The question of how birds migrate over enormous distances with apparently minimal guidance continues to excite both professional and amateur ornithologists....
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Résumé
The question of how birds migrate over enormous distances with apparently minimal guidance continues to excite both professional and amateur ornithologists. Nearly ten years have elapsed since Peter Berthold, a leading researcher in the field, wrote the first edition of this highly readable and fascinating book. During that time the field has advanced by strides, so that this new edition has been extensively revised, expanded, and updated. No other book brings together the vast amount of information flat is available on the subject of bird migration, so that the book will be an inspiration to birdwatchers, naturalists, and ornithologists alike.
Sommaire
Evolution, genetic basis, and extent of bird migration
History of bird migration studies
Current methods of studying bird migration
The phenomena of bird migration
Physiological bases and control of bird migration
Orientation mechanisms
Synopsis: course and control of migration of a typical long-distance migrant passerine
Threats and the conservation and future of migrants
Evolutionary aspects of bird migration in the future
The significance of bird migration for human society