1. Signals and Communication
2. Sound and Sound Signal Production
3. Sound Signal Propagation and Reception
4. Light and Visual Signal Production
5. Visual Signal Propagation and Reception
6. Chemical Signals
7. Short Range Modalities
8. Decisions, Signals and Information
9. The Economics of Communication
10. Signal Evolution
11. Conflict Resolution
12. Mate Attraction and Courtship
13. Social Integration
14. Environmental Signals
15. Communication Networks
16. The Broader View
Jack W. Bradbury is a Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology,
Emeritus at Cornell University. He undertook his undergraduate work
at Reed College and received his Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from
Rockefeller University. During his career, he has served on the
faculty of Rockefeller University, the University of California at
San Diego (UCSD), and Cornell University, as Associate Dean of
Natural Sciences at UCSD, and, most recently, as Director of
the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. His
research has included studies on determinants of dispersion, mating
systems, and communication in a variety of taxa ranging from
opisthobranch molluscs to
various birds and mammals, with most work undertaken in the new
world and African tropics. He has been teaching undergraduate
courses in animal communication since 1970.
Sandra L. Vehrencamp is Professor Emerita from Cornell University's
Lab of Ornithology and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. She
received her B.A. with Honors from the University of California,
Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from Cornell University.
Since 1976, she has served on the faculty of the University of
California at San Diego and Cornell University. Her research has
included field and theoretical studies of cooperative breeding,
determinants of skew
in reproductive success within social groups, the role of resource
dispersion in shaping social structure, the role of energetic
limits on display behavior in competitive mate attraction systems,
and the evolution of
song structure and vocal repertoire size in various songbirds. She
too has traveled widely in both the Americas and the Old World
tropics in pursuit of her studies, and focal taxa have included
bats, antelopes, fiddler crabs, waterbugs, cuckoos, jays, grouse,
parrots, wrens, and song sparrows. She has been teaching animal
communication courses since 1986.
"Bradbury and Vehrencamp are to be congratulated for synthesizing a
vast literature on a fascinating topic in animal behaviour and for
communicating it in a lucid, digestible, and engaging way, with a
balanced coverage across taxa. This book will be extremely useful
both for students wishing to learn about the topic for the first
time and for researchers wishing to update themselves on the field.
Indeed, whether one has done extensive research in animal
communication or is a complete novice to the field, this book and
its associated online materials will be one of the most valuable
sources that they can consult."--Mark E. Laidre, Animal
Behaviour
"The first edition of this book immediately became a very useful
reference. This new edition is all that a revision should be. The
authors have added a lot. Most impressively, Bradbury and
Vehrencamp gathered a galaxy of color illustrations that give the
book a greater impact for readers. A good and important book just
got better."--J. A. Mather, Choice
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