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  • Propositions in the Making

    Experiments in a Whiteheadian Laboratory

    Series series Contemporary Whitehead Studies
    How do we make ourselves a Whiteheadian proposition? This question exposes the multivalent connections between postmodern thought and Whitehead’s philosophy, with particular attention to his understanding of propositions.Edited by Roland Faber, Michael Halewood, and Andrew M. Davis, Propositions in the Making articulates the newest reaches of Whiteheadian propositions for a postmodern world. It ... Read more

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  • Avian Urban Ecology

    Edited by Diego Gil, Henrik Brumm ...
    As natural habitat continues to be lost and the world steadily becomes more urbanized, biologists are increasingly studying the effect this has on wildlife. Birds are particularly good model systems since their life history, behaviour, and physiology are especially influenced by directly measurable environmental factors such as light and sound pollution. It is therefore relatively easy to compare ... Read more

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    How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

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  • Birds of Prey of Australia

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    by Stephen Debus ...
    This book is an illustrated field guide to diurnal raptors, a bird group that many people find among the most difficult birds to identify. Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and important ecologically as well as in legislation, with some species listed as threatened. Birds of Prey of Australia will enable people to more easily identify them. It also provides a brief overview of the biology of ... Read more

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  • Kookaburra

    King of the Bush

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    Laughing Kookaburras are the largest kingfishers in the world, and Blue-winged Kookaburras are not far behind. Their size and distinctive shape and posture make them easily recognisable; their comical and personable characters make them readily memorable. They are able to live in a wide variety of habitats, and adapt to living around humans relatively well. This cheerful familiarity has caused ... Read more

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  • Bird Minds

    Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Birds

    by Gisela Kaplan ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Curse of the Labrador Duck

    My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction

    In an obsessive 82,000-mile quest for dead birds, how much trouble can one scientist get into?Finally, the world's leading authority on the extinct Labrador Duck, Dr. Glen Chilton, shares the story of his frenzied obsession to reveal the histories behind the mysterious bird -- a saga wherein he sets out to examine the remains of every Labrador Duck, conduct genetic analysis on every Labrador Duck ... Read more

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  • Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines

    Passerines

    Recent classifications of Australian birds have been limited to lists of "species" which are inadequate as biodiversity indicators. The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines fills a huge gap in ornithological knowledge by separating out and listing not only 340 species of song-birds but also the 720 distinct regional forms. Covering about half the national bird fauna, the Directory provides ... Read more

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  • Australian Wildlife After Dark

    Australia is a land of many unique animals, some of which are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and so are rarely seen. These are the after dark animals so widespread yet so little noticed by humans, whether in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest. Australian Wildlife After Dark brings this hidden fauna into the light. The after dark fauna includes a ... Read more

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  • Boom and Bust

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    In Boom and Bust, the authors draw on the natural history of Australia's charismatic birds to explore the relations between fauna, people and environment in a continent where variability is 'normal' and rainfall patterns not always seasonal. They consider changing ideas about deserts and how these have helped us understand birds and their behaviour in this driest of continents. The book describes ... Read more

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  • Evolutionary Biomechanics

    Selection, Phylogeny, and Constraint

    Series series Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
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