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.
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Table of Contents
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
