biography
| name: |
Marler, Peter (Robert)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Animal behaviourist, born in London, UK. He was a research fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University (1954–6), and then went to the USA to join the University of California, Berkeley (1957–66). He was a professor at Rockefeller University (1966–89) before moving to the University of California, Davis (1989). Although trained as a botanist, he rekindled his childhood interest in ornithology early in his career. He made major contributions to behavioural studies of animal (including primate) vocalization, especially regarding the social function of birdsongs. |
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