How Birds Migrate
2nd Edition
Published on 16. December 2008
272 pages
978-0-8117-4446-1 (ISBN)
Description
Information on migratory flight patterns, flight speed and distance, travel seasons, calls of migrating birds, and more.
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Edition
2nd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
PA
United States
File size
6,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-4446-1 (9780811744461)
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Paul Kerlinger
How Birds Migrate
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12/2008
2nd Edition
Stackpole Books
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Persons
Paul Kerlinger served as the director of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory for seven years and is now an environmental consultant. Pat Archer is an experienced birder and artist living in Connecticut.
Content
- Intro
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- ONE The Reason Birds Migrate
- TWO How Scientists Study Migration
- THREE The Basics of Bird Flight
- FOUR Up in the Air
- FIVE The Travel Seasons
- SIX By Day or by Night?
- SEVEN Barriers to Migration
- EIGHT Migratory Rest Stops
- NINE Flight Speed and Distance
- TEN Finding the Way
- ELEVEN How High Birds Fly
- TWELVE Flocking Behavior during Migration
- THIRTEEN The Calls of Migrating Birds
- FOURTEEN Flight Strategies
- FIFTEEN Conservation of Migrating Birds
- Recommended Resources
- Index
- Back Cover
- Discover More
