Part 11 (2/2)
radiologists, satellite image a.n.a.lysts, and fishermen: Eckstein, ”Visual Search.”
THE ANIMALS AMONG US.
Cooper's hawks: W. A. Estes and R. W. Mannan, ”Feeding Behavior of Cooper's Hawks at Urban and Rural Nests in Southeastern Arizona,” The Condor 105 (2003): 107116.
great t.i.ts: H. Slabbekoorn and M. Peet, ”Birds Sing at a Higher Pitch in Urban Noise: Great t.i.ts. .h.i.t the High Notes to Ensure That Their Mating Calls Are Heard Above the City's Din,” Nature 424 (2003): 267.
song sparrow: W. E. Wood and S. M. Yezerinac, ”Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Song Varies with Urban Noise,” The Auk 123 (2006): 650659.
peppered moth: J. Alc.o.c.k, Animal Behavior, 9th ed. (Sunderland, MA: Sinauer, 2011).
”North American primate”: ”Racc.o.o.ns Attack in Los Angeles,” interview with J. Hadidian, November 24, 2006, retrieved from munication, December 21, 2010.
starlings and Shakespeare: S. Mirsky, ”Shakespeare to Blame for Introduction of European Starlings to U.S.,” Scientific American (May 23, 2008).
expectation about what we will see: C. Summerfield and T. Egner, ”Expectation (and Attention) in Visual Cognition,” Trends in Cognitive Science 13 (2009): 403409.
inattentional blindness: D. J. Simons and C. F. Chabris, ”Gorillas in Our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events,” Perception 28 (1999): 10591074.
”cued-target detection task”: R. T. Marrocco and M. C. Davidson, ”Neurochemistry of Attention,” in R. Parasuraman, ed., The Attentive Brain (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998), pp. 3550.
rats' ever-growing teeth: A. F. Hanson and M. Berdoy, ”Rats,” in V. T. Tynes, ed., Behavior of Exotic Pets (UK: Blackwell Publis.h.i.+ng, 2010) pp. 104116.
pigeon owl deterrents: J. Hadidian, ed., Wild Neighbors: A Humane Approach to Dealing with Wildlife (Was.h.i.+ngton D.C.: Humane Society Press, 2007).
thigmotaxic: M. R. Lamprea, F. P. Cardenas, J. Setem, and S. Morato, ”Thigmotactic Responses in an Open-Field,” Brazilian Journal of Medical Biological Research 41 (2008): 135140.
rat smudges: Hadidian, ed., Wild Neighbors.
rat whiskers: Hanson and Berdoy, ”Rats.”
rat vocalizations: Ibid.
rat play: L. W. Cole, ”Observations of the Senses and Instincts of the Racc.o.o.n,” Journal of Animal Behavior 2 (1912): 299309.
rat grooming: C. C. Burn, ”What Is It Like to Be a Rat? Rat Sensory Perception and Its Implications for Experimental Design and Rat Welfare,” Applied Animal Behaviour Science 112 (2008): 132.
rat home range: Hadidian, ed., Wild Neighbors.
rat control same since Middle Ages: Hadidian, ed., Wild Neighbors.
rat neighborhoods (Baltimore): L. C. Gardner-Santana et al., ”Commensal Ecology, Urban Landscapes, and Their Influence on the Genetic Characteristics of City-Dwelling Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus),” Molecular Ecology 18 (2009): 27662778.
rats like grids: ”Rats Say: Manhattan Rules!” interview with David Eilam, Science Daily, January 13, 2009.
flock-swooping: M. Ballerini, et al. ”An Empirical Study of Large, Naturally Occurring Starling Flocks: A Benchmark in Collective Animal Behaviour,” Animal Behaviour 76 (2008): 201215; and H. Pomeroy and F. Heppner, ”Structure of Turning in Airborne Rock Dove (Columba livia) Flocks,” The Auk 109 (1992): 256267.
pigeon gliding: D. Larson, U. Matthes, P. E. Kelly, et al., The Urban Cliff Revolution: Origins and Evolution of Human Habitats (Ontario, Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2004), p. 29.
cliffs and their ecology: D. W. Larson, U. Matthes, and P. E. Kelly, Cliff Ecology: Pattern and Process in Cliff Ecosystems (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
”concrete and gla.s.s versions”: Larson, Matthes, and Kelly, Cliff Ecology, pp. 247248.
Heat Island effect: EPA.gov: ”The annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million people or more can be 1.85.4F (13C) warmer than its surroundings. In the evening, the difference can be as high as 22F (12C).” ”On a hot, sunny summer day, roof and pavement surface temperatures can be 5090F (2750C) hotter than the air.”
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