Owls are enduringly popular birds, but due to their nocturnal habits most species are difficult to see well. The plumages of many species are cryptic and difficult to separate by plumage alone. This problem is compounded by the different morphs that many adopt. This book fully d…
Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the barking of a pet dog, the meows of the family cat? Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. This book presents a thorough exploration into how acoustically conveyed emotions are g…
Professor Cody's monograph emphasizes the role of competition at levels above single species populations, and describes how competition, by way of the niche concept, determines the structure of communities. Communities may be understood in terms of resource gradients, or niche d…
Professor Cody's monograph emphasizes the role of competition at levels above single species populations, and describes how competition, by way of the niche concept, determines the structure of communities. Communities may be understood in terms of resource gradients, or niche d…
Identifying the earliest emerging signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a priority for understanding how the disorder develops and unfolds, as well as for shaping and facilitating the provision of early intervention services. Further, there is a gap in our understanding of …
Although the basic order of topics is similar, this Second Edition is a completely new book. The topics in the 26 chapters of the First Edition have been condensed and integrated into 16 chapters in the new version so as to better accommodate upper-division undergraduate course…
The purpose of this thesis is to describe and interpret caregiver-infant interaction in a Borneo community through an observational study of 23 Melanau children aged 15 months in Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia. This thesis is particularly relevant to the question of universality i…