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Author : Ivan Maggini,Lucy Alice Hawkes,Arne Hegemann,Matthew Jason Noakes
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832502761
Author : E. J. Milner-Gulland,John M. Fryxell,Anthony R. E. Sinclair
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191576621
Despite the wealth of natural historical research conducted on migration over decades, there is still a dearth of hypothesis-driven studies that fully integrate theory and empirical analyses to understand the causes and consequences of migration, and a taxonomic bias towards birds in much migration research. This book takes a comparative, integrated view of animal migration, linking evolution with ecology and management, theory with empirical research, and embracing all the major migratory taxa (including human pastoralists). The scope extends beyond the target organism to consider the ecosystem-level dynamics of migration. The emphasis is on exciting new research avenues that are now opening up, whether due to advances in our understanding of migration as a biological phenomenon or through the availability of a range of new technologies. Broad themes that emerge include integrating migration into the broad spectrum of movement behaviour, the need for a comparative and cross-taxonomic approach that considers migration at a range of temporal and spatial scales, and examination of the key roles of resource uncertainty and spatial heterogeneity in driving migratory behaviour. The book identifies the potential for new tools to revolutionise the study of migration, including satellite-tracking technology, genomics, and modelling - all of which are linked to increasing computing power. We are now on the verge of a breakthrough in migration research, which is crucial given the multiple threats that face the conservation of migration as a phenomenon, including climate change.
Author : Eberhard Gwinner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 364274544X
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.
Author : Gauthreaux
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080918334
Animal Migration, Orientation, and Navigation presents the various aspects of animal migration, including the evolution of migration, climatic and meteorological influences, and bioenergetics. This book discusses the physiological control, sensory systems, orientation and navigation, and biological clocks and phenology aspects of animal migration. Organized into five chapters, this book begins with an overview of the migration strategies of animals in the context of a space continuum. This text then explains the influence of short- and long-term climatic cycles on the spectrum of migratory patterns in nature. Other chapters consider the energetic requirements of different migration strategies and the energy stores of the migrants. This book discusses as well the physiological basis of animal migration, with emphasis on endocrinal findings on the timing and energetic aspects of different migration strategies. The final chapter deals with the mechanisms used in direction finding by migrating animals. This book is a valuable resource for biologists and ecologists.
Author : Lars-Anders Hansson,Susanne Akesson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191664861
Movement, dispersal, and migration on land, in the air, and in water, are pervading features of animal life. They are performed by a huge variety of organisms, from the smallest protozoans to the largest whales, and can extend over widely different distance scales, from the microscopic to global. Integrating the study of movement, dispersal, and migration is crucial for a detailed understanding of the spatial scale of adaptation, and for analysing the consequences of landscape and climate change as well as of invasive species. This novel book adopts a broad, cross-taxonomic approach to animal movement across both temporal and spatial scales, addressing how and why animals move, and in what ways they differ in their locomotion and navigation performance. Written by an integrated team of leading researchers, the book synthesizes our current knowledge of the genetics of movement, including gene flow and local adaptations, whilst providing a future perspective on how patterns of animal migration may change over time together with their potential evolutionary consequences. Novel technologies for tracking the movement of organisms across scales are also discussed, ranging from satellite devices for tracking global migrations to nanotechnology that can follow animals only a millimetre in size. Animal Movement Across Scales is particularly suitable for graduate level students taking courses in spatial animal ecology, animal migration, and 'movement ecology', as well as providing a source of fresh ideas and opinions for those already active within the field. It will also be of interest and use to a broader audience of professional biologists interested in animal movements and migrations.
Author : Davis Hugh Dingle Professor in the Department of Entomology and Center for Population Biology University of California
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195358278
Migration is one of the most fascinating and dramatic of all animal behaviors. Historically, however, the study of migration has been fragmented, with ornithologists, entomologists, and marine biologists paying little attention to work outside their own fields. This treatment of the subject shows how comparisons across taxa can in fact illuminate migratory life cycles and the relation of migration to other movements. The book thus takes an integrated ecological perspective, focusing on migration as a biological phenomenon. The work is divided into four parts, each with a brief introductory section. Part I defines migration, gives examples, and places migration in the spectrum of movement behaviors, concluding with a chapter on methods for its study. Part II focuses on proximate mechanisms, including physiology and morphology (and the constraints associated with them), the interactions between migration and wind and current patterns, and the various orientation and navigation mechanisms by which migrants find their way about. Part III on the evolution of migratory life histories addresses the evolutionary and ecological basis for migration and the roles of migration not only in the lives of organisms, but also in the ecological communities in which they live. Part IV is devoted to a brief consideration of migration and its relation to pest management and conservation. As a major contribution to a vital subject, this work will be valued by all researchers and students in the field of animal behavior, ecology, and zoology.
Author : Nathan R. Senner,Yolanda E. Morbey,Brett K. Sandercock
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889638116
Author : John N. Maina
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031351808
Birds have and continue to fascinate scientists and the general public. While the avian respiratory system has unremittingly been investigated for nearly five centuries, important aspects on its biology remain cryptic and controversial. In this book, resolving some of the contentious issues, developmental-, structural- and functional aspects of the avian lung-air sac system are particularized: it endeavors to answer following fundamental questions on the biology of birds: how, when and why did birds become what they are? Flight is a unique form of locomotion. It considerably shaped the form and the essence of birds as animals. An exceptionally efficient respiratory system capacitated birds to procure the exceptionally large quantities of oxygen needed for powered (active) flight. Among the extant air-breathing vertebrates, comprising ~11,000 species, birds are the most species-rich-, numerically abundant- and extensively distributed animal taxon. After realizing volancy, they easily overcame geographical obstacles and extensively dispersed into various ecological niches where they underwent remarkable adaptive radiation. While the external morphology of birds is inconceivably uniform for such a considerably speciose taxon, contingent on among other attributes, lifestyle, habitat and phylogenetic level of development have foremost determined the novelties that are displayed by diverse species of birds. Here, critical synthesizes of the most recent findings with the historical ones, evolution and behavior and development, structure and function of the exceptionally elaborate respiratory system of birds are detailed. The prominence of modern birds as a taxon in the Animal Kingdom is underscored. The book should appeal to researchers who are interested in evolutionary processes and how adaptive specializations correlate with biological physiognomies and exigencies, comparative biologists who focus on how various animals have solved respiratory pressures, people who study respiration in birds and other animals and ornithologists who love and enjoy birds for what they are – profoundly interesting animals.
Author : R. Robin Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Animal migration
ISBN : 034019409X
Author : Gideon Louw
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Animal ecophysiology
ISBN : UCSD:31822016453177
A textbook for undergraduates in the life sciences, especially for students of ecology, who tend to lack an understanding of the physiological basis of animal behavior and survival tactics. Discusses the physical and physiological principles of temperature regulation, water relations, nutrition and energy, and reproduction and the environment. Co-published with Wiley. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Arnoldus Schytte Blix
Publisher : Tapir Academic Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8251920507
Where and what is the Arctic? What animals live there, and how are they distributed? How do they cope with cold in their austere environment, and how can Arctic mammals survive birth when it is 40 degrees below freezing. How can seals dive to a depth of 1000 metres and stay submerged for more than an hour, and how does complete darkness in winter affect the inhabitants of the high Arctic? This book answers these questions and also gives an introduction to the Arctic. It is based on the author's 40 years of experience in the Arctic, its environment and animal life. As this book contains almost 200 illustrations and deals with the entire Arctic animal kingdom, it will be suitable as a textbook for courses in Arctic biology, and also serve specialists in the field. It is a reference book and a source of information about published original literature.
Author : Peter Berthold,Eberhard Gwinner,Edith Sonnenschein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662059579
P. Berthold and E. Gwinnd Bird migration is an intriguing aspect of the living world - so much so that it has been investigated for as long, and as thoroughly, as almost any other natural phenomenon. Aristotle, who can count as the founder of scientific ornithology, paid very close attention to the migrations of the birds he ob served, but it was not until the reign of Friedrich II, in the first half of the 13th century, that reliable data began to be obtained. From then on, the data base grew rapidly. Systematic studies of bird migration were introduced when the Vogelwarte Rossitten was founded, as the first ornithological biological observation station in the world (see first chapter "In Memory of Vogelwarte Rossitten"). This area later received enormous impetus when ex perimental research on the subject was begun: the large-scale bird-ringing experiment initiated in Rossitten in 1903 by Johannes Thienemann (who was inspired by the pioneering studies of C. C. M. Mortensen), the experiments on photoperiodicity carried out by William Rowan in the 1920s in Canada and retention and release experiments performed by Thienemann in the 1930s in Rossitten, the first experimental study on the orientation of migratory birds. After the Second World War, migration research, while continuing in the previous areas, also expanded into new directions such as radar ornithology, ecophysiology and hormonal control mechanisms, studies of evolution, ge netics, telemetry and others.
Author : Keith Alan Hobson,John Whiteman,Seth Newsome
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832532409
Author : Otto von Frisch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Animal migration
ISBN : LCCN:73087734
A discussion on how and why animals migrate is followed by descriptons of the migratory habits of some specific insects, birds, bats, reptiles, amphibians, and other land and marine animals.
Author : Thevenin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802700152