Barbara Ballentine, Jeremy Hyman

Gebundenes Buch

Bird Talk

An Exploration of Avian Communication

Herausgeber: Webster, Mike

Beschreibung

"This book describes basic theory about how bird communication works: 1) how signals should evolve to be optimally functional in the environment, 2) how senders use signals to transmit information, 3) how receivers perceive the information content of a signal, and 4) why we should expect signals to evolve to give honest, reliable information to receivers about senders. It describes channels of communication (plumage & sounds), how signals are produced and perceived by birds, and their topics of communication"--

Autor

Barbara Ballentine is Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Western Carolina University. She has published articles on song production and mate choice. Jeremy Hyman is Professor in the Department of Biology at Western Carolina University, where he teaches ornithology and animal behavior. He has published numerous articles on bird behavior and is the author of the children's book Bird Brains. Consultant Editor Mike Webster is the Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University and Director of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 210mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 986g
• ISBN-13: 9781501753428
• ISBN-10: 1501753428
• Artikelnr.: 61218161