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  title info:
    title: Animal migration
    sub title: a synthesis
  name:
    name part: Milner-Gulland, E. J.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Fryxell, John M.
    name part: 1954-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Sinclair, A. R. E. (Anthony Ronald Entrican)
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (ix, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
  abstract: "Despite the wealth of natural historical research conducted on migration over decades, there is still a dearth of hypothesis-driven studies that fully integrate theory and empirical analyses to understand the causes and consequences of migration, and a taxonomic bias towards birds in much migration research. This book takes a comparative, integrated view of animal migration, linking evolution with ecology and management, theory with empirical research, and embracing all the major migratory taxa (including human pastoralists). The scope extends beyond the target organism to consider the ecosystem-level dynamics of migration. The emphasis is on exciting new research avenues that are now opening up, whether due to advances in our understanding of migration as a biological phenomenon or through the availability of a range of new technologies. Broad themes that emerge include integrating migration into the broad spectrum of movement behaviour, the need for a comparative and cross-taxonomic approach that considers migration at a range of temporal and spatial scales, and examination of the key roles of resource uncertainty and spatial heterogeneity in driving migratory behavior. The book identifies the potential for new tools to revolutionize the study of migration, including satellite-tracking technology, genomics, and modeling - all of which are linked to increasing computing power. We are now on the verge of a breakthrough in migration research, which is crucial given the multiple threats that face the conservation of migration as a phenomenon, including climate change."--Publisher's description.
  table of contents: Understanding the evolution of migration through empirical examples / Katherine A. Cresswell, William H. Satterthwaite, and Gregory A. Sword -- Theoretical reflections on the evolution of migration / Robert D. Holt and John M. Fryxell -- Mechanistic principles of locomotion performance in migrating animals / Anders Hedenström [and others] -- Energy gain and use during animal migration / Nir Sapir [and others] -- Cues and decision rules in animal migration / Silke Bauer [and others] -- Uncertainty and predictability : the niches of migrants and nomads / Niclas Jonzén [and others] -- Migration quantified : constructing models and linking them with data / Luca Börger [and others] -- Migration impacts on communities and ecosystems : empirical evidence and theoretical insights / Ricardo M. Holdo [and others] -- Pastoral migration : mobile systems of animal husbandry / Roy H. Behnke [and others] -- Conservation and management of migratory species / Jennifer L. Shuter [and others].
  note: edited by E.J. Milner-Gulland, John M. Fryxell, and Anthony R.E. Sinclair.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-255) and index.
  note: English.
  subject:
    topic: Animal migration
  subject:
    topic: Animaux
    topic: Migration
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Life Sciences
    topic: Zoology
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Animal migration
  classification: QL754 .A554 2011eb
  classification: 591.568
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    title info:
      title: Animal migration
    origin info:
      publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
    identifier: (DLC) 2011281977
    identifier: (OCoLC)656767531
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  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 120618
    record change date: 20260318190729.2
    record identifier: in00005708396
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng