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Avian Navigation - International Symposium on Avian Navigation (ISAN) held at Tirrenia (Pisa), September 11-14, 1981 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
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Avian Navigation - International Symposium on Avian Navigation (ISAN) held at Tirrenia (Pisa), September 11-14, 1981 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
Series: Proceedings in Life Sciences
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Right from the start of this century, field observations and the
patient ringing of birds have made available a growing mass of data
on the breeding and resting areas of migratory species and on the
course, period and duration of their seasonal flights. Considered
as a whole, this work on migration morphology commands admiration,
and when view ed in detail it reveals fascinating insights into the
extraordinary naviga tional performances of many bird species,
which find their way over enormous distances. Yet only a few dozen
physiologists are actively trying to answer the question of how
these performances are achieved. Experimental work on migratory
birds raises many difficulties, some of them insuperable, so that
many researchers carry out their experiments on the homing pigeon,
which is constantly motivated by homesickness and ready to display
its ability to flyaway home. Many of the problems connected with
bird navigation are still un solved, but a rapidly growing body of
results is being produced along with a variety of new ideas and
approaches. A clear majority of the stu dents of bird navigation
met in September 1981 in Tirrenia, a seaside resort on the
Tyrrhenian coast, where each of them offered new in sights into his
or her recent investigations. Their contributions have been
connected in this volume, which provides an up-to-date conspec tus
of the stage reached by research in this field."
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