Avian Migration

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Evolution of Bird Migration: A Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Perspective....Pages 3-20
Recent Changes in Migratory Behaviour of Birds: A Compilation of Field Observations and Ringing Data....Pages 21-38
Ecology and Evolution of Hummingbird Population Movements and Migration....Pages 39-51
Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Migratory Behaviour....Pages 53-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Circannual and Circadian Contributions to the Timing of Avian Migration....Pages 81-95
Migratory Behavior: New Insights from Captive Studies....Pages 97-111
Avian Migration: Regulation of Facultative-Type Movements....Pages 113-125
Behavioural and Hormonal Dynamics in a Partial Migrant — the Willow Tit....Pages 127-140
Life-History and Ecophysiological Adaptations to Migration in Australian Birds....Pages 141-154
Behavioural and Physiological Reactions to Environmental Variation in Bird Migration: a Review....Pages 155-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Morphological Consequences of Migration in Passerines....Pages 175-186
Within Ten Feathers: Primary Moult Strategies of Migratory Waders (Charadrii)....Pages 187-197
Optimizing Migration in a Reluctant and Inefficient Flier: The Eared Grebe....Pages 199-209
Geographical Patterns in Bird Migration....Pages 211-224
Nocturnal Migration of Passerines in the Desert-Highland Zone of Western Central Asia: Selected Aspects....Pages 225-236
Relationships Between Migration and Breeding Strategies in Arctic Breeding Birds....Pages 237-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Bird Migration Speed....Pages 253-267
Energetic Savings by Organ Adjustment During Long Migratory Flights in Garden Warblers ( Sylvia borin )....Pages 269-280
Priority Access to Food in Migratory Birds: Age, Sex and Motivational Asymmetries....Pages 281-292
Interdependence of Flight and Stopover in Migrating Birds: Possible Effects of Metabolic Constraints During Refuelling on Flight Metabolism....Pages 293-306
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Fuel Deposition Rates in Migrating Birds: Causes, Constraints and Consequences....Pages 307-320
Nutritional Strategies in Migratory Birds....Pages 321-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Using a Network of WSR-88D Weather Surveillance Radars to Define Patterns of Bird Migration at Large Spatial Scales....Pages 335-346
The Radar Window to Bird Migration....Pages 347-358
Snowy Owl Movements: Variation on the Migration Theme....Pages 359-366
Orientation in “Featureless” Environments: The Extreme Case of Pelagic Birds....Pages 367-377
Making Migratory Connections with Stable Isotopes....Pages 379-391
Individual Variability in Experiments with Emlen Funnels....Pages 393-405
Conservation of Migratory Birds....Pages 407-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Magnetic Navigation by an Avian Migrant?....Pages 423-432
Mechanisms of Orientation and Navigation in Migratory Birds....Pages 433-456
Migratory Systems as Adaptive Responses to Spatial and Temporal Variability in Orientation Stimuli....Pages 457-469
Avian Long-Distance Navigation: Experiments with Migratory Birds....Pages 471-492
Spatiotemporal Orientation Strategies of Long-Distance Migrants....Pages 493-513
Stored Fat and the Migratory Orientation of Birds....Pages 515-525
The Drag Paradox: Measurements of Flight Performance and Body Drag in Flying Birds....Pages 527-541
Twenty-Three Testable Predictions About Bird Flight....Pages 543-562
Front Matter....Pages 563-582
Bird Migration as an Interdisciplinary Tool for Global Cooperation....Pages 583-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-599
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