TY - BOOK ID - 8211228 TI - Passerine Migration : Stopovers and Flight PY - 2012 SN - 3642433286 3642290191 9786613697370 3642290205 1280786981 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Migratory birds. KW - Passeriformes -- Migration. KW - Passeriformes. KW - Passeriformes KW - Migratory birds KW - Zoology KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Ecology KW - Vertebrates KW - Migration KW - Behavior KW - Habitat KW - Migration. KW - Passerine birds KW - Passerines KW - Perching birds KW - Life sciences. KW - Behavioral sciences. KW - Animal ecology. KW - Zoology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Animal Ecology. KW - Behavioral Sciences. KW - Birds KW - Animal behavior. KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Animals KW - Animals, Habits and behavior of KW - Behavior, Animal KW - Ethology KW - Animal psychology KW - Ethologists KW - Psychology, Comparative UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8211228 AB - This monograph summarizes the results of studying passerine migration, mainly that of long-distance nocturnal migrants. Migratory stopovers and migratory flights are shown to be closely interconnected. The main quantitative parameters of stopovers, i.e., their duration, fuel deposition rate and overall energy efficiency, govern the potntial range of migratory flights. The quantitative energetic parameters of stopovers should not be studied separately from the stopover behaviour of birds, especially from their habitat selection and use and their spatial behaviour. The energy costs of migratory flight in species adapted for migration are significantly lower than hitherto assumed. A critique of optimal migration theory is presented and a qualitative model of stopover behaviour of migrating passerines is put forward. The monograph represents a valuable resource for ornithologists, zoologists, ecologists, conservationists, and students of biology. ER -