: ill. (some col.), maps, facsims. ; 26 cm. + 2 CD-ROMS (4 3/4 in.)
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INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-457) and index.
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Science and birdsong : the good old days / Peter Marler -- Vocal fighting and flirting : the fuctions of birdsong / Sarah Collins -- Learning to sing / Henrike Hultsch and Dietmar Todt -- The diversity and plasticity of birdsong / Don Kroodsma -- Bird calls : a cornucopia for communication / Peter Marler -- Singing in the wild : the ecology of birdsong / Hans Slabbekoorn -- Audition : can birds hear everything they sing? / Robert Dooling -- Brains and birdsong / Erich D. Jarvis -- How birds sing and why it matters / Roderick A. Suthers -- Birdsong and evolution / Carel Ten Cate -- Performance limits on birdsong / Jeffrey Podos and Stephen Nowicki -- Birdsong and conservation / Sandra L.L. Gaunt and D. Archibald McCallum -- Grey parrots : learning and using speech / Irene M. Pepperberg -- Singing, socializing, and the music effect / Meredith J. West, Andrew P. King, and Michael H. Goldstein