
鸟的感官
Bird sense
T. R. Birkhead · 初版 2012 年
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探讨鸟类行为的适应性意义。数十载从事鸟类学研究与传统观鸟的岁月,让作者深信‘我们一直以来都低估了鸟类大脑中的活动’。他描述了神经生物学家如何运用最新工具揭示鸟类感知的新维度——例如,能看到紫外光波段的雌鸟会根据我们肉眼无法直接察觉的特征(如羽毛斑纹)来挑选配偶。更引人入胜的是,Birkhead 解释道,某些鸟类‘往往倾向于用右眼进行近距离
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不好意思,没什么特别具体的推荐。前阵子我读了 Tim Birkhead 写的《Bird Sense》,不过这本书讲的是它们的感官系统,而不是智力本身,而且行文有点东拉西扯。维基百科上有几个挺有用的切入点,比如 [0] 和 [1]……
Sorry, nothing specific. A while ago I read 'Bird Sense' by Tim Birkhead but this is about their sensory systems rather than their intelligence as such, and is a bit discursive. There are a couple of useful starting points on Wikipedia, such as [0] and [1].…
Tim Birkhead 写的《Bird Sense》这本书在第六章讲了鸟类的磁感。研究表明海鸟拥有磁图和磁罗盘,用来导航返巢,但书里并没有探讨这种知识……
The book Bird Sense by Tim Birkhead covers birds’ magnetic sense in Chapter 6. Research has demonstrated that seabirds have a magnetic map and compass that they use to navigate home, but it doesn’t discuss how this knowledge…