Bird Navigation
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology
ISBN-10
0521095417
ISBN-13
9780521095419
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 1968
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
238 grams
Dimensions
12.60 x 20.30 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Cellular biology (cytology)
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Many species of birds travel thousands of miles from their breeding grounds to their winter quarters, to return again the following spring. How do they find their way? This second edition of Dr Matthews' monograph introduces new developments in bird navigation research.
Many species of birds travel thousands of miles from their breeding grounds to their winter quarters, to return again the following spring. How do they find their way? How is it that young and inexperienced birds are able to travel independently of their parents and still reach their destination? The first edition of Dr Matthews' monograph, published in 1955, summarised the experimental work which had been done up until that time and this second edition has built upon that important contribution, with extensive changes. Several developments are described, namely, the discovery that birds can orientate with reference to star patterns, the use of radar to follow migration by night as well as by day, and the attachment of miniature radio-transmitters to birds so that their individual flights can be followed. A new class of unexplained 'nonsense' orientation is also brought to light.
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