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Passerine Migration

Stopovers and Flight

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Authors:
  1. Nikita Chernetsov

    1. , Biological Station Rybachy, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

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  • This monograph is the first attempt to summarize and critically review the vast literature on stopover ecology and behaviour of songbirds

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nikita Chernetsov
    Pages 1-11

  3. Stopover Duration

    • Nikita Chernetsov
    Pages 13-35

  4. Fuel Deposition Rate and Energy Efficiency of Stopovers

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    Pages 37-57

  5. Optimal Migration Theory

    • Nikita Chernetsov
    Pages 59-73

  6. Habitat Selection and Use by Passerine Migrants

    • Nikita Chernetsov
    Pages 75-103

  7. Spatial Behaviour at Stopovers

    • Nikita Chernetsov
    Pages 105-133

  8. Temporal Pattern and Energy Cost of Migratory Flight

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    Pages 135-158

  9. Migratory Flights and Stopovers: Organisation of Migration

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    Pages 159-179

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 181-184
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About this book

Most birds cannot cover the distance between their breeding and winter quarters in one hop. They have to make multiple flights alternated with stopovers. Which factors govern the birds’ decisions to stop, to stop for how long, when to resume flight? What is better – to accumulate much fuel and to make long flights for many hundreds of kilometres, or to travel in small steps? Is it necessary to find habitats similar to the breeding ones or other habitats would do? Are long migratory flights indeed so costly energetically as usually assumed? This monograph summarizes our current knowledge on the ecology of songbird migrants during migratory stopovers and on their behaviour.​

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Biological Station Rybachy, Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Nikita Chernetsov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Passerine Migration

  • Book Subtitle: Stopovers and Flight

  • Authors: Nikita Chernetsov

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29020-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29019-0Published: 19 April 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43328-3Published: 09 May 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29020-6Published: 18 April 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 184

  • Topics: Animal Ecology, Behavioral Sciences, Zoology

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