to answer these questions and shed light on many other aspects of both animal and human behavior. This unique interdisciplinary volume brings together the major findings about play in a wide range of species including humans. Topics about play include the evolutionary history of play, play structure, function and development, and sex and individual differences. Animal Play is destined to become the benchmark volume in this subject for many years to come, and will provide a source of inspiration and understanding for students and researchers in behavioral biology, neurobiology, psychology and anthropology.
Reviews' ... anyone interested in play should not hesitate to read or buy this book. It puts down a definite marker for play research in the 1990s, and suggests many interesting leads for research on play through into the next millenium.' Peter K. Smith, Animal Behaviour
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