Tim Birkhead

Tim Birkhead, British ornithologist, has been a professor at the University of Sheffield since 1976. His research on promiscuity and sperm competition in birds has helped to change the current understanding of their mating systems.

He has taught all kinds of courses on birds, ecology, evolution, animal behavior, and on the history and philosophy of science. He has been president of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology and is currently a member of the management committee of the Darwin Correspondence Project.

He regularly publishes in various recognized media.

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Tim Birkhead Books

Tim Birkhead Books

We found 19 Books for tim birkhead

Birds and us

The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife

The Wonderful mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist

What It'S Like to be a Bird

Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby Frs (1635-1672)

Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology Since Darwin

The Most Perfect Thing

Birds and us: A 12,000-Year History From Cave art to Conservation

Aus der Vogelperspektive (in German)

The Great Auk. Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife

Los Sentidos de las Aves (in Spanish)

Die Sinne der vã gel Oder wie es Ist, ein Vogel zu Sein: Mit Zeichnungen von Katrina van Grouw (in German)

Promiscuidad (in Spanish)

Una Sutil Perfección (in Spanish)

La Sabiduría de las Aves (in Spanish)

sperm biology,an evolutionary perspective

Qué se Siente al ser un Ave? (in Spanish)

Com és Això de ser un Ocell? (in Catalan)