Bird Migration

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • E. Gwinner

      Pages 1-4

3. Patterns of Migration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. The Orientation of Transoceanic Migrants

      • T. C. Williams, J. M. Williams

      Pages 7-21

   3. Bird Migration in the Arctic: A Review

      • S. R. Johnson, D. R. Herter

      Pages 22-43

   4. Palaearctic Passerine Migrants in Kenya and Uganda: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Their Movements

      • D. J. Pearson

      Pages 44-59

   5. Migration Across the Alps

      • B. Bruderer, L. Jenni

      Pages 60-77

   6. Timing of Bird Migration in Relation to Weather: Updated Review

      • W. J. Richardson

      Pages 78-101

   7. Aspects of the Molt Migration

      • J. R. Jehl Jr.

      Pages 102-113

4. Ecological and Behavioral Aspects of Migration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Site Attachment and Site Fidelity in Migratory Birds: Experimental Evidence from the Field and Analogies from Neurobiology

      • E. D. Ketterson, V. Nolan Jr.

      Pages 117-129

   3. Ecophysiological Aspects of Movements by Migrants in the Wintering Quarters

      • S. B. Terrill

      Pages 130-143

   4. Control of Partial Migration and Autumnal Behavior

      • H. Schwabl, B. Silverin

      Pages 144-155

   5. Selection and Use of Habitat of Wintering Migrants

      • B. Leisler

      Pages 156-174

   6. Some Ecological Aspects of Migrants and Residents

      • R. J. O’Connor

      Pages 175-182

5. Physiological Adaptations to Migration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. The Visual Problems of Nocturnal Migration

      • G. R. Martin

      Pages 185-197

   3. Nutrition and Food Selection in Migratory Birds

      • F. Bairlein

      Pages 198-213

   4. Fat Storage and Fat Metabolism in Relation to Migration

      • M. Ramenofsky

      Pages 214-231

   5. Endocrine Mechanisms of Migration

      • J. C. Wingfield, H. Schwabl, P. W. Mattocks Jr.

      Pages 232-256

E. GWINNER! The phenomenon of bird migration with its large scale dimensions has attracted the attention of naturalists for centuries. Worldwide billions of birds leave their breeding grounds every autumn to migrate to areas with seasonally more favor­ able conditions. Many of these migrants travel only over a few hundred kilo­ meters but others cover distances equivalent to the circumference of the earth. Among these long-distance migrants are several billion birds that invade Africa every autumn from their West and Central Palaearctic breeding areas. In the Americas and in Asia the scope of bird migration is of a similar magnitude. Just as impressive as the numbers of birds are their achievements. They have to cope with the enormous energetic costs of long-distance flying. particularly while crossing oceans and deserts that do not allow replenishment of depleted fat reserves. They have to appropriately time the onset and end of migrations. both on a daily and annual basis. And finally. they have to orient their migratory movements in space to reach their species- or population-specific wintering and breeding grounds, irrespective of the variable climatic conditions along their migratory routes.

• Vogelflug
• Vogelphysiologie
• Vogelzug
• Zugvögel
• adaptation
• biology
• bird
• ecophysiology
• genetics
• migration
• nutrition
• physiology

• Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie Vogelwarte, Andechs, Germany

  Eberhard Gwinner

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