Bird migration : a general survey / Peter Berthold ; translated by Hans-Günther Bauer and Valerie Westhead

• 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolution, genetic basis, and extent of bird migration -- 3 History of bird migration studies -- 4 Current methods of studying bird migration -- 4.1 Observation of visible migration -- 4.2 Shooting and collecting -- 4.3 Acoustic registration -- 4.4 Radar tracking -- 4.5 Telemetry and satellite tracking -- 4.6 Bird-ringing and other marking methods -- 4.7 Standardized trapping methods -- 4.8 Recording of migratory restlessness; breeding and keeping of test birds -- 4.9 Studies of orientation performance -- 4.10 Laboratory methods and combined proced ures -- 5 The phenomena of bird migration -- 5.1 Some definitions -- 5.2 Periodic seasonal return migrations -- 5.3 Dispersal, dismigration, and spacing -- 5.4 Irruptions -- 5.5 Nomadic movements -- 5.6 Pursuing movements -- 5.7 Escape movements -- 5.8 Spreading movements -- 5.9 Differential migration -- 5.10 Partial migration and changes in migratory behaviour -- 5.11 Moult migration -- 5.12 Migratory directions: general overview -- 5.13 Broad-front migration -- 5.14 Small-front migration -- 5.15 Funnel-shaped migration, fan-shaped migration -- 5.16 Migration divides -- 5.17 Historically based detours -- 5.18 Directional changes: migration bends, arched migration -- 5.19 Loop migration -- 5.20 Chain and leap-frog migration -- 5.21 Intermittent migration, summer migration -- 5.22 Reverse migration, mild-weather migration, weather-related commuting movements -- 5.23 Diurnal and nocturnal migration -- 5.24 Migration stages -- 5.25 Migration periods, duration of migration -- 5.26 Spatial precision -- 5.27 Temporal precision -- 5.28 Flight altitudes during migration -- 5.29 Resting areas -- 5.30 Locomotion during migration -- 5.31 Risks of migration -- 5.32 General preconditions for migration -- 6 Physiological bases and control of bird migration -- 6.1 Adaptive juvenile development 6.2 Hyperphagia -- 6.3 Fat deposition -- 6.4 Metabolic adaptations, fat formation, fat utilization -- 6.5 Nutritional adaptations -- 6.6 Changes in body composition during migration -- 6.7 Fat reserves and migratory behaviour, energy expenditure and migratory performance -- 6.8 Thermoregulation and water balance -- 6.9 Strategies to overcome barriers during migration; altitudinal adaptations -- 6.10 The hormonal and neuronal basis of migration -- 6.11 Behavioural adaptations for migration -- 6.12 Initiation of the first autumn migration -- 6.13 Control of period and pattern of migration in inexperienced migrants -- 6.14 Control of migratory stages and speed during the first autumn migration -- 6.15 Termination of the first autumn migration -- 6.16 The resting area: result of migratory behaviour and life-form -- 6.17 Control of homeward migration and later migratory periods -- 6.18 Control of partial migration and differential migratory behaviour -- 6.19 The influence of weather and climate -- 6.20 Direct effects of population density, social status, and resources -- 6.21 The relative role of endogenous programmes and of genetic and environmental factors -- 6.22 Choice of habitat on staging and wintering grounds, competition and competition avoidance -- 6.23 The relationship between migration and other annual processes -- 7 Orientation mechanisms -- 7.1 Some definitions -- 7.2 Simple and complicated orientation mechanisms -- 7.3 Pre-programmed goal directions, genetic determination, and the influence of social bonds and imprinting -- 7.4 Compasses -- 7.4.1 Sun compass -- 7.4.2 Magnetic compass -- 7.4.3 Star compass -- 7.4.4 Further possible reference cues -- 7.5 Sensory basis -- 7.6 Navigation hypotheses -- 7.6.1 Inertial navigation -- 7.6.2 Magnetic field navigation -- 7.6.3 Magnetic field-Coriolis force navigation -- 7.6.4 Sun navigation -- 7.6.5 Star navigation -- 7.6.6 Olfactory navigation -- 7.6.7 Vector navigation -- 7.6.8 .The map-and-compass concept -- 7.7 Ecological and evolutionary aspects -- 7.8 Development and co-ordination of different orientation mechanisms -- 8 Synopsis: course and control of migration of a typical long-distance migrant passerine -- 9 Threats and the conservation and future of migrants -- 9.1 General aspects -- 9.2 Examples of the decline of migrant populations -- 9.3 Main threats -- 9.4 Conservation measures -- 9.5 Future prospects for migrants -- 10 Evolutionary aspects of bird migration inthe future -- 11 The significance of bird migration for human society -- 12 Outlook. 

Ämnesord

Flyttfåglar  (sao)

Birds  -- Migration (BNB)

Klassifikation

598.1568 (DDC)

Ugg (kssb/7)