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Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Birds
Gisela Kaplan
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Description for Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Birds
Paperback. Provides a fresh view of the behaviour of Australia's native avifauna. Num Pages: 272 pages, Photographs, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; PSVP; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 170. Weight in Grams: 525.
In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use of tools. Many Australian birds cooperate and defend each other, and exceptional ones go fishing by throwing breadcrumbs in the water, extract poisonous parts from prey and use tools to crack open eggshells and mussels. Kaplan brings together evidence of many such cognitive abilities, suggesting plausible reasons for their appearance in Australian birds.
Bird Minds is the first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the ... Read more
In her comprehensive and carefully crafted book, Gisela Kaplan demonstrates how intelligent and emotional Australian birds can be. She describes complex behaviours such as grieving, deception, problem solving and the use of tools. Many Australian birds cooperate and defend each other, and exceptional ones go fishing by throwing breadcrumbs in the water, extract poisonous parts from prey and use tools to crack open eggshells and mussels. Kaplan brings together evidence of many such cognitive abilities, suggesting plausible reasons for their appearance in Australian birds.
Bird Minds is the first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing Australia
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9781486300181
SKU
V9781486300181
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Gisela Kaplan
Gisela Kaplan is a Professor at the University of New England, and an Honorary Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute. She is the author of over 250 research articles and 21 books 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Bird Minds: Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Birds
The book covers with competence the most traditional topics of avian intelligence, including nest building, mimicry, tool use, imitation, play, social and vocal learning but also more neglected topics, such as brain and behavioural asymmetries. [...] Overall, the book provides a scholarly but also very enjoyable reading on the intelligence of birds, and should thus be a recommended reading even ... Read more