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Birkhead, T. R.
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Birds -- Physiology.
Birds -- Behavior.
Birds -- Psychology.
Senses and sensation.
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Birkhead, T. R.
Birds -- Physiology.
Birds -- Behavior.
Birds -- Psychology.
Senses and sensation.
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Bird
sense
:
what
it'
s
like
to be a
bird
/ Tim Birkhead.
by
Birkhead, T. R.
Walker & Company, 2012.
Call #:
598 B619b
Subjects
Birds -- Physiology.
Birds -- Behavior.
Birds -- Psychology.
Senses and sensation.
ISBN:
9781408820131 (hc.)
9780802779663 (hc.)
0802779662 (hc.)
Edition:
1st U.
S
. ed.
Description:
xxii, 265 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Notes:
Reprint of the edition published: London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Seeing -- Hearing -- Touch -- Taste -- Smell -- Magnetic
sense
-- Emotions.
Summary:
"Looks at the adaptive significance of
bird
behavior. A lifetime spent in ornithological research and old-fashioned bird-watching has convinced the author that "we have consistently underestimated
what
goes on in a
bird
's head." He describes how using the latest available tools, neurobiologists have uncovered new aspects of
bird
perception--e.g., the fact that female birds that see in the ultraviolet range chose mates on the basis of characteristics we can't directly perceive such as plumage markings. Even more fascinating, Birkhead explains that some birds "tend to use their right eye for close-up activities
like
feeding and the left eye for more distant activities such as scanning for predators." Another unexpected discovery which he hopes may prove relevant to the treatment of neuro-degenerative brain disease in humans is the plasticity of the brains of birds that live in temperate regions. Tim Birkhead is a professor at the University of Sheffield, where he teaches animal behaviour and the history of science. He is the author of The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology"--Provided by publisher.
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