Call of the Cranes
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Call of the Cranes
Expeditions into a Mysterious World
Wessling, Bernhard
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
05/2022
254
Mole
Inglês
9783030982829
15 a 20 dias
427
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Preface.- How everything started.- Compact crane knowledge: myths and facts.- Problem solutions, ballet courtship and fox alarm: how do cranes communicate with each other?.- Arrival in the nature preserve after return from wintering grounds: alone or in groups?.- Breeding season: a tragic romance.- Ruff, a white-tailed eagle and other visitors to the nature preserve: crane guards' amazing experiences.- The school of life.- Tracking the cranes' language: they are calling and talk about their lives.- Worldwide endeavors: Asian and American cranes are calling me.- Research adventures: overhear red-crowned cranes at minus 25 degreesC while guarded by armed border soldiers.- The adventure continues: visiting the wild whooping cranes.- We are taking off: the hard way to the migration flight school.- What can we learn about intelligence, migratory behaviour, culture development, use of tools and self-awareness in cranes?.- Can cranes think strategically? Other amazing observations.- Cranes are subjects. A plea for more modesty and respect for nature.- Appendix.
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Birds;Ornithology;Bioacoustics;Animal behaviour;Animal cognition;Endangered species recovery;Behavioral research;Cranes;Bird intelligence;Gruidae;Common Crane Grus grus;Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis;Whooping Crane Grus americana
Preface.- How everything started.- Compact crane knowledge: myths and facts.- Problem solutions, ballet courtship and fox alarm: how do cranes communicate with each other?.- Arrival in the nature preserve after return from wintering grounds: alone or in groups?.- Breeding season: a tragic romance.- Ruff, a white-tailed eagle and other visitors to the nature preserve: crane guards' amazing experiences.- The school of life.- Tracking the cranes' language: they are calling and talk about their lives.- Worldwide endeavors: Asian and American cranes are calling me.- Research adventures: overhear red-crowned cranes at minus 25 degreesC while guarded by armed border soldiers.- The adventure continues: visiting the wild whooping cranes.- We are taking off: the hard way to the migration flight school.- What can we learn about intelligence, migratory behaviour, culture development, use of tools and self-awareness in cranes?.- Can cranes think strategically? Other amazing observations.- Cranes are subjects. A plea for more modesty and respect for nature.- Appendix.
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