Ecological causes and consequences of bird orientation

T Alerstam - Orientation in birds, 1991 - Springer
An advanced orientation capability offers possibilities for birds to optimize movement
patterns in a wide variety of ecological situations. The adaptive significance of various …

Ecological causes and consequences of bird orientation

T Alerstam - Experientia, 1990 - Springer
An advanced orientation capability offers possibilities for birds to optimize movement
patterns in a wide variety of ecological situations. The adaptive significance of different …

The geographical scale factor in orientation of migrating birds

T Alerstam - Journal of Experimental Biology, 1996 - journals.biologists.com
Migration routes of birds throw light on orientation performance at different geographic
scales, over distances ranging from a few kilometres to more than 104 km. Detailed …

Bird orientation: displacement experiments with young autumn migrating wheatears, Oenanthe oenanthe, along the Arctic coast of Russia

S Åkesson, U Ottosson… - Proceedings of the …, 1995 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Migratory naive birds are thought to find the migration route from their natal site to a specific
wintering area by either clock-and-compass orientation or goal area navigation. These two …

Magnetic orientation and celestial cues in migratory orientation

W Wiltschko, R Wiltschko - Orientation in birds, 1991 - Springer
Young birds on their first migration possess innate information on the direction of their
migration route. It is represented twice, using both celestial rotation and the geomagnetic …

Are orientation mechanisms among migratory birds speciesospecific?

AJ Helbig - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1990 - cell.com
The increasing number of experimental investigations of migratory orientation and homing in
birds have repeatedly given rise to suggestions that orientation mechanisms may be species …

The development of migratory orientation mechanisms

KP Able - Orientation in birds, 1991 - Springer
Recent experimental studies (since ca.\985) on the ontogeny of orientation mechanisms in
migratory birds are reviewed. The processes and interactions are synthesized into a …

A theoretical model for migratory orientation and homing in birds

W Wiltschko, R Wiltschko - Oikos, 1978 - JSTOR
Numerous papers from the last decades have been devoted to efforts to solve the problems
of bird orientation. Most investigators used a physical or sensory physiological approach …

Bird orientation at high latitudes: flight routes between Siberia and North America across the Arctic Ocean

T Alerstam, GA Gudmundsson - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bird migration and orientation at high latitudes are of special interest because of the
difficulties associated with different compass systems in polar areas and because of the …

Evolutionary aspects of orientation and migration in birds

SB Terrill - Orientation in birds, 1991 - Springer
Evolutionary aspects of avian orientation and navigation are overviewed. A theoretical
approach to the evolution of complex (endogenously programmed) migratory behavior is …