Title The Physics of Birdsong Author(s) Mindlin, Gabriel B;Laje, Rodrigo Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. Description X, 158 p. 65 illus : online resource Abstract Note In recent years birdsong has developed into an extremely interesting problem for researchers in several branches of the scientific community. The reason is that of the approximately 10,000 species of birds known to exist, some 4000 share with humans (and just a few other species in the animal kingdom) a remarkable feature: their acquisition of vocalization requires a certain degree of exposure to a tutor. Between the complex neural architecture involved in the process and the song itself, stands a delicate apparatus that the bird must control with incredible precision. This book deals with the physical mechanisms at work in the production of birdsong, the acoustic effects that the avian vocal organ is capable of generating, and the nature of the neural instructions needed to drive it. The book provides fascinating reading for physicists, biologists and general readers alike ISBN,Price 9783540282495 Keyword(s) 1. ACOUSTICS 2. Animal anatomy 3. Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology 4. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics 5. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS 6. BIOPHYSICS 7. EBOOK 8. EBOOK - SPRINGER 9. NEUROBIOLOGY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I05935     On Shelf