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1 online resource (985 pages)
ISBN:
9780080554839
Content:
A unique adventure to the understanding of the ecological impacts on bird migration.
Content:
Front Cover -- The Migration Ecology of Birds -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- TYPES OF BIRD MOVEMENTS -- ADAPTATIONS FOR MIGRATION -- THE DIVERSITY OF MIGRATION -- SEDENTARY POPULATIONS -- HIBERNATION -- SUMMARY -- 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 -- 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 -- Chapter 4 Weather effects and other aspects -- MIGRATION AND WEATHER -- ALTITUDE OF MIGRATION -- DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL FLIGHT -- SOCIAL FACTORS -- REVERSE MIGRATION -- SUMMARY -- 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 -- Chapter 6 Incredible journeys -- SEA-CROSSINGS -- DESERT CROSSINGS -- HIGH MOUNTAINS -- OTHER BARRIERS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- SUMMARY -- POSTSCRIPT -- 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 -- Chapter 8 Speed and duration of journeys.
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Additional Edition:
9780125173674
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Newton, Ian The migration ecology of birds Amsterdam : Elsevier-Academic Press, 2008 9780125173674
Additional Edition:
9780125173674
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Vogelzug
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Ökologie
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