Avian Migration

by Eberhard Gwinner

Evolution of Migration, Genetics and Related Behavioural Aspects.- Evolution of Bird A Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Perspective.- Recent Changes in Migratory Behaviour of A Compilation of Field Observations and Ringing Data.- Ecology and Evolution of Hummingbird Population Movements and Migration.- Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Migratory Behaviour.- Physiology and Ecophysiology of Migration.- Circannual and Circadian Contributions to the Timing of Avian Migration.- Migratory New Insights from Captive Studies.- Avian Regulation of Facultative-Type Movements.- Behavioural and Hormonal Dynamics in a Partial Migrant - the Willow Tit.- Life History and Ecophysiological Adaptations to Migration in Australian Birds.- Behavioural and Physiological Reactions to Environmental Variation in Bird A Review.- Morphological Adaptations, Moult, Patterns of Migration.- Morphological Consequences of Migration in Passerines.- Within Ten Primary Moult Strategies of Migratory Waders (Charadrii).- Optimizing Migration in a Reluctant and Inefficient The Eared Grebe.- Geographical Patterns in Bird Migration.- Nocturnal Migration of Passerines in the Desert-Highland Zone of Western Central Selected Aspects.- Relationships Between Migration and Breeding Strategies in Arctic Breeding Birds.- Strategies of Migration, Stopover Biology and Nutrition.- Bird Migration Speed.- Energetic Savings by Organ Adjustment During Long Migratory Flights in Garden Warblers (Sylvia borin).- Priority Access to Food in Migratory Age, Sex and Motivational Asymmetries.- Interdependence of Flight and Stopover in Migrating Possible Effects of Metabolic Constraints During Refuelling on Flight Metabolism.- Fuel Deposition Rates in Migrating Causes, Constraints and Consequences.- Nutritional Strategies in Migratory Birds.- Modern Approaches, Techniques, Conservation.- Using a Network of WSR-88D Weather Surveillance Radars to Define Patterns of Bird Migration at Large Spatial Scales.- The Radar Window to Bird Migration.- Snowy Owl Variation on the Migration Theme.- Orientation in "Featureless" The Extreme Case of Pelagic Birds.- Making Migratory Connections with Stable Isotopes.- Individual Variability in Experiments with Emlen Funnels.- Conservation of Migratory Birds.- Orientation and Flight.- Magnetic Navigation by an Avian Migrant?.- Mechanisms of Orientation and Navigation in Migratory Birds.- Migratory Systems as Adaptive Responses to Spatial and Temporal Variability in Orientation Stimuli.- Avian Long-Distance Experiments with Migratory Birds.- Spatiotemporal Orientation Strategies of Long-Distance Migrants.- Stored Fat and the Migratory Orientation of Birds.- Chasing a Wild Posthatch Growth of Locomotor Muscles and Behavioural Physiology of Migration of an Arctic Goose.- The Drag Measurements of Flight Performance and Body Drag in Flying Birds.- Twenty-Three Testable Predictions About Bird Flight.- Interdisciplinary Aspects.- Bird Migration as an Interdisciplinary Tool for Global Cooperation.- References.- Common and scientific names of birds and animals.

Hardcover

First published August 27, 2003