Bird Migration : A New Understanding / John H. Rappole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rappole, John H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Migration.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2022]

Summary:

From the role of migrating birds in zoonotic disease transmission to climate change's impact on migration patterns, Rappole tackles crucial questions and ensures that readers come away with a new understanding of why and how birds migrate.

"The author summarizes and translates the scientific data behind avian migration into everyday language. New technologies, such as molecular genetics, global positioning systems, and transmitter miniaturization, have revealed fresh insights into the behavior and movement of birds that have overturned much of the received scientific wisdom about bird migration"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1 The Bird Migration Paradigm

Chapter 2 The Migrant Annual Cycle According to the Dispersal Theory

CHAPTER 3 Fall Migration

CHAPTER 4 Wintering Period

CHAPTER 5 Spring Migration

CHAPTER 6 Breeding Period

CHAPTER 7 Postbreeding Period

CHAPTER 8 Population Biology

CHAPTER 9 Origin and Evolution

CHAPTER 10 Biogeography

CHAPTER 11 Conservation

Coda

APPENDIX 1 Common and Scientific Names of Bird Species Mentioned in the Text

APPENDIX 2 A Critical Examination of the Assumptions in "Temperate Origins of Long-Distance Seasonal Migration in New World Songbirds"

APPENDIX 3 Notation Corrections for Alan Pine's Multiple Carrying Capacity Equations from "Age-Structured Periodic Breeders"

Annotated Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Rappole, John H. Bird Migration

ISBN:

9781421442396

1421442396

OCLC:

1287075681