Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Science Mag
Publication Year:
2015
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Physical Description:
4p. : ill. (col.)
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
40224
Legacy PEIN ID:
80278
General Notes
Online only
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Protected areas - Conservation - Migratory birds
Birds - Migratory species - Global conservation
Abstract
F rom the writings of Aristotle (1) to the musings of Gilbert White in Georgian England (2), migratory birds have fascinated and inspired people for generations. Migrants undertake remarkable journeys, from endurance flights exceeding 10,000 km by bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) (3) to the annual relay of arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea), which fly the equivalent of the distance to the moon and back three times during their lives (4). Migratory species make major contributions to resource fluxes, biomass transfer, nutrient transport, predator-prey interactions, and food-web structure within and among ecosystems (5) and play an important role in human culture (6). Yet more than half of migratory birds across all major flyways have declined over the past 30 years (7)
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Science Mag
Publication Year:
2015
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Physical Description:
4p. : ill. (col.)
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
40224
Legacy PEIN ID:
80278
General Notes
Online only
Record Created: 02-Feb-2016
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020