Peter Robert Marler ForMemRS was a British-born American ethologist and zoosemiotician known for his research on animal sign communication and the science of bird song.
10 Facts About Peter Marler
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In 1989, Peter Marler became a professor at the University of California, Davis.
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Peter Marler retired in 1994, but took over the management of the local Center for Animal Behavior from 1996 to 2000.
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Peter Marler died on July 5,2014, of pneumonia while his family was evacuated from his Winters home because of the nearby Monticello wildfire.
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Peter Marler was an internationally recognized researcher in the field of bird song.
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Peter Marler studied the development of communication skills in several primate species: chimpanzees and gorillas, along with Jane Goodall and Hugo van Lawick, and the southern green monkey, in collaboration with Tom Struhsaker, Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth.
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Peter Marler developed the first properly semiotic approach to animal communication.
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Peter Marler was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970, the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1971, and the American Philosophical Society in 1983.
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Peter Marler was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2008.
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In particular, Peter Marler is known for his work on the development of bird song, showing the subtle interactions between environmental influences and an individual's predispositions.