Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move
A broad, multi-specific overview of the physiology, ecology, and evolution of migration, discussing and analysing migration across a full taxonomic range of organisms from primitive plants to classic migrants such as butterflies, whales, and birds.
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Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move
A broad, multi-specific overview of the physiology, ecology, and evolution of migration, discussing and analysing migration across a full taxonomic range of organisms from primitive plants to classic migrants such as butterflies, whales, and birds.
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Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move

Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move

by Hugh Dingle
Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move
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Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move

Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move

by Hugh Dingle

Overview

A broad, multi-specific overview of the physiology, ecology, and evolution of migration, discussing and analysing migration across a full taxonomic range of organisms from primitive plants to classic migrants such as butterflies, whales, and birds.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191020766
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 07/17/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Hugh Dingle is Professor Emeritus of Entomology and the Center for Population Biology at the University of California, Davis where he was a Director of the Animal Behavior Graduate Group. He is Past President and a Fellow of the Animal Behaviour Society and has a B.A. from Cornell and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Michigan. After postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge (UK) and Michigan, Dingle went to the University of Iowa in 1964 moving to Davis in 1982. After retirement from UC Davis, he was an Honorary Research Consultant at the University of Queensland (Australia) from 2003-2010. He has conducted multi-taxon research on migration in North and South America, Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part One: Migration and Methods for Its Study
  • 1: Taxonomy of Movement
  • 2: Migration: Definition and Scope
  • 3: Patterns in Migratory Journeys
  • 4: Methods for Studying Migration
  • Part Two: 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 Three: 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 Four: Migration and Human Biology
  • 15: Human Interactions with Migration
  • 16: Summing Up and Future Directions
  • References
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