Packed full of cogent examples, Donald Owings and Eugene Morton’s Animal
Vocal Communication is erudite, wide ranging and fascinating. They argue
convincingly that communication is a dynamic interplay between active
self-interest and the manipulation of other individuals. Published by Cambridge
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