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Avian Migration

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Editors:
  1. Peter Berthold

    1. Max-Planck-Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie, Vogelwarte Radolfzell Schloss Moeggingen, Radolfzell, Germany

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  2. Eberhard Gwinner

    1. Max-Planck-Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie, Abteilung Biologische Rhytmen und Verhalten, Andechs, Germany

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  3. Edith Sonnenschein

    1. Max-Planck-Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie, Vogelwarte Radolfzell Schloss Moeggingen, Radolfzell, Germany

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P. Berthold and E. Gwinnd Bird migration is an intriguing aspect of the living world - so much so that it has been investigated for as long, and as thoroughly, as almost any other natural phenomenon. Aristotle, who can count as the founder of scientific ornithology, paid very close attention to the migrations of the birds he ob­ served, but it was not until the reign of Friedrich II, in the first half of the 13th century, that reliable data began to be obtained. From then on, the data­ base grew rapidly. Systematic studies of bird migration were introduced when the Vogelwarte Rossitten was founded, as the first ornithological­ biological observation station in the world (see first chapter "In Memory of Vogelwarte Rossitten"). This area later received enormous impetus when ex­ perimental research on the subject was begun: the large-scale bird-ringing experiment initiated in Rossitten in 1903 by Johannes Thienemann (who was inspired by the pioneering studies of C. C. M. Mortensen), the experiments on photoperiodicity carried out by William Rowan in the 1920s in Canada and retention and release experiments performed by Thienemann in the 1930s in Rossitten, the first experimental study on the orientation of migratory birds. After the Second World War, migration research, while continuing in the previous areas, also expanded into new directions such as radar ornithology, ecophysiology and hormonal control mechanisms, studies of evolution, ge­ netics, telemetry and others.

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Evolution of Migration, Genetics and Related Behavioural Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Evolution of Bird Migration: A Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Perspective

      • Andreas J. Helbig
      Pages 3-20

    3. Recent Changes in Migratory Behaviour of Birds: A Compilation of Field Observations and Ringing Data

      • Wolfgang Fiedler
      Pages 21-38

    4. Ecology and Evolution of Hummingbird Population Movements and Migration

      • John H. Rappole, Karl-L. Schuchmann
      Pages 39-51

    5. Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Migratory Behaviour

      • Francisco Pulido, Peter Berthold
      Pages 53-77

  3. Physiology and Ecophysiology of Migration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Circannual and Circadian Contributions to the Timing of Avian Migration

      • Eberhard Gwinner, Barbara Helm
      Pages 81-95

    3. Migratory Behavior: New Insights from Captive Studies

      • Marilyn Ramenofsky, Renée Agatsuma, Melissa Barga, Rebecca Cameron, Jessica Harm, Meta Landys et al.
      Pages 97-111

    4. Avian Migration: Regulation of Facultative-Type Movements

      • John C. Wingfield
      Pages 113-125

    5. Behavioural and Hormonal Dynamics in a Partial Migrant — the Willow Tit

      • Bengt Silverin
      Pages 127-140

    6. Life-History and Ecophysiological Adaptations to Migration in Australian Birds

      • Ursula Munro
      Pages 141-154

    7. Behavioural and Physiological Reactions to Environmental Variation in Bird Migration: a Review

      • Lukas Jenni, Michael Schaub
      Pages 155-171

  4. Morphological Adaptations, Moult, Patterns of Migration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Morphological Consequences of Migration in Passerines

      • Bernd Leisler, Hans Winkler
      Pages 175-186

    3. Within Ten Feathers: Primary Moult Strategies of Migratory Waders (Charadrii)

      • L. G. Underhill
      Pages 187-197

    4. Optimizing Migration in a Reluctant and Inefficient Flier: The Eared Grebe

      • J. R. Jehl Jr., A. E. Henry, H. I. Ellis
      Pages 199-209

    5. Geographical Patterns in Bird Migration

      • Ian Newton
      Pages 211-224

    6. Nocturnal Migration of Passerines in the Desert-Highland Zone of Western Central Asia: Selected Aspects

      • Casimir V. Bolshakov
      Pages 225-236

    7. Relationships Between Migration and Breeding Strategies in Arctic Breeding Birds

      • Marcel Klaassen
      Pages 237-249
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie, Vogelwarte Radolfzell Schloss Moeggingen, Radolfzell, Germany

    Peter Berthold, Edith Sonnenschein

  • Max-Planck-Forschungsstelle für Ornithologie, Abteilung Biologische Rhytmen und Verhalten, Andechs, Germany

    Eberhard Gwinner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Avian Migration

  • Editors: Peter Berthold, Eberhard Gwinner, Edith Sonnenschein

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05957-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43408-5Published: 22 May 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07780-7Published: 14 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-05957-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 610

  • Number of Illustrations: 127 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Vertebrates, Animal Ecology, Animal Physiology, Behavioral Sciences, Community & Population Ecology

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