Long Hops : : Making Sense of Bird Migration / / Mark Denny.
In Long Hops, physicist Mark Denny explains, in a clear, conversational style, the science of bird migration-from the intricacies of bird aeronautics to the newly unraveled mysteries of their magnetic compasses. While providing wherever possible examples of indigenous Hawaiian species, the book surv...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 15 color, 61 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- 1. Migration: Who? Why? Where? When?
- 2. How We Study Migration
- 3. How Birds Fly
- 4. The Birds' Earth
- 5. Maps and Compasses
- 6. Long Migratory Journeys
- 7. Migration Evolution
- Summary and Further Thoughts
- Technical Appendix
- Notes
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Glossary of Bird Names
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author