Newton, Ian,

Bird migration / Ian Newton. - London : Collins, 2010. - x, 598 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; - The new naturalist library ; .

Series numbering extrapolated from list of titles in series: p. [597]-598.

Migration studies -- Migration around the British Isles -- Migratory flight -- Migration and weather -- Fuelling the flights -- Migration speeds -- Amazing journeys -- Annual schedules -- Migration timing -- Comings and goings -- Navigation -- Site-fidelity and dispersal -- Vagrancy -- Evolution of migration -- Recent changes in migratory behaviour -- Glacial legacies -- Geographical patterns -- Irruptions -- Other movements -- Sex and age differences in migration -- Migrants in Africa -- Population limitation -- Declining migrants -- Postscript : British pioneers in migration studies.

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Birds

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