Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control Over Others

From the shell wars of hermit crabs to little blue penguins spying on potential rivals, power struggles...
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Author: Lee Alan Dugatkin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control Over Others by Dugatkin, Lee Alan

Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control Over Others

€35,39

Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control Over Others

€35,39
Author: Lee Alan Dugatkin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
From the shell wars of hermit crabs to little blue penguins spying on potential rivals, power struggles in the animal kingdom are as diverse as they are fascinating, and this book illuminates their surprising range and connections.

The quest for power in animals is so much richer, so much more nuanced than who wins what knock-down, drag-out fight. Indeed, power struggles among animals often look more like an opera than a boxing match. Tracing the path to power for over thirty different species on six continents, writer and behavioral ecologist Lee Alan Dugatkin takes us on a journey around the globe, shepherded by leading researchers who have discovered that in everything from hyenas to dolphins, bonobos to field mice, cichlid fish to cuttlefish, copperhead snakes to ravens, and meerkats to mongooses, power revolves around spying, deception, manipulation, forming and breaking up alliances, complex assessments of potential opponents, building social networks, and more. Power pervades every aspect of the social life of animals: what they eat, where they eat, where they live, whom they mate with, how many offspring they produce, whom they join forces with, and whom they work to depose. In some species, power can even change an animal's sex. Nor are humans invulnerable to this magnificently intricate melodrama: Dugatkin's tales of the researchers studying power in animals are full of unexpected pitfalls, twists and turns, serendipity, and the pure joy of scientific discovery.

Author: Lee Alan Dugatkin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 04/20/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780226815947


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 02/27/2022
Choice 11/01/2022

About the Author
Dugatkin, Lee Alan: -

Lee Alan Dugatkin is an animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisville. He is the author of more than one hundred and fifty papers and the author or coauthor of many books, including The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness.

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