Passerine Migration: Stopovers and Flight - Couverture rigide

Chernetsov, Nikita

 
9783642290190: Passerine Migration: Stopovers and Flight

Synopsis

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.​

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9783642433283: Passerine Migration: Stopovers and Flight

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ISBN 10 :  3642433286 ISBN 13 :  9783642433283
Editeur : Springer, 2014
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