Nature’s Music: The Science of Birdsong

7 7/16 X 9 11/16 in Science and birdsong: the good old days Vocal fighting and flirting: the functions of birdsong Learning to sing The diversity and plasticity of birdsong Bird calls: a cornucopia for communication Singing in the wild: the ec ology of birdsong Audition: can birds hear everything they sing? Brains and birdsong How birds sing and w hy it matters Birdsong and evolution Performan ce limits on birdsong Birdsong and conservation Grey parrots: learning and using speech Singing, socializ ing, and the music effect Bird song sits at the intersection of breeding, social and cognitive behaviour and ecology. As such interest in this book will extend far beyond the purely ornithological - to behavioural ecologists psychologists and neurobiologists of all kinds.