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Author Martin, Graham, 1948-, author

Title Bird senses : how and what birds see, hear, smell, taste, and feel / Graham R. Martin
Published Exeter, UK : Pelagic Publishing, [2021]
©2021

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 W'PONDS  573.8718 Mar/Bsh  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 270 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Contents Senses and sensory ecology -- Investigating senses -- Vision in birds: the basics -- Bird eyes: variations and consequences -- Visual fields -- Beyond vision: hearing and smell -- The intimate senses: touch and taste -- Sensing the Earth's magnetic field -- Birds in the dark -- Other birds of the night: parrots to passerines -- Birds underwater -- A sideways look through birds' eyes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ("further reading") (page 263) and index
Subject Birds -- Sense organs
Birds -- Physiology
LC no. 2020416421
ISBN 9781784272166
1784272167