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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kerlinger, Paul. How birds migrate. Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c1995 (OCoLC)752872569 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Kerlinger |
| ISBN: | 0811724441 : 9780811724449 |
| OCLC Number: | 32133898 |
| Description: | xii, 228 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The reason birds migrate -- How scientists study migration -- The basics of bird flight -- Up in the air -- The travel seasons -- By day or by night? -- Barriers to migration -- Migratory rest stops -- Flight speed and distance -- Finding the way -- How high birds fly -- Flocking behavior during migration -- The calls of migrating birds -- Flight strategies -- Conservation of migrating birds -- Recommended resources. |
| Responsibility: | Paul Kerlinger ; illustrated by Pat Archer. |
Abstract:
Uncovers the mysteries of bird migration, including such topics as how migrating birds find their way and how seabirds fuel themselves for annual round-trips of 18,000 miles.
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