Orientation in Birds

Autor/in P Berthold Titel Orientation in Birds ISBN 3764326182 (ISBN-13: 9783764326180) Zustand leichte Gebrauchsspuren Verlag Springer Basel Seiten 334 Gewicht 820 g Einband Hardcover/gebunden Sprache Englisch Verlagstext 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 n.