The migration ecology of birds:
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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Newton, Ian 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Brockie, Keith 1955- (IllustratorIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Elsevier-Academic Press 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover -- TOC$Contents -- Preface -- CH$Chapter 1 Introduction -- TYPES OF BIRD MOVEMENTS -- ADAPTATIONS FOR MIGRATION -- THE DIVERSITY OF MIGRATION -- SEDENTARY POPULATIONS -- HIBERNATION -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 2 Methodology -- OBSERVATIONS OF BIRDS ON MIGRATION -- RADAR AND OTHER DEVICES -- DISTRIBUTION STUDIES -- RINGING -- RADIO-TRACKING -- ISOTOPES AND OTHER MARKERS -- CONNECTIVITY -- STOPOVER ECOLOGY -- LABORATORY RESEARCH ON PHYSIOLOGY, MIGRATORY RESTLESSNESS AND DIRECTIONAL PREFERENCES -- BREEDING PROGRAMMES -- MATHEMATICAL MODELS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- PART ONE: THE MIGRATORY PROCESS -- CH$Chapter 3 Migratory flight -- BODY WEIGHT, SPEED AND FLIGHT MODE -- FLAPPING AND SOARING FLIGHT -- THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY HEIGHT -- CONCLUSIONS ON THE ROLE OF BODY SIZE IN BIRD MIGRATION -- THE NEED FOR REST -- MIGRATION BY WALKING OR SWIMMING -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 4 Weather effects and other aspects -- MIGRATION AND WEATHER --
- ALTITUDE OF MIGRATION -- DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL FLIGHT -- SOCIAL FACTORS -- REVERSE MIGRATION -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 5 Fuelling the flights -- ENERGY NEEDS AND BODY COMPOSITION -- MIGRATION MODE -- MECHANISMS OF FUEL DEPOSITION -- DAILY RATES OF WEIGHT GAIN -- EXAMPLES OF CHANGES IN BODY COMPOSITION -- FAT CHICKS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- APPENDIX 5.1 CALCULATION OF FLIGHT RANGES -- CH$Chapter 6 Incredible journeys -- SEA-CROSSINGS -- DESERT CROSSINGS -- HIGH MOUNTAINS -- OTHER BARRIERS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- POSTSCRIPT -- CH$Chapter 7 Raptors and other soaring birds -- USE OF THERMALS AND OTHER UPDRAFTS -- EXTENSION OF MIGRATION AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SOARING -- SOCIAL FACTORS -- COUNTS IN ISRAEL -- NUMBERS ENTERING AFRICA -- MIGRATION AT OTHER SITES -- ENERGY RESERVES -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 8 Speed and duration of journeys -- THEORETICAL BASIS -- EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES -- PROPORTION OF MIGRATION SPENT IN FLIGHT -- APPARENT NON-STOP SEA-CROSSINGS -- PENGUINS --
- MIGRATION WITHIN THE ANNUAL CYCLE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 9 Finding the way -- COMPASS ORIENTATION AND BI-COORDINATE NAVIGATION -- CUES USED IN DIRECTION FINDING -- SOCIAL FACTORS -- LOXODROMES AND ORTHODROMES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 10 Vagrancy -- PROBABILITY OF ARRIVAL -- LONG-DISTANCE DISPERSAL -- EFFECT OF POPULATION SIZE -- DRIFT BY WIND -- OVERSHOOTING -- DEVIANT DIRECTIONAL TENDENCIES -- MIRROR-IMAGE MIGRATION -- REVERSED-DIRECTION MIGRATION -- NEW ROUTES AND RANGE EXPANSION -- HUMAN-ASSISTED VAGRANCY -- EVIDENCE FROM RINGING -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- PART TWO: THE TIMING AND CONTROL OF MIGRATION -- CH$Chapter 11 Annual cycles -- VARIATIONS IN ANNUAL CYCLES -- INTERNAL TIME KEEPING -- FLEXIBLE CYCLES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- CH$Chapter 12 Control mechanisms -- OBLIGATE AND FACULTATIVE MODES -- MIGRATION TIMING, DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS -- AUTUMN MIGRATION -- SPRING MIGRATION --
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPRING ARRIVAL, BREEDING AND AUTUMN
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ISBN:9780080554839

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