Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations - Softcover

Catchpole, Clive K.; Slater, Peter J. B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521544009 ISBN 13: 9780521544009

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Bird Song has long been an inspiration to poets, and a delight to many other people, but why do birds sing? Bird song has been studied extensively in the past few decades, so that there is now hardly an area of animal behaviour on to which studies of song do not shed light. This book explores the study of bird song from the biological viewpoint, reviewing the literature written on the subject and considering its intricate nature. It is written with a wide readership in mind so that, while undergraduate and postgraduate students of biology may gain particularly from it, both professional biologists interested in bird behaviour and amateur ornithologists with some knowledge of biology will also find it a mine of information.

About this title

Book Description

Why do birds sing? How do they produce the sounds we recognise as songs and calls? Do birds have dialects? Here, the reader is guided through the complexities of such questions, and is shown how the study of bird song can shed light on to many aspects of animal behaviour.

About the Author

Clive Catchpole is currently Professor of Animal Behaviour at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written, broadcast and researched on many aspects of bird ecology and behaviour for more than 30 years and published over 100 books, articles and scientific papers. He has studied birds in many parts of the world and been a visiting researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology in Germany and the California Academy of Sciences in the USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521544009
• ISBN 13: 9780521544009
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256