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Migration : the biology of life on the move
- Title
- Migration : the biology of life on the move / Hugh Dingle.
- Author
- Dingle, Hugh, 1946-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QL754 .D515 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vi, 474 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-469).
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Migration and Methods for Its Study. 1. A Taxonomy of Movement. 2. Migration: A Definition. 3. Patterns in Migratory Journeys. 4. Methods for Studying Migration -- Pt. 2. Proximate Factors in Migration. 5. Migration, Winds, and Currents. 6. Physiology of Migration. 7. Biomechanical and Bioenergetic Constraints on Migration. 8. Orientation and Navigation -- Pt. 3. Migratory Life Histories and Their Evolution. 9. Seasonal Migrations. 10. Migration to Special Habitats. 11. Migration Under Ephemeral Conditions. 12. Behavioral Variability in Migration. 13. Polymorphisms and Polyphenisms. 14. Evolutionary Genetics of Migration -- Pt. 4. Applications and Implications. 15. Migration and Pest Management. 16. Migration and Conservation. 17. Summing Up and Future Directions.
- ISBN
- 0195089626 (cl. : alk. paper)
- 0195097238 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 94039538
- OCLC
- ocm31330012
- SCSB-4302881
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries