Explaining migratory behaviors using optimal migration theory
<p> Bird migration is the regular seasonal movements between breeding and nonbreeding grounds. In general, birds that breed in the Northern Hemisphere tend to migrate northward in the spring to take advantage of increasing insect populations and lower predation pressures and fly south when foo...
Main Author: | McCabe, Jennifer D. |
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Language: | EN |
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The University of Maine
2016
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Online Access: | http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10096288 |
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