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Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks

Door Paul Kerlinger

Categorie	Roofvogels en uilen
Boeknummer	#224590
Titel	Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks
Auteur	Kerlinger, Paul
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	University of Chicago Press
Jaar van uitgave	1989
ISBN10	0226431665
ISBN13	9780226431666
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Hawks fly at very high altitudes, sometimes over water, and thus their flight behavior and migration patterns are extremely difficult to study. Now, based on nearly ten years of research, this book provides the most complete analysis to date of how hawks migrate. Paul Kerlinger has employed both direct observations and radar techniques to obtain a much more accurate understanding of the migratory behavior of hawks and the "decisions" they make in flight. And, he has integrated data on the flight behavior of raptors in general with information about their ecology, physiology, evolution, and nonmigratory behavior. Kerlinger begins with an overview, discussing ecology and geography, research methods, natural history, and evolution, and atmospheric structure. He then addresses spe... (Lees verder)cific aspects of flight behavior: aerodynamics, morphology, mechanics, direction, altitude, flocking, water crossing, speed selection, daily distance traveled, and flight strategies. Kerlinger describes each aspect of behavior quantitatively, testing mechanistic hypotheses. In conclusion, he examines how migrants integrate these behavioral components. Throughout the text he draws comparisons between the migratory flight behavior of hawks and that of other taxa. By means of such comparisons, researchers can gain insight into the selective pressures that shape the behavior of migrant species.
Pagina's	375
Conditie	Goed — No dust jacket
Prijs	€ 30,00

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