Bird Navigation (Paperback)

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Authors note; 1. Field observations of migration; 2. Experimental evidence for bearing-and-distance navigation; 3. The physical bases of diurnal one-direction navigation; 4. The physical bases of nocturnal on-direction navigation; 5. Homing experiments; 6. Homing orientation; 7. Theories of sensory contact with home and of inertial navigation; 8. Theories of navigation by geophysical 'grids'; 9. Theories of navigation by astronomical 'grids'; 10. Theories of navigation by a 'grid' derived from the sun's coordinates; 11. Field tests of theories of navigation by the sun's coordinates; 12. The anatomical and physiological limitations of the avian eye; 13. Motion, time and memory; Scientific names of species mentioned; References; Index.