The Minds of Birds
In this controversial culmination of a lifelong quest, Alexander F. Skutch, a well-known ornithologist who has studied birds for more than sixty years, makes a case for believing that birds' mental capacities have been grossly underestimated. Lacking hard scientific proofs of what birds think and feel, we are left, Skutch argues, with inferences gleaned from observation of their behavior. His intimate, six-decade study of tropical and north temperate birds and his wide survey of the literature inform this remarkable review of the psychic life of birds. Although varying widely by species, many birds have a striking ability to recognize as indi…
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- ISBN: 978-0-89096-671-6
- EAN: 9780890966716
- Produktnummer: 17153752
- Verlag: Texas A & M Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.0 cm 526 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 23
- Gewicht: 526
Über den Autor
Alexander F. Skutch held a Ph.D. in botany from Johns Hopkins University and earned such honors as the William Brewster Medal from the American Ornithologists' Union and the Hal Borland Award from the editors of Audubon Magazine for a lasting contribution to the understanding, appreciation, and protection of nature through writing. The author of numerous distinguished books on birds, he lived and studied birds for many years in Costa Rica.
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