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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Part I: From the Atlantic to peoples’ homes - p. xiv 9. Chapter one. Macaronesian birds and the natural environment of the canary - p. 3 10. Chapter two. The wild island canary: ecology and behaviour in the Atlantic - p. 23 11. Chapter three. The domestication and cultural significance of the canary - p. 47 12. Part II: The canary and its relatives - p. 78 13. Chapter four. The family tree and biogeographic history of the canary relatives - p. 85 14. Chapter five. Ecology, evolution, and conservation of the canaries and their closest finch relatives - p. 109 15. Chapter six. The peculiar cousins: lessons from the ecology and evolution of crossbills - p. 135 16. Chapter seven. Evolution of song and colour across the canary relatives - p. 163 17. Part III: A model for science - p. 187 18. Chapter eight. What the canary can tell us about singing and the brain - p. 201 19. Chapter nine. Eggs, hormones and breeding - p. 229 20. Chapter ten. Canary domestication as a model for genomics research and avian evolution - p. 255 21. Appendix A. Concluding remarks - p. 283 22. Index - p. 287
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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Part I: From the Atlantic to peoples’ homes - p. xiv 9. Chapter one. Macaronesian birds and the natural environment of the canary - p. 3 10. Chapter two. The wild island canary: ecology and behaviour in the Atlantic - p. 23 11. Chapter three. The domestication and cultural significance of the canary - p. 47 12. Part II: The canary and its relatives - p. 78 13. Chapter four. The family tree and biogeographic history of the canary relatives - p. 85 14. Chapter five. Ecology, evolution, and conservation of the canaries and their closest finch relatives - p. 109 15. Chapter six. The peculiar cousins: lessons from the ecology and evolution of crossbills - p. 135 16. Chapter seven. Evolution of song and colour across the canary relatives - p. 163 17. Part III: A model for science - p. 187 18. Chapter eight. What the canary can tell us about singing and the brain - p. 201 19. Chapter nine. Eggs, hormones and breeding - p. 229 20. Chapter ten. Canary domestication as a model for genomics research and avian evolution - p. 255 21. Appendix A. Concluding remarks - p. 283 22. Index - p. 287
