Birds: Their Habits and SkillsAllen & Unwin, 2001 - 252 páginas An unusual collection of curious facts about all birds. Annotation. Account of the behaviour and physiology of birds. Covers special features of birds, evolution of birds, the life cycle, the senses, the minds of birds, and interaction between birds and humans. Discusses the destruction of the world's wild bird population by human expansion. Kaplan is an ethologist and social scientist who works in biological sciences and education at University of New England, where Rogers is Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour. Previous titles by the pair include 'Not Only Roars and Rituals' and 'Orang-utans'. Annotation. Drawing on their extensive experience in the study and rehabilitation of birds, two professors of animal behavior at the U. of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, have written an informative volume on bird behavior. Written for the non-specialist bird-watcher, and including many examples of particular birds, the volume describes the special features and evolution of birds, the stages of their life cycle, how their senses function, their capacity for learning and communication, and their interaction with humans. The volume is annotated and includes a selected bibliography. Distributed by Independent Publishers Group. |
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Página 218 - Hunt, DM (1997). Visual pigments and oil droplets from six classes of photoreceptor in the retinas of birds.
Página 222 - Dunn, PO, Cockburn, A., and Mulder, RA 1995. Fairy-wren helpers often care for young to which they are unrelated. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 259, 339-343.
Página 220 - Klump, GM (1998). Auditory sensitivity in the great tit: Perception of signals in the presence and absence of noise. Anim. Behav.
Página 225 - FOENANDER, F. (1969). The Social organisation and behaviour of the feral domestic fowl. Anim. Behav. Monogr., 2, 127-181. MacDONALD, GE (1968). Imprinting: drug produced isolation and the sensitive period. Nature, 217, 1158. MAINARDI, D. (1963a). Eliminazione della barriera etologica all...
Página 227 - Evolution 29: 226-241. . 1983. The behavioral response of female Nuttall's white-crowned sparrows to male song of natal and alien dialects. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 12: 309-315. Baker, MC, AEM Baker, MA Cunningham, DB Thompson, and DF Tomback. 1984. Reply to "Allozymes and song dialects: a reassessment.
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Referencias a este libro
Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird Gisela T. Kaplan Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns: Their Biology and Conservation in Australia Neil McKilligan Vista previa limitada - 2005 |