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Evolutionary aspects of orientation and migration in birds
1Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Schloss Moeggingen, Germany.
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|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Evolutionary aspects of avian orientation and navigation are overviewed. A theoretical approach to the evolution of complex (endogenously programmed) migratory behavior is presented, using the comparative method of ordering a progression in existing behavioral characteristics from dispersal, to facultative migration, to obligate migration.