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Development of species identification in birds : an inquiry into the prenatal determinants of perception

Title
Development of species identification in birds : an inquiry into the prenatal determinants of perception / Gilbert Gottlieb.
Author
Gottlieb, Gilbert, 1929-2006
Publication
  • Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [1971]
  • ©1971

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Description
xi, 176 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Birds > Behavior
  • Instinct
  • Species
  • Birds
  • Animal behavior
  • Instinct
  • Birds
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Species Specificity
  • Animal behavior
  • Birds > Behavior
  • Species
  • Bestimmung
  • Vögel
  • Soorten (biologie)
  • Identificatie (psychologie)
  • Vogels
  • Prenatale ontwikkeling
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 161-165.
Contents
Issues in the development of behavior -- Methodological details of postnatal experiments -- Effectiveness of species-specific auditory vs. visual stimulation in eliciting and maintaining the following-response of domestic chicks and ducklings -- Species-specific nature of auditory perception: tests with single calls -- Species-specific nature of auditory perception in simultaneous choice tests -- Species-specific nature of visual perception in peking and mallard ducklings -- Prenatal ontogeny of the duckling's capability to respond selectively to the maternal call of its species -- The influence of normally occurring stimulation on the duck embryo's response to the maternal call of its species -- The bearing of normally occurring auditory stimulation on the duckling's postnatal discrimination of its maternal call -- Summary and conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0226305058
  • 9780226305059
LCCN
76128712
OCLC
  • ocm00208023
  • 208023
  • SCSB-295718
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Princeton University Library