Migrations and Movements of Desert Birds
The mobility of birds is a key to their survival in desert environments (Evenari 1985; Brown 1986; Wiens 1991). Indeed, mobility is the key for survival of many organisms in arid ecosystems, including humans (CloudsleyThompson 1977; Smith 1992; Seely 1994
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Volumes published in the series Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants By R. T. Wilson (1989) Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles By J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson (1991) Plant Nutrients in Desert Environments By A. Day and K. Ludeke (1993) Seed Germination in Desert Plants ByY. Gutterman (1993) Behavioural Adaptations of Desert Animals By G. Costa (1995) Invertebrates in Hot and Cold Arid Environments By L. S0mme (1995) Energetics of Desert Invertebrates By H. Heatwole ( 1996) Ecophysiology of Desert Birds By G. L. Maclean (1996) Plants of Desert Dunes By A. Danin (1996) Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands By J, L. Cloudsley-Thompson (1996) Structur-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants By A. C. Gibson (1996) Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants By S.D. Smith, R. K. Manson, and J. E. Anderson (1997) Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals By A. A. Degen (1997)
Homeostasis in Desert Reptiles By S.D. Bradshaw ( 1997) Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments By M. R. Warburg (1997) Avian Desert Predators By W. E. Cook ( 1997) Carnivore Ecology in Arid Lands By J. du P. Bothma ( 1998) Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands By G. E. Wickens (1998) Arthropods of Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems By G. P. Stamou (1998) Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants By K. van Rheede van Oudtshoorn and M. W. van Rooyen (1999) Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities By G. I. Shenbrot, B. R. Krasnov, and K.A.Rogovin (1999) Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations By F. Punzo (2000) Plants in the Deserts of the Middle East By K. H. Batanouny (2001) Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants By Y. Gutterman (2002) Nomadic Desert Birds By W.R.J. Dean (2004)
W. Richard J. Dean
Nomadic Desert Birds With 63 Figures and 32 Tables
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Dr. W. Richard J. Dean Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town Rondebosch 7701 South Africa
Cover illustration: Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii, which breeds in the Sahel, flying in to feed on Brown Locusts Locustana pardalis in the southern arid savanna near Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa. Photograph taken by W.R.J.Dean
ISSN 1430-94322 ISBN 978-3-642-07325-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Dean, W. Richard j. (William Richard john), 1940Nomadic desert birds I W. Richard J. Dean. p. em.-- (Adaptations of desert organisms) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 978-3-662-08984-2 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-642-07325-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-08984-2 I. Birds. 2. Birds--Migration. 3. Desert animals. I. Title. II. Series. QI.678.D43 2004 598.1754--dc22
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