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1. Bird Sense: What it's Like to be a Bird
by Tim Birkhead
What is it like to be a swift, flying at over one hundred kilometres an hour? Or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among the humid undergrowth in the ... More
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2. The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
by Tim Birkhead
For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most ... More
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3. Sperm biology: an evolutionary perspective
by Tim R Birkhead (Editor), David J Hosken (Editor), Scott S Pitnick (Editor)
This book represents the first analysis of the evolutionary significance of sperm phenotypes and derived sperm traits and the possible selection ... More
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4. Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History of Sperm Competition
by Tim Birkhead
Birkhead reveals a world in which males and females vie with each other as they strive to maximize their reproductive success. Color illustrations.
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5. Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection
by Anders Pape Moller (Editor), Tim R Birkhead (Editor), Anders Pape Mxller (Editor)
Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection presents the intricate ways in which sperm compete to fertilize eggs and how this has prompted ... More
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6. A Brand New Bird: How Two Amateur Scientists Created the First Genetically Engineered Animal
by Tim R Birkhead, Alfie Kohn
This is the fascinating story of the hidden world of bird-breeding, of contentious ideas in 1920s Germany, and of two amateur scientists who ... More
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7. The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology
by Michael Brooke (Editor), Tim Birkhead (Editor)
Experts from around the world have contributed to this absorbing and authoritative new guide for bird enthusiasts everywhere--the essential, ... More
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8. The Red Canary: The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
by Tim R. Birkhead
In 1921, forty-year-old schoolteacher Hans Duncker set off through the streets of Bremen. Near the cathedral, he heard a nightingale singing - but ... More
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11. Promiscuity
by Tim R. Birkhead
Contrary to beliefs, females are remarkably promiscuous and have evolved an array of tricks to determine who exactly will be the father of their ... More
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13. The Magpies: The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies
by T R Birkhead
Magpies are unmistakeable in their appearance, voice and extrovert, arrogant manner. While their persecution at the hands of gamekeepers over the ... More
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