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Nature's music : the science of birdsong
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Nature's music : the science of birdsong

Author: Peter Marler; Hans Willem Slabbekoorn
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : Audio book, etc.   Sound Recording : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Nature's Music brings together some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our undestanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader. The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with recordings and pictures of  Read more...
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Material Type: Audio book, etc., Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Sound Recording, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Marler; Hans Willem Slabbekoorn
ISBN: 0124730701 9780124730700
OCLC Number: 58600641
Description: xviii, 513 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, facsims. ; 26 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: editors, Peter Marler, Hans Slabbekoorn.
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"Nature's Music brings together some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our undestanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader. The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with recordings and pictures of the sounds of birds."--BOOK JACKET.

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