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Tables of Contents for Bird Migration
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
4
Origin and current extent of bird migration
5
5
History of bird migration studies
10
3
Current methods of studying bird migration
13
18
Observation of visible migration
13
1
Shooting
14
1
Acoustic registration
15
1
Radar recording
15
3
Telemetry
18
1
Bird-ringing
19
2
Standardized trapping methods
21
2
Recording migratory restlessness; breeding and keeping of test birds
23
3
Studies of orientation performance
26
2
Laboratory methods
28
3
The phenomena of bird migration
31
58
Some definitions
31
1
Periodic seasonal return migrations, annual migrants
31
3
Dispersal and spacing
34
4
Irruptions
38
3
Nomadic movements
41
3
Pursuing movements
44
2
Escape movements
46
2
Spreading movements
48
1
Differential migration
49
2
Partial migration and changes in migratory behaviour
51
3
Moult migration
54
1
Locomotion during migration
55
2
Migratory directions: general overview
57
1
Broad-front migration
58
4
Small-front migration
62
1
Funnel-shaped migration, fan-shaped migration
63
2
Migratory divides
65
1
Historically based detours
66
1
Directional changes: migration bends, arched migration
67
1
Loop migration
68
2
Leap-frog migration
70
1
Intermittent migration, early return migration
71
2
Reverse migration, mild-weather migration, weather-related commuting movements
73
1
Diurnal and nocturnal migration
74
2
Migration stages: normal and record performances
76
1
Migration periods, duration of migration
77
2
Spatial precision
79
1
Temporal precision
80
1
Flight altitudes during migration
81
2
Resting areas
83
1
Risks of migration
84
1
Bird migration in relation to environmental factors: models
84
2
Morphological adaptations
86
3
Physiological bases and control of bird migration
89
50
Adaptive juvenile development
89
3
Hyperphagia
92
1
Fat deposition
93
2
Metabolic adaptations, fat production, fat utilization
95
3
Nutritional adaptations
98
2
Changes in body composition during migration
100
2
Fat reserves and migratory behaviour
102
2
Models of the relationships between energy expenditure, fat load, and migratory performance
104
2
Thermoregulation and water balance
106
1
Initiation of the first autumn migration
107
3
Control of period and pattern of migration in inexperienced migrants
110
5
Termination of the first autumn migration
115
1
Control of migratory stages and speed during the first autumn migration
116
2
Strategies to overcome barriers during migration
118
2
The resting area: result of migratory behaviour and life-form
120
1
Control of homeward migration and later migratory periods
121
1
Control of partial migration
122
2
The relative role of endogenous programmes and genetic and environmental factors
124
2
Potential evolutionary speed of recent migratory behaviour
126
2
Behavioural changes during migration
128
2
Choice of habitat on staging and wintering grounds
130
4
The neuronal and hormonal basis of migration
134
2
The relationship between migration and other annual processes
136
3
Orientation mechanisms
139
37
Some definitions
140
2
Simple and complicated orientation mechanisms
142
1
Preprogrammed goal directions, genetic determination, and the influence of social bonds and imprinting
143
3
Compasses
146
10
Sun-compass
147
2
Magnetic compass
149
2
Star-compass
151
2
Further possible reference cues
153
2
Development and co-ordination of different orientation mechanisms
155
1
Sensory basis
156
3
Navigation hypotheses
159
10
Inertial navigation
160
1
Magnetic field navigation
160
1
Magnetic field--Coriolis force--navigation
161
1
Sun navigation
161
1
Star navigation
162
1
Olfactory navigation
163
2
Vector navigation
165
3
The map-compass concept
168
1
Ecological aspects
169
5
Evolutionary aspects
174
2
Synopsis: course and control of migration of a typical migrant
176
5
Threats and the conservation and future of migrants
181
16
General aspects
181
1
Examples of the decline of migrant populations
182
7
Main threats
189
3
Conservation measures
192
2
Future prospects for migrants
194
3
Evolutionary aspects of bird migration in the future
197
6
The significance of bird migration for human societies
203
2
Outlook
205
2
Bibliography
207
18
Index
225