
eBook - ePub
The Canary
Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance
- 314 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Canary
Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance
About this book
The Canary: Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance covers the ecology, evolution and conservation of the canary and related species, along with the history and cultural significance of the domestic canary worldwide and various scientific disciplines in which canaries have played a key role as a model species. The book synthesizes the multiple ways in which the canary and its relatives have been, and continue to be, an important scientific model in diverse areas and have influenced human culture. Each chapter is written by international experts in areas such as biogeography, animal behavior, evolutionary ecology, conservation, neurobiology, genetics, or ethnology.
In covering this eclectic array of topics, while always focusing on the canary and its close relatives, this book uses the immense appeal of the canary as a vehicle to present notions of ecology, evolution, biodiversity conservation, and so on, to a wide audience.
- Details all aspects of Crithagra and Serinus canaries as well as relatives like crossbills
- Structured to begin with more accessible topics like natural history, domestication, and conservation
- Closes with discussions of more specialized topics like evolution, neurobiology, behavior and genomics
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Yes, you can access The Canary by Goncalo C. Cardoso,Ricardo Jorge Lopes,Paulo Gama Mota in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Part I: From the Atlantic to peoples’ homes
- Part II: The canary and its relatives
- Part III: A model for science
- Appendix A. Concluding remarks
- Index