Bird Bonds by Gisela Kaplan - ISBN: 9781760554200
Paperback
Bird love, breakups, and brilliance: Australian birds reveal their complex lives.

Bird Bonds

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    24 September 2019

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Summary

Some Australian native birds become childhood sweethearts and court for years before they get ‘married’. Others divorce because of personality clashes and different skill levels. Many negotiate their parenting duties. But how do these personal life events link to long-lasting bonds, long life-spans and exceptional overall intelligence?

Professor Gisela Kaplan, an eminent voice in animal behaviour, and particularly bird behaviour, draws on the latest insights in the evolution of partic…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760554200
ISBN-10:1760554200
Author:Gisela Kaplan
Publisher:Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint:Macmillan Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:24 September 2019
Weight:518g
About The Author

Gisela Kaplan

Gisela Kaplan (PhD, PhD, Hon.DSc) is a field biologist and Emeritus Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales and also serves as Honorary Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute. She has authored more than 250 research articles and has conducted groundbreaking research into vocal learning, communication and cognition in birds and other vertebrates. Her books include award-winning and bestselling titles such as Australian Magpie (2019), Tawny Frogmouth (2018), Bird Minds (2015) and Famous Australian Birds (2004). For the past two decades, she has also raised and rehabilitated injured native birds. Her vast experience with native birds in their natural environment is only surpassed by her passion for all things to do with native birds.

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