The migration ecology of birds /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newton, Ian, 1940-
Otros Autores: Brockie, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier-Academic Press, 2008.
Temas:
Birds > Migration.
Birds > Ecology.
Oiseaux > Migration.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Birds > Ecology
Birds > Migration
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • 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
  • THEORETICAL BASIS
  • EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES
  • PROPORTION OF MIGRATION SPENT IN FLIGHT
  • APPARENT NON-STOP SEA-CROSSINGS
  • PENGUINS
  • MIGRATION WITHIN THE ANNUAL CYCLE
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 9 Finding the way
  • COMPASS ORIENTATION AND BI-COORDINATE NAVIGATION
  • CUES USED IN DIRECTION FINDING
  • SOCIAL FACTORS
  • LOXODROMES AND ORTHODROMES
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • SUMMARY
  • 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
  • Chapter 11 Annual cycles
  • VARIATIONS IN ANNUAL CYCLES
  • INTERNAL TIME KEEPING
  • FLEXIBLE CYCLES
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • SUMMARY
  • 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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