Bird Song : Biological Themes and Variations

Catchpole, C K and Slater, P J B

ISBN 10: 0521417996 / ISBN 13: 9780521417990

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1995

About this Item

Tall 8vo , i-viii, 248 pp, black and white figures throughout. Light creasing to the edges of the dust wrapper and a previous owner's neat signature on the front free end paper but a very good to near fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 4018

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bird Song : Biological Themes and Variations
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521417996
• ISBN 13: 9780521417990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ornithology

About this title

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.

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.