USFWS Circular 16: Migration of Birds (1979)
by Frederick Charles Lincoln
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About this eBook
- Author
- Peterson, Steven R.
- Title
- Migration of Birds (1979)
- Credits
- Tom Cosmas from materials made available on The Internet Archive.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
- Subject
- Birds -- Migration
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 65222
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65222
- Release Date
- May 1, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.MIGRATION OF BIRDS
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 5.PREFACE
- 6.INTRODUCTION
- 7.THE HISTORY AND SCOPE OF MIGRATION
- 8.TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING MIGRATION — Direct Observation — Aural — Preserved Specimens — Marking — Radio Tracking — Radar Observation — Laboratory
- 9.ADVANTAGES OF MIGRATION
- 10.STIMULUS FOR MIGRATION
- 11.WHEN BIRDS MIGRATE — Time of Year — Time of Day
- 12.SPEED OF FLIGHT AND MIGRATION
- 13.ALTITUDE OF FLIGHT AND MIGRATION
- 14.SEGREGATION DURING MIGRATION — By Individuals or Groups of Species — By Age — By Sex — By Kinds of Flocks
- 15.WHERE BIRDS MIGRATE — Migration by Populations Within Species — Fall Flights Not Far South of Breeding Range — Long Distance Migration
- 16.ORIENTATION AND NAVIGATION
- 17.INFLUENCE OF WEATHER
- 18.INFLUENCE OF TOPOGRAPHY
- 19.PERILS OF MIGRATION — Storms — Aerial Obstructions — Exhaustion
- 20.ROUTES OF MIGRATION — General Considerations — Flyways and Corridors — Narrow Routes — Converging Routes — Principal Routes From North America
- 21.PATTERNS OF MIGRATION — Loops — Dog-legs — Pelagic Wandering — Leap-frogging — Vertical Migration — Pre-migratory Movements — Vagrant Migration
- 22.ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF MIGRATION
- 23.WHERE WE STAND
- 24.BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 25.LIST OF BIRD SPECIES MENTIONED IN TEXT — Transcriber Note
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