Migration The Biology of Life on the Move Hugh Dingle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dingle, Hugh, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.) ill

Edition:

2

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2014

Summary:

This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Migration, broadly defined as directional movement to take advantage of spatially distributed resources, is a dramatic behaviour and an important component of many life histories that can contribute to the fundamental structuring of ecosystems. In recent years, our understanding of migration has advanced radically with respect to both new data and conceptual understanding. It is now almost twenty years since publication of the first edition, and an authoritative and up-to-date sequel that provides a taxonomically comprehensive overview of the latest research is therefore timely. The emphasis throughout this advanced textbook is on the definition and description of migratory behaviour, its ecological outcomes for individuals, populations, and communities, and how these outcom

Contents:

Introduction and plan of the book Part 1: Migration and Methods for Its Study 1. A taxonomy of movement 2. Migration: definition and scope 3. Patterns in migratory journeys 4. Methods for studying migration Part 2: Proximate Factors in Migration 5. Migration, winds, and currents 6. Physiology of migration 7. Biomechanical and bioenergetic constraints on migration 8. Orientation and navigation Part 3: Migratory Life Histories and Their Evolution 9. Seasonal migration patterns 10. Migration to special habitats 11. Migration under ephemeral conditions 12. Behavioral and life-history variability in migration 13. Polymorphisms and polyphenisms 14. Evolutionary genetics of migration Part 4: Migration and Human Biology 15. Human interactions with migration 16. Summing up and future directions

ISBN:

0-19-102075-3