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Birds of two worlds : the ecology and evolution of migration

edited by Russell Greenberg and Peter P. Marra

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

For centuries biologists have tried to understand the underpinnings of avian migration: where birds go and why, why some migrate and some do not, how they adapt to a changing environment, and how migratory systems evolve. Twenty-five years ago the answers to many of these questions were addressed by a collection of migration experts in Keast and Morton's classic work Migrant Birds in the Neotropics. In 1992, Hagan and Johnston published a follow-up book, Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds. In Birds of Two Worlds Russell Greenberg and Peter Marra bring together the world's experts on avian migration to discuss its ecology and evolution. The contributors move the discussion of migration to a global stage, looking at all avian migration systems and delving deeper into the evolutionary foundations of migratory behavior. Readers interested in the biology, behavior, ecology, and evolution of birds have waited a decade to see a worthy successor to the earlier classics. Birds of Two Worlds will complete the trilogy and become indispensable for ornithologists, evolutionary biologists, serious birders, and public and academic libraries.

Table of Contents

Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Evolutions of Migration Systems Chapter 1. The Paleoecology and Fossil History of Migratory Landbirds Chapter 2. Molecular Approaches to the Evolution and Ecology of Migration Chapter 3. Siberian Migratory Divides Chapter 4. Inter- and Intrapopulation Migration Patterns Chapter 5. Predicting Migratory Behavior in Landbirds Part II: Adaptations for Two Worlds Chapter 6. Migration Takes Guts Chapter 7. To Be a Migrant Chapter 8. Ecology and Demography of East-West Differences in Molt Scheduling of Neotropical Migrant Passerines Chapter 9. Food Limitation Among Wintering Birds Chapter 10. Behavioral and Cognitive Adaptations to Long-Distance Migrations Part III: Biogeography Chapter 11. Ecological and Biogeographical Aspects of the Distribution of Migrants Versus Residents in European and North American Forest Bird Communities Chapter 12. Influence of Migrants on Temperate Bird Communities Chapter 13. Old World Versus New World Long-Distance Migration in Accipiters, Buteos, and Falcons Chapter 14. Seasonal Distribution and Ecology of South American Austral Migrant Flycatchers Chapter 15. The Temporal and Spatial Structure of the Atmosphere and Its Influence on Bird Migration Strategies Part IV: Connectivity Chapter 16. The Importance of Understanding Migratory Connectivity and Seasonal Interactions Chapter 17. Migrants and Their Parasites Chapter 18. Molecular Genetic Approaches to Linking Breeding and Overwintering Areas in Five Neotropical Migrant Passerines Chapter 19. Flying Fingerprints Part V: Migration Itself Chapter 20. Stopover Ecology of Intercontinental Migrants Chapter 21. Fuel Storage Rates Before Northward Flights in Red Knots Worldwide Chapter 22. Individual Migratory Tactics of New World Catharus Thrushes Chapter 23. Hormones and Variation in Life History Strategies of Migratory and Nonmigratory Birds Part VI: Behavioral Ecology Chapter 24. Sex Roles in Migrants Chapter 25. Spring Molt Constraints Versus Winter Territoriality Chapter 26. Ecological Correlates of Wintering Social Systems in New World and Old World Migratory Passerines Chapter 27. Correlated Evolution of Ecological Differences Among the Old World Lead Warblers in the Breeding and Nonbreeding Seasons Part VII: Population Ecology Chapter 28. Modeling Seasonal Interactions in the Population Dynamics of Migratory Birds Chapter 29. Using Remote Sensing Data to Identify Migration and Wintering Areas and to Analyze Effects of Environmental Conditions on Migratory Birds Chapter 30. How do Migration and Dispersal Interact? Chapter 31. Does Winter Food Limit Populations of Migratory Birds? Chapter 32. Long-Term Demographic Trends, Limiting Factors, and the Strength of Density Dependence in a Breeding Population of a Migratory Songbird Chapter 33. The Renaissance of Migratory Bird Biology Index

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  • NCID
    BA72894826
  • ISBN
    • 0801881072
  • LCCN
    2004019611
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Baltimore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 466 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
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