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Long Hops

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

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About the book

Long Hops explains the science of bird migration in accessible language-from the aeronautics of bird flight to the newly unraveled mysteries of their magnetic compasses. The author provides a sideways look, from the perspective of an experienced physicist, at the amazing long-distance migration journeys of many bird species. Birds are breathtaking works of engineering as well as beautiful creatures possessed of spectacular capabilities. Consider what it takes for a bird to navigate from Alaska t...Show more

Ecological science, the Biosphere

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ISBN

9780824866877

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Long Hops

Format

Hardcover

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