Australian Magpie
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0724-1 (ISBN)
Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, a leading authority on animal behaviour and Australian birds, this second edition of Australian Magpie is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded account of the behaviour of these birds. With new chapters on classification, cognition and caring for young, it reveals the extraordinary capabilities of the magpie, including its complex social behaviour. The author, who has devoted more than 20 years to studying and interacting with magpies, brings together the latest research on the magpie’s biology and behaviour, along with information on the origin of magpies, their development and health not published previously.
This fascinating book has a wide appeal to bird lovers, amateur ornithologists and naturalists, as well as those with a scientific or professional interest in avian behaviour and ecology and those interested in the importance of native birds to the environment.
Features
A fully updated account of this Australian icon, written by one of Australia’s leading animal behaviour researchers
Interweaves rigorous academic research with hundreds of hours of the author’s personal observations
Unravels the complex family and social behaviour of magpies in a engaging text
Gisela Kaplan is Emeritus Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of New England and an Honorary Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute. She is the author of more than 250 research articles and has conducted groundbreaking research into vocal learning, communication and cognition in birds and other vertebrates. She holds two PhDs and an honorary DSc for her contributions to life sciences. In addition to extensive field research on birds, for the past two decades she has also raised and rehabilitated injured native birds.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.Origins
2.Which is the ‘real’ magpie?
3.Anatomy
4.The brain and the senses
5.Diet and cognition in foraging
6.Managing a territory
7.Bonding and breeding
8.Caring for the young
9.Social rules and daily life
10.Song production and vocal development
11.Communication
12.Magpies and humans
Epilogue: The success of magpies
Plates
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Melbourne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 245 mm |
| Gewicht | 710 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4863-0724-8 / 1486307248 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4863-0724-1 / 9781486307241 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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