Migration The Biology of Life on the Move

Name: Migration The Biology of Life on the Move
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ISBN: 9780195089622

ISBN-10: 0195089626

ISBN-13: 9780195089622

Edition: 1996

Authors: Hugh Dingle

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Migration is one of the most fascinating and dramatic of all animal behaviours. Historically, study of migration has been fragmented, with ornithologists, entomologists, and marine biologists working only within their own field. This critical synthetic treatment of the subject shows how comparisons across taxa can illuminate migratory life cycles and the relation of migration to other movements. The book takes an integrated ecological perspective to focus on migration as a biological phenomenon.

Book details

List price: $240.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/8/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.57" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English



Introduction and Plan of the Book



Migration and Methods for Its Study



A Taxonomy of Movement



Migration: A Definition



Patterns in Migratory Journeys



Methods for Studying Migration



Proximate Factors in Migration



Migration, Winds, and Currents



Physiology of Migration



Biomechanical and Bioenergetic Constraints on Migration



Orientation and Navigation



Migratory Life Histories and Their Evolution



Seasonal Migrations



Migration to Special Habitats



Migration Under Ephemeral Conditions



Behavioral Variability in Migration



Polymorphisms and Polyphenisms



Evolutionary Geneties of Migration



Applications and Implications



Migration and Pest Management



Migration and Conservation



Summing Up and Future Directions


References


Index