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Nature's music : the science of birdsong /
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Natures Music brings together some of the worlds experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Science and birdsong: the good old days
- Vocal fighting and flirting: the functions of birdsong
- Learning to sing
- The diversity and plasticity of birdsong
- Bird calls: a cornucopia for communication
- Singing in the wild: the ecology of birdsong
- Audition: can birds hear everything they sing?
- Brains and birdsong
- How birds sing and why it matters
- Birdsong and evolution
- Performance limits on birdsong
- Birdsong and conservation
- Grey parrots: learning and using speech
- Singing, socializing, and the music effect.
- Science and birdsong : the good old days / Peter Marler
- Vocal fighting and flirting : the fuctions of birdsong / Sarah Collins
- Learning to sing / Henrike Hultsch and Dietmar Todt
- The diversity and plasticity of birdsong / Don Kroodsma
- Bird calls : a cornucopia for communication / Peter Marler
- Singing in the wild : the ecology of birdsong / Hans Slabbekoorn
- Audition : can birds hear everything they sing? / Robert Dooling
- Brains and birdsong / Erich D. Jarvis
- How birds sing and why it matters / Roderick A. Suthers
- Birdsong and evolution / Carel Ten Cate
- Performance limits on birdsong / Jeffrey Podos and Stephen Nowicki
- Birdsong and conservation / Sandra L.L. Gaunt and D. Archibald McCallum
- Grey parrots : learning and using speech / Irene M. Pepperberg
- Singing, socializing, and the music effect / Meredith J. West, Andrew P. King, and Michael H. Goldstein.