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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQL763.5 _b.A54 1998
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245	0	0	_aAnimal play : _bevolutionary, comparative, and ecological perspectives / _cedited by Marc Bekoff and John A. Byers.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aWhy 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 behaviour are now beginning to answer these questions and to shed light on many other aspects of both animal and human behaviour. This interdisciplinary volume, first published in 1998, 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, and will provide a source of inspiration and understanding for students and researchers in behavioural biology, neurobiology, psychology and anthropology.
650		0	_aPlay behavior in animals.
700	1		_aBekoff, Marc, _eeditor.
700	1		_aByers, John A. _q(John Alexander), _d1948- _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521583831
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511608575
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