Star Compass Orientation In Birds
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Star Compass Orientation In Birds
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language : en
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Release Date : 2015
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Orientation In Birds
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Author : P. Berthold
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2013-03-08
Orientation In Birds written by P. Berthold and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-08 with Science categories.
If it is true that science proceeds from a romantic through a scientific to a technological stage, then research on bird orientation is certainly on its move from its first to its second grade, and recent developments in radiotelemetry and satellite tracking of migrating birds might already indicate the advent of the third stage. At this juncture, Orientation in Birds is a timely account. Even though the study of animal migration in general, and bird navigation in particular, has produced a literature of impressive proportions, the threads provided by the plethora of research papers, review articles and symposiums volumes have not yet been knitted into a theoretical fabric. This is partly due to our still incomplete understanding of fundamen tal topics in avian navigation. The answer to the most intriguing question of how a bird displaced to "unknown" territory finds its way back home is as obscure now as it was a few decades ago. Whether and how birds solve this problem by using far ranging grid-maps or more local familiar-area maps, as has been proposed off and on, is still a matter of heated debates. These debates frequently center around provocative hypotheses - let alone the question about the physical (topographic, magnetic, infrasonic, olfactory) parameters which might constitute such maps.
Methods Of Investigation Of Celestial And Non Celestial Orientation Of Birds
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Author : Khariĭ Arnolʹdovich Mikhelʹson
language : en
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Release Date : 1975
Methods Of Investigation Of Celestial And Non Celestial Orientation Of Birds written by Khariĭ Arnolʹdovich Mikhelʹson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Bird navigation categories.
Avian Orientation And Navigation
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Author : Klaus Schmidt-Koenig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Avian Orientation And Navigation written by Klaus Schmidt-Koenig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Nature categories.
Orientation And Position Finding By Birds
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Author : Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Orientation And Position Finding By Birds written by Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Nature categories.
Avian Migration
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Author : Peter Berthold
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-09
Avian Migration written by Peter Berthold and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Science categories.
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 the Vogelwarte Rossitten was founded, as the first ornithological biological observation station in the world (see first chapter "In Memory of Vogelwarte Rossitten"). This area later received enormous impetus when ex perimental research on the subject was begun: the large-scale bird-ringing experiment initiated in Rossitten in 1903 by Johannes Thienemann (who was inspired by the pioneering studies of C. C. M. Mortensen), the experiments on photoperiodicity carried out by William Rowan in the 1920s in Canada and retention and release experiments performed by Thienemann in the 1930s in Rossitten, the first experimental study on the orientation of migratory birds. After the Second World War, migration research, while continuing in the previous areas, also expanded into new directions such as radar ornithology, ecophysiology and hormonal control mechanisms, studies of evolution, ge netics, telemetry and others.
Magnetic Orientation In Animals
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Author : Roswitha Wiltschko
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Magnetic Orientation In Animals written by Roswitha Wiltschko and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Medical categories.
Biological effects of magnetic fields have been studied in many animals and plants. The magnetic fields were of a wide intensity range and, as alternating fields, of a wide frequency range and of a variety of impulse shapes. Effects on the cellular level, on bio chemical processes, growth and development, interactions with physiology, sensory input, reflexes and rhythm control, to name just a few, have been reported. Numerous magnetically induced changes in behavior have also been described. Recently, the amount of literature covering biological effects of magnetic fields has been rapidly increasing. By now it has grown to such an extent that it can no longer be covered in one volume. Most reviews specialize and focus on particular aspects and/or types of fields or effects. For example, the book edited by MARET et al. (1986) gives an overview on biological effects of steady magnetic fields, MISAKIAN et al. (1993) reviewed those of extremely low frequency magnetic fields, focusing on in vitro effects. BERN HARD (1992) reported on 'electromagnetic smog' in view of pos sible effects on human health and well-being, and a series of papers edited by AMEMIYA (1994) summarizes Japanese research on effects of electromagnetic fields ranging from extern ely low to ultra-high frequencies. TENFORDE (1979) and ADEY (1981) sum marized and discussed tissue interactions, REITER (1993a) neu roendocrine and neurochemical changes associated with various kinds of electromagnetic fields. The book edited by KIRSCHVINK et al.
Animal Migration Navigation And Homing
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Author : K. Schmidt-Koenig
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1978-08-01
Animal Migration Navigation And Homing written by K. Schmidt-Koenig and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-08-01 with Science categories.
Held as Internationale wissenschaftliche Fachkonferenz der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
Bird Migration
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Author : Donald R. Griffin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Bird Migration written by Donald R. Griffin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Avian Navigation Pigeon Homing As A Paradigm
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Author : Hans G. Wallraff
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2005-01-12
Avian Navigation Pigeon Homing As A Paradigm written by Hans G. Wallraff and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-12 with Psychology categories.
How migratory birds can navigate home from their wintering grounds to their breeding sites over hundreds and thousands of kilometres has been an admired mystery over more than a century. Profound advances towards a solution of this problem have been achieved with a model bird, the homing pigeon. This monograph summarizes our current knowledge about pigeon homing, about the birds' application of a sun compass and a magnetic compass, of a visual topographical map within a familiar area and -- most surprisingly -- of an olfactory map using atmospheric chemosignals as indicators of position in distant unfamiliar areas.
