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Bird Migration : A New Understanding
Author
Title
Bird Migration : A New Understanding / John H. Rappole.
ISBN
9781421442396
9781421442389
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"The author summarizes and translates the scientific data behind avian migration into everyday language. New technologies, such as molecular genetics, global positioning systems, and transmitter miniaturization, have revealed fresh insights into the behavior and movement of birds that have overturned much of the received scientific wisdom about bird migration"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Contents
1. The Bird Migration Paradigm
2. The Migrant Annual Cycle According to the Dispersal Theory
3. Fall Migration
4. Wintering Period
5. Spring Migration
6. Breeding Period
7. Postbreeding Period
8. Population Biology
9. Origin and Evolution
10. Biogeography
11. Conservation
Coda
APPENDIX: 1 Common and Scientific Names of Bird Species Mentioned in the Text
APPENDIX: 2 A Critical Examination of the Assumptions in "Temperate Origins of Long-Distance Seasonal Migration in New World Songbirds"
APPENDIX: 3 Notation Corrections for Alan Pine's Multiple Carrying Capacity Equations from "Age-Structured Periodic Breeders"
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Genre/Form
e-books.
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