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Lessons Learned From the Study of Animal Behaviour

The Life of Peter Marler

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Acknowledgments

Much of the material for this biography was gleaned from Marler’s own writings and interviews, and various obituaries published after his passing, listed below:

1. F. Nottebohm, Peter Marler (1928–2014), Nature, 512:372, 27 August 2014.

2. G. F Ball and R. J Dooling, Peter R. Marler (1928–2014), The Auk, 134(4):932–934, 2017.

3. In Memoriam: Peter Marler-College of Biological Sciences, UC Davis, https://biology.ucdavis.edu/people/peter-marler

4. Peter Marler, Graphic Decoder of Birdsong, Dies at 86, The New York Times, 27 July 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/us/28marler.html

5. Peter Marler Obituary, The Guardian, 11 August 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/11/peter-marler

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Krishnan, A. Lessons Learned From the Study of Animal Behaviour. Reson 26, 1607–1612 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-021-1273-2

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