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1) WHAT is bird migration?
a) Introduction
b) Cultural importance
i) Calendar birds
ii) Free as a bird
iii) Birds and ceremony
iv) Food source
v) 21st century journeys
c) Migration defined
d) How do we know about migration?
i) Observation
ii) Ringing
iii) RADAR
iv) Radio telemetry and satellite tracking
2) WHY do birds migrate?
a) Moving with the seasons
b) Benefits
i) Food
ii) Easy Living
iii) Survival and reproductive success.
c) Costs
3) WHEN & WHERE do birds migrate?
a) Where to spend the summer?
b) Migration routes and convergences
c) Tarifa
i) Bottleneck
ii) Marine productivity in the Strait
iii) Wetland stepping stone to Africa
d) Migration calendar
i) Autumn
ii) Spring
e) Migration study at the Strait
4) HOW do birds migrate?
a) Preparation
i) Ancestral adaptations
ii)Development
iii) Annual preparations
(1) The right diet
(2) Taking the right fuel
(3) Behavioural preparation
b) Energy management
i) Stop-overs
ii) Group savings
iii) Night-riders
c) How do birds know when and where to go?
i) Evidence for genetic control
(1) The urge to move
(2) Innate route-planners
ii) The role of environmental cues
iii) Other factors
d) Orientation
i) Sun compass
ii) Magnetic compass
iii) Star gazers
e) Navigation/ migration in adults
5) REFERENCES
a) Academic
b) Online resources
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