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Description for Avian Migration
Hardcover. This comprehensive overview of all aspects of bird migration summarizes reviews and discussions of recent hypotheses, covering the research field from phenomenology through to ecology, physiology, control mechanisms, orientation, evolutionary aspects and conservation measures. Editor(s): Berthold, P.; Gwinner, Edward; Sonnenschein, E. Num Pages: 610 pages, 127 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, 32 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1194.
P. Berthold and E. Gwinnd Bird migration is an intriguing aspect of the living world - so much so that it has been investigated for as long, and as thoroughly, as almost any other natural phenomenon. Aristotle, who can count as the founder of scientific ornithology, paid very close attention to the migrations of the birds he ob served, but it was not until the reign of Friedrich II, in the first half of the 13th century, that reliable data began to be obtained. From then on, the data base grew rapidly. Systematic studies of bird migration were introduced when ... Read more
P. Berthold and E. Gwinnd Bird migration is an intriguing aspect of the living world - so much so that it has been investigated for as long, and as thoroughly, as almost any other natural phenomenon. Aristotle, who can count as the founder of scientific ornithology, paid very close attention to the migrations of the birds he ob served, but it was not until the reign of Friedrich II, in the first half of the 13th century, that reliable data began to be obtained. From then on, the data base grew rapidly. Systematic studies of bird migration were introduced when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
626
Condition
New
Number of Pages
610
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540434085
SKU
V9783540434085
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Ref
99-15
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