Bibliograph

Flight paths, how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration, Rebecca Heisman

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Flight paths, how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration, Rebecca Heisman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Flight paths

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1330406281

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Heisman

Sub title

how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration

Summary

"Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Where do the birds go? -- A bird in the hand -- Looking and listening -- Chasing angels -- Follow that beep -- Higher, further, faster -- Navigating by the sun -- You are where you eat -- The feather library -- Vox populi -- Conclusion: Sky full of hope

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How a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration

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