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Chapter 39 – Flight

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Passerine Migration across the Himalayas

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Flight

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Animal niches in the airspace

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Seasonal migration patterns

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A Network of Small, Dispersed Himalayan Wetlands Suitable for Designation under the Ramsar Convention

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Orientation and navigation

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Behavioral and life-history variability in migration

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A taxonomy of movement

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Migration to special habitats

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Evolutionary genetics of migration

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Physiology of migration

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Migration, winds, and currents

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Migration under ephemeral conditions

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Polymorphisms and polyphenisms

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Methods for studying migration

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Summing up and future directions

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Patterns in migratory journeys

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Human interactions with migration

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Biomechanical and bioenergetic constraints on migration

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Additional file 1 of Far eastern curlew and whimbrel prefer flying low - wind support and good visibility appear only secondary factors in determining migratory flight altitude

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Introduction and plan of the book

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Copyright Page

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Preface

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