The migration ecology of birds /
The Migration Ecology of Birds, Second Edition covers all aspects of this absorbing subject, including migratory processes, problems of navigation and vagrancy, timing and physiological control of migration, large-scale movement patterns, the effects of recent climate change, the problems that migra...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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London ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2024]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Methodology for migration studies
- Part 1. The migratory process. Migratory flight
- Weather and migration
- Fuelling migration
- Amazing journeys
- Raptors and other soaring birds
- Seabird movements
- Speed and duration of migratory journeys
- Finding the way : senses, displacements and social influences
- Finding the way : orientation and navigation
- Part 2. The timing and control of migration. Annual cycles
- Migratory control mechanisms
- Stopover ecology
- Part 3. Large-scale movement patterns. Seasonal reoccupation of breeding and wintering areas
- Geographical patterns in migration
- Variations on a migratory theme
- Sex and age differences in migration
- Dispersal and site fidelity
- Irruptive migrants : boreal seed-eaters
- Part 4. Evolution of movement patterns. Evolution and inheritance of migratory behaviour
- Recent changes in bird migrations
- Glacial legacies in bird migrations
- Distribution patterns and connectivity
- Part 5. Migration systems and population limitation. The Palearctic-Afrotropical migration system
- The Nearctic-Neotropical migration system
- The East Asian-Australasian and other migration systems
- Population limitation - breeding and wintering areas
- Population limitation - migration routes
- Mortality on migration.