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Description: |
x, 408 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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General Note: |
Papers from a conference sponsored by the Dept. of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 1974. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Ethological and psychological approaches to the study of brain-behaviour relationships / Peter Caryl and Peter Wright -- Temporal patterning and the causation of bird behaviour / P.J.B. Slater -- Nest construction by the domestic hen : some comparative and physiological considerations / D.G.M. Wood-Gush -- Integration of gonadotrophin and steroid secretion, spermatogenesis and behaviour in the reproductive cycle of male pigeon species / R.K. Murton and N.J. Westwood -- The hormonal basis of cooperative nest-building / Carl J. Erickson and Marie Christine Martinez-Vargas -- Target cells for gonadal steroids in the brain : studies on hormone binding and metabolism / Richard E. Zigmond -- Target cells for gonadal steroids in the brain : studies on steroid-sensitive mechanisms of behaviour / J.B. Hutchison -- The role of the avian hyperstriatal complex in learning / Euan M. Macphail -- Interhemispheric interactions / Hans Zeier -- How birds use their eyes / Mark B. Friedman -- Arousal and orientation functions of the avian telencephalon / Eric A. Salzen and Denis M. Parker -- Brain organization and neuromuscular control of vocalization in birds / Richard E. Phillips and Frank W. Peek -- Midbrain mechanisms of calling and their relation to emotional states / R.J. Andrew -- Gustatory behaviour of the chicken and other birds / Michael J. Gentle -- The neural substrate of feeding behaviour in birds / Peter Wright -- Appendix. A stereotaxic atlas of the dove brain (Streptopelia risoria) / David M. Vowles, L.D. Beazley and D. Harwood. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Neural and endocrine aspects of behaviour in birds. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., 1975 (OCoLC)707189997 |