Ian Newton

The Migration Ecology of Birds (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Migration Ecology of Birds, Second Edition covers all aspects of this absorbing subject, including migratory processes, problems of navigation and vagrancy, timing and physiological control of migration, large-scale movement patterns, the effects of recent climate change, the problems that migrants face, and the factors that limit their populations. This book provides a thorough and in-depth review of the state of the science, with the text supplemented by abundant tables, maps and diagrams. Written by a world-renowned avian ecology and migration researcher, this book reveals the extraordinary adaptability of birds to the variable and changing conditions across the globe.

This book represents the most updated and detailed review of bird migration, its evolution, ecology and bird physiology. Written in a clear and readable style, it will appeal not only to migration researchers in the field and ornithologists, but to anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject.

• Features updated and trending ecological aspects, including various types of bird movements, dispersal and nomadism, and how they relate to food supplies and other external conditions
• Contains numerous tables, maps, diagrams, a glossary, and a bibliography of more than 3,000 up-to-date references
• Written by an active researcher with a distinguished career in avian ecology, including migration research

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 641
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128237526
• Artikelnr.: 69582048

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ian Newton is respected world-wide both as a biologist with a special interest and expertise in this subject and as a communicator. He is a seasoned and popular keynote speaker at National and International meetings, and his talks are often the high point of conferences. Ian Newton was born and raised in north Derbyshire. He attended Chesterfield Boys Grammar School, followed by the universities of Bristol and Oxford. He has been interested in birds since boyhood, and as a teenager developed a particular fascination with finches, which later led to doctoral and post-doctoral studies on these birds. Later in life he became known for his penetrating field studies of bird populations, notably on raptors. He is now a senior ecologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and visiting professor of ornithology at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Methodology
Part 1. The Migratory Process 3. Migratory flight 4. Weather effects and
other aspects 5. Fueling the flights 6. Incredible journeys 7. Raptors and
other soaring birds 8. Migration speed, stopovers and duration of journeys
9. Finding the way 10. Vagrancy
Part 2. The timing and control of migration 11. Annual cycles 12. Control
mechanisms
Part 3. Large scale movement patterns 13. Geographical patterns 14.
Seasonal occupation of breeding areas 15. Sex and age differences in
migration 16. Variations on a migratory theme 17. Site fidelity and
dispersal 18. Irruptive migrations: boreal seed-eaters 19. Irruptive
migrations: owls, raptors and waterfowl
Part 4. Evolution of movement patterns 20. Evolutionary aspects 21. Recent
changes in bird migrations 22. Biogeographical legacies 23. Distribution
patterns
Part 5. Migration systems and population limitation 24. The
Palearctic-Afrotropical Migration system 25. The Nearctic-Neotropical
migration system 26. Population limitation - breeding and wintering areas
27. Population limitation - conditions on stopover 28. Mass mortality of
migrants