The Canary: Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance

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Goncalo C. Cardoso (Research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto, Portugal,) Ricardo Jorge Lopes (Research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto, Portugal, and Curator of Birds at the Natural History & Science Museum (MHNC), University of Porto.)

The Canary

Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance

Goncalo C. Cardoso (Research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto, Portugal,), Ricardo Jorge Lopes (Research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto, Portugal, and Curator of Birds at the Natural History & Science Museum (MHNC), University of Porto.), Paulo Gama Mota (Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal)

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Academic Press Inc
27 November 2023

Animals & society; Birds (ornithology); Conservation of the environment

The Canary: Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance covers the ecology, evolution and conservation of the canary and related species, along with the history and cultural significance of the domestic canary worldwide and various scientific disciplines in which canaries have played a key role as a model species. The book synthesizes the multiple ways in which the canary and its relatives have been, and continue to be, an important scientific model in diverse areas and have influenced human culture. Each chapter is written by international experts in areas such as biogeography, animal behavior, evolutionary ecology, conservation, neurobiology, genetics, or ethnology.

In covering this eclectic array of topics, while always focusing on the canary and its close relatives, this book uses the immense appeal of the canary as a vehicle to present notions of ecology, evolution, biodiversity conservation, and so on, to a wide audience.

Edited by: Goncalo C. Cardoso (Research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto Portugal ), Ricardo Jorge Lopes (Research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto, Portugal, and Curator of Birds at the Natural History & Science Museum (MHNC), University of Porto.), Paulo Gama Mota (Associate Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780443153501
ISBN 10: 0443153507
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 27 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: From the Atlantic to peoples’ homes 1. Macaronesian birds and the natural environment of the canary 2. The wild canary – ecology and behavior in the Atlantic 3. The domestication and cultural significance of the canary Part II: The canary and its relatives 4. The family tree and biogeographic history of canary relatives 5. Ecology and conservation of the world’s canaries 6. The peculiar cousins: lessons from the ecology and evolution of crossbills 7. Evolution of song and colour across the canary relatives Part III: A model for science 8. What the canary can tell us about singing and the brain 9. Eggs, hormones, and breeding 10. Canary domestication as a model for genomics research

Gonçalo C. Cardoso is a research scientist at CIBIO-University of Porto, Portugal, working in the fields of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He specializes in social behaviour, the function and evolution of sexual signals. Ricardo Jorge Lopes is a research scientist at CIBIO and Curator of the Bird Collection at the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP). He is an evolutionary ecologist with a strong focus on conservation, and uses canaries as a model species to investigate the genomics of evolutionarily relevant traits. Paulo Gama Mota is Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Most of his field and laboratory research concerns animal communication and mate choice behaviour, using the canary and its closest relative (the European serin) as model study species. He has had a long experience as director of different science museums.

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