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Stored Fat and the Migratory Orientation of Birds

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Avian Migration

Abstract

Migration is a fundamental characteristic of the life history of many birds (Baker 1978). Birds face several different behavioural challenges during migration, including the need to deal with the high-level energetic demands of flight (Blem 1980, 1990; Pennycuick 1989; Norberg 1990). Evolution of migration is tied to the exploitation of different habitats as life-history requirements alter or environments change (Alerstam 1990; Dingle 1996). To exploit the different habitats encountered during a migratory journey requires energetic resources sufficient to reach them and the capacity to orient between different stopover sites (Dingle 1996).

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  1. Department of Animal Ecology, University of Lund, Ecology Building, 223 62, Lund, Sweden

    Roland Sandberg

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Sandberg, R. (2003). Stored Fat and the Migratory Orientation of Birds. In: Berthold, P., Gwinner, E., Sonnenschein, E. (eds) Avian Migration. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05957-9_35

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