Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move

by Hugh Dingle

Overview

Migration is one of the most fascinating and dramatic of all behaviors. Historically, however, the study of migration has been fragmented, with ornithologists, entomologists, and marine biologists paying little attention to work outside their own fields. This treatment of the subject shows how comparisons across taxa can in fact illuminate migratory life cycles and the relation of migration to other movements; it takes an integrated ecological perspective, focusing on migration as a biological phenomenon.

Part one defines migration, gives examples, and places migration in the spectrum of movement behaviors, concluding with a chapter on methods for its study. Part two focuses on proximate mechanisms, including physiology and morphology (and the constraints associated with them), the interactions between migration and wind and current patterns, and the various orientation and navigation mechanisms by which migrants find their way about. Part three, on the evolution of migratory life histories, addresses the evolutionary and ecological basis for migration and the roles of migration not only in the lives of organisms, but also in the ecological communities in which they live. Part four is devoted to a brief consideration of migration and its relation to pest management and conservation. As a major contribution to a vital subject, this work will be valued by all researchers and students in the fields of animal behavior, ecology, and zoology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195358278
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/08/1996
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Hugh Dingle, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, UC Davis College of Biological Sciences

Hugh Dingle is Professor Emeritus of Entomology and the Center for Population Biology at the University of California, Davis where he was a Director of the Animal Behavior Graduate Group. He is Past President and a Fellow of the Animal Behaviour Society and has a B.A. from Cornell and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Michigan. After postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge (UK) and Michigan, Dingle went to the University of Iowa in 1964 moving to Davis in 1982. After retirement from UC Davis, he was an Honorary Research Consultant at the University of Queensland (Australia) from 2003-2010. He has conducted multi-taxon research on migration in North and South America, Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

	Introduction and Plan of the Book	3
Part 1	Migration and Methods for Its Study	7
1	A Taxonomy of Movement	9
2	Migration: A Definition	20
3	Patterns in Migratory Journeys	40
4	Methods for Studying Migration	64
Part 2	Proximate Factors in Migration	93
5	Migration, Winds, and Currents	95
6	Physiology of Migration	137
7	Biomechanical and Bioenergetic Constraints on Migration	167
8	Orientation and Navigation	199
Part 3	Migratory Life Histories and Their Evolution	231
9	Seasonal Migrations	234
10	Migration to Special Habitats	256
11	Migration Under Ephemeral Conditions	270
12	Behavioral Variability in Migration	293
13	Polymorphisms and Polyphenisms	322
14	Evolutionary Geneties of Migration	353
Part 4	Applications and Implications	383
15	Migration and Pest Management	384
16	Migration and Conservation	395
17	Summing Up and Future Directions	413
	References	423
	Index	471

Editorial Reviews

"I highly recommend this book to both students and professionals. It is extremely interesting and very clearly written. Its logical structure makes it easy to follow and builds up the comparative overview of migration very nicely." —Oded Berger-Tal, The Quarterly Review of Biology

"Early career graduate students will find the conceptual framework that generates testable hypotheses and the review of historical and emerging methods in part 1 useful. Recommended." —Choice

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