Stopover Biology of Migratory Songbirds

About this book

Organized around the challenges migrating songbirds face when they stop over during migration, Stopover Biology of Migratory Songbirds tracks the migratory bird's arrival at a stopover site and the challenges faced during stopover through departure and resumption of migratory flight. Individuals with different levels of migratory experience can be expected to respond differently to the exigencies of migration, and the consequences of experience are incorporated where appropriate. Likewise, the influence of weather on decisions made in relation to stopover (e.g., when/where to stop, foraging behavior, and when and in what direction to depart) are also dealt with where appropriate.

Contents

- Introduction
- Arrival and Habitat Selection
- Acquiring Information in an Unfamiliar Place
- Acquisition of Food
- En Route Competition
- Predation Pressure
- Pathogens and Parasites
- Sleep and Migration
- Departure and Orientation
- Carryover Effects and Seasonal Transition
- Conservation of Migratory Birds: En Route Decisions

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Biography

Frank Moore is University Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and former Chair of Biological Sciences. He received a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University, M.S. from Northern Illinois University, and his PhD from Clemson University. Outside the University, Moore is a Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union, member of the editorial board for the Southeastern Naturalist, the Journal of Ornithology, Migration, and Chinese Birds, President-elect of the Cooper Ornithological Society, member of the scientific advisory board for the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, and former member of the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy Mississippi.

Moore has established an internationally recognized research program, which focuses on the physiology, behavior and ecology of songbirds during migration. He and is students have conducted field work at sites across North America as well as in Italy, Sweden, and Honduras, but most notably along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Their work has yielded nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications and has been funded continuously over the past 30 years by a variety of organizations and agencies, including the National Geographic Society, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, NOAA/Sea Grant, and the National Science Foundation. The latter has awarded him 15 grants as PI or co-PI, one of which is in support of this book project through the OPUS program.