Long hops : making sense of bird migration /

In Long Hops, physicist Mark Denny explains, in a clear, conversational style, the science of bird migration--from the intricacies of bird aeronautics to the newly unraveled mysteries of their magnetic compasses. While providing wherever possible examples of indigenous Hawaiian species, the book sur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Denny, Mark, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Series:A Latitude 20 Book
Subjects:
Birds > Migration.
Birds > Flight.
Bird navigation.
Oiseaux > Migration.
Oiseaux > Vol.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Bird navigation
Birds > Flight
Birds > Migration
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Migration: who? why? where? when?
  • How we study migration
  • How birds fly
  • The birds' earth
  • Maps and compasses
  • Long migratory journeys
  • Migration evolution.

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