Book contents
- Animal Communication Theory
- Animal Communication Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Introduction: A primer on information and influence in animal communication
- Part I Varieties of information
- Part II Influence and manipulation
- 6 Communication without meaning or information: abandoning language-based and informational constructs in animal communication theory
- 7 Information in animal communication: when and why does it matter?1
- 8 Mitogenetic rays and the information metaphor: transmitted information has had its day
- 9 The importance of integrative biology to sexual selection and communication
- Part III Case studies
- Part IV Animal signals in evolutionary perspective
- Part V From animal signals to human language
- Index
8 - Mitogenetic rays and the information metaphor: transmitted information has had its day
from Part II - Influence and manipulation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
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Book contents
- Animal Communication Theory
- Animal Communication Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Introduction: A primer on information and influence in animal communication
- Part I Varieties of information
- Part II Influence and manipulation
- 6 Communication without meaning or information: abandoning language-based and informational constructs in animal communication theory
- 7 Information in animal communication: when and why does it matter?1
- 8 Mitogenetic rays and the information metaphor: transmitted information has had its day
- 9 The importance of integrative biology to sexual selection and communication
- Part III Case studies
- Part IV Animal signals in evolutionary perspective
- Part V From animal signals to human language
- Index
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- Animal Communication TheoryInformation and Influence, pp. 207 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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