| Description |
viii, 976 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Methodology -- PART 1: THE MIGRATORY PROCESS -- Chapter 3 Migratory flight -- Chapter 4 Weather effects and other aspects -- Chapter 5 Fuelling the flights -- Chapter 6 Incredible journeys -- Chapter 7 Raptors and other soaring birds -- Chapter 8 Speed and duration of journeys -- Chapter 9 Finding the way -- Chapter 10 Vagrancy -- PART 2: THE TIMING AND CONTROL OF MIGRATION -- Chapter 11 Annual cycles -- Chapter 12 -- Control mechanisms -- PART 3: LARGE SCALE MOVEMENT PATTERNS -- Chapter 13 Geographical patterns -- Chapter 14 Seasonal occupation of breeding areas -- Chapter 15 Sex and age differences in migration -- Chapter 16 Variations on a migratory theme -- Chapter 17 Site fidelity and dispersal -- Chapter 18 Irruptive migrations: boreal seed-eaters -- Chapter 19 Irruptive migrations: owls, raptors and waterfowl -- PART 4: EVOLUTION OF MOVEMENT PATTERNS -- Chapter 20 Evolutionary aspects -- Chapter 21 Recent changes in bird migrations -- Chapter 22 Biogeographical legacies -- Chapter 23 Distribution patterns -- PART 5: MIGRATION SYSTEMS AND POPULATION LIMITATION -- Chapter 24 The Palaearctic-Afrotropical migration system -- Chapter 25 The Nearctic-Neotropical migration system -- Chapter 26 Population limitation: breeding and wintering areas -- Chapter 27 Population limitation: conditions on stopover -- Chapter 28 Mass mortality of migrants |
| Summary |
"This book presents an up-to-date, detailed and thorough review of the accumulated information, taking account of both older and newer findings, but with the emphasis on the most: recent developments. It deals with all aspects of this absorbing subject, including the migratory process, the problems of navigation and vagrancy, the timing and physiological control of migration, large scale movement patterns and their evolution, the particular problems that migrants face and the factors that limit their populations. The emphasis throughout is on ecological aspects: on the different types of bird movements, including dispersal and nomadism, and how they relate to food supplies and other external conditions." "Overall, the book provides the most thorough and in-depth appraisal of current information available, contains abundant tables, maps and diagrams, and provides many new insights. It reveals the extraordinary adaptability of birds to the variable and changing conditions across the globe, including current climate change. Written in a clear and readable style, the book should appeal not only to migration researchers, but to anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
BIRDS |
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MIGRATION |
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PATTERNS |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Birds -- Ecology.
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Birds -- Migration.
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| Author |
Brockie, Keith.
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| ISBN |
0125173679 (paperback) |
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9780125173674 (paperback) |
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