Nature's Music

Klappentext 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 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. Bird song is much more than just one behaviour of a single, particular group of organisms. It is a model for the study of a wide variety of animal behaviour systems, ecological, evolutionary and neurobiological. Bird song sits at the intersection of breeding, social and cognitive behaviour and ecology. As such interest in this book will extend far beyond the purely ornithological - to behavioural ecologists psychologists and neurobiologists of all kinds. The scoop on local dialects in birdsong How birdsongs are used for fighting and flirting* The writers are all international authorities on their subject Zusammenfassung The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. This book brings together some of the world's 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Science and birdsong: the good old daysVocal fighting and flirting: the functions of birdsongLearning to singThe diversity and plasticity of birdsongBird calls: a cornucopia for communicationSinging in the wild: the ecology of birdsongAudition: can birds hear everything they sing?Brains and birdsongHow birds sing and why it mattersBirdsong and evolutionPerformance limits on birdsongBirdsong and conservationGrey parrots: learning and using speechSinging, socializing, and the music effect

Autorentext

By Professor Peter R. Marler and Dr. Hans Slabbekoorn

Zusammenfassung
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. This book brings together some of the world's 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.

Inhalt
Science and birdsong: the good old daysVocal fighting and flirting: the functions of birdsongLearning to singThe diversity and plasticity of birdsongBird calls: a cornucopia for communicationSinging in the wild: the ecology of birdsongAudition: can birds hear everything they sing?Brains and birdsongHow birds sing and why it mattersBirdsong and evolutionPerformance limits on birdsongBirdsong and conservationGrey parrots: learning and using speechSinging, socializing, and the music effect