Global movement patterns of migratory birds illustrate their fascinating physical and
physiological abilities to cross continents and oceans. During their voyages, most birds land …

All animals face the possibility of limitations in food resources that could ultimately lead to
starvation-induced mortality. The primary goal of this review is to characterize the various …

It has been suggested that birds migrate faster in spring than in autumn because of
competition for arrival order at breeding grounds and environmental factors such as …

This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular. It describes a way of
simplifying the mechanics of flight into a practical computer program, which will predict in …

The Flexible Phenotype attempts a true synthesis of physiology, behaviour, and ecology by
develo** an empirical argument that describes the intimate connections between …

This book introduces readers to a set of powerful and extremely flexible modeling
techniques, starting at" square one" and continuing with carefully chosen applications. Some …

Ecological processes are changing in response to climatic warming. Birds, in particular,
have been documented to arrive and breed earlier in spring and this has been attributed to …

Migration is a task that implies a route, a goal and a period of time. To achieve this task, it
requires orientation abilities to find the goal and energy to cover the distance. Completing …

Unlike exercising mammals, migratory birds fuel very high intensity exercise (eg, flight) with
fatty acids delivered from the adipose tissue to the working muscles by the circulatory …

The full magnitude and complexity of bird migration have not been possible to grasp until
after the revolutionary discoveries made with the aid of, eg, ringing, systematic field …