Migration : the biology of life on the move, Hugh Dingle, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, University of California at Davis, USA

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Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-321) and index

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Contents: A taxonomy of movement -- Migration: definition and scope -- Patterns in migratory journeys -- Methods for studying migration -- Migration, winds, and currents -- Physiology of migration -- Biomechanical and bioenergetic constraints on migration -- Orientation and navigation -- Seasonal migration patterns -- Migration to special habitats -- Migration under ephemeral conditions -- Behavioral and life-history variability in migration -- Polymorphisms and polyphenisms -- Evolutionary genetics of migration -- Human interactions with migration -- Summing up and future directions

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