Bekoff, Marc

Animal play : evolutionary, comparative, and ecological perspectives / Byers, John A. Coaut. - 1a ed. - Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. - xvi, 274 p. : il ; 24 cm.

Incluye bibliografía e índice.

The evolutionary origins of play revisited: lessons from turtles / Gordon M. Burghardt --
Play in common ravens (Corvus corax) / Bernard Heinrich & Rachel Smolker --
Object play by adult animals / Sarah L. Hall --
Kangaroos at play: play behaviour in the Macropodoidea / Duncan M. Watson --
Intentional communication and social play: how and why animals negotiate and agree to play / Marc Bekoff & Colin Allen --
Structure-function interface in the analysis of play fighting / Sergio M. Pellis & Vivien C. Pellis --
Sparring as play in young pronghorn males / Michelle N. Miller & John A. Byers --
Squirrel monkey play fighting: making the case for a cognitive training function for play / Maxeen Biben --
Self assessment in juvenile play / Katerina V. Thompson --
Biological effects of locomotor play: getting into shape, or something more specific? / John A. Byers --
Neurobiological substrates of play behavior: glimpses into the structure and function of mammalian playfulness / Stephen M. Siviy --
Play as an organizing principle: clinical evidence and personal observations / Stuart Brown.

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Zoologia--Comportamiento animal--El juego y el comportamiento animal--Socialización en los animales

QL763.5 / B45 1998