Migration : The Biology of Life on the Move: The Biology of Life on the MoveOxford University Press, USA, 18 janv. 1996 - 480 pages Migration is one of the most fascinating and dramatic of all animal behaviors. Historically, however, the study of migration has been fragmented, with ornithologists, entomologists, and marine biologists paying little attention to work outside their own fields. This treatment of the subject shows how comparisons across taxa can in fact illuminate migratory life cycles and the relation of migration to other movements. The book thus takes an integrated ecological perspective, focusing on migration as a biological phenomenon. The work is divided into four parts, each with a brief introductory section. Part I defines migration, gives examples, and places migration in the spectrum of movement behaviors, concluding with a chapter on methods for its study. Part II focuses on proximate mechanisms, including physiology and morphology (and the constraints associated with them), the interactions between migration and wind and current patterns, and the various orientation and navigation mechanisms by which migrants find their way about. Part III on the evolution of migratory life histories addresses the evolutionary and ecological basis for migration and the roles of migration not only in the lives of organisms, but also in the ecological communities in which they live. Part IV is devoted to a brief consideration of migration and its relation to pest management and conservation. As a major contribution to a vital subject, this work will be valued by all researchers and students in the field of animal behavior, ecology, and zoology. |
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Table des matières
Migration to Special Habitats | 256 |
Migration under Ephemeral Conditions | 270 |
Behavioral and LifeHistory Variability in Migration | 293 |
Polymorphisms and Polyphenisms | 322 |
Evolutionary Genetics of Migration | 353 |
Applications and Implications | 383 |
Migration and Pest Management | 384 |
Migration and Conservation | 395 |
Biomechanical and Bioenergetic Constraints on Migration | 167 |
Orientation and Navigation | 199 |
Migratory Life Histories and Their Evolution | 231 |
Seasonal Migration | 234 |
Summing Up and Future Directions | 413 |
References | 423 |
Index | 471 |
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Fréquemment cités
Page 428 - The relation between migration-rate and type of habitat in aquatic insects, with special reference to certain species of Corixidae.
Page 428 - LP Brower. 1986. The location of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) overwintering colonies in Mexico in relation to topography and climate. Journal of the Lepidopterists 'Society, 40(3): 164-187.
Page 275 - Egyptians .... when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. . . . They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt
Page 429 - Life History variations in populations of American shad, Alosa sapidissima (Wilson), spawning in tributaries of the St. John River, New Brunswick. J. Fish Biol.: 595-609.
Page 426 - Grudzien. 1990. Dispersal in the wood frog (Rana sylvatica): Implications for genetic population structure. Evolution 44:2047-2056.
