Graham R Martin

Gebundenes Buch

The Sensory Ecology of Birds

Beschreibung

This is the first integrated synthesis of avian sensory ecology, explaining the broad principles and taking the reader into the sensory world of birds from an evolutionary and ecological perspective.

Autor

Graham R. Martin spent most of his career at the University of Birmingham, ending with a personal chair in Avian Sensory Science, in the School of Biosciences. The focus of his teaching was sensory science and animal behaviour, and he founded and led the only MSc programme in Ornithology in Europe. Over his career he has published papers on the senses of more than 60 species and carried out research in many locations (Antarctica, New Zealand, Africa, South America, Europe). He officially retired in 2011 but remains academically active and continues to publish on the vision of birds, most recently Hawks, Kites and Puffins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 665g
• ISBN-13: 9780199694532
• ISBN-10: 0199694532
• Artikelnr.: 47871216