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1、HansG.WallraffAvianNavigation:PigeonHomingasaParadigmHansG.WallraffAvianNavigation:PigeonHomingasaParadigmWith98FiguresDr.HansG.WallraffMaxPlanckInstituteforOrnithology82319SeewiesenGermanye-mail:wallraff@orn.mpg.deISBN3-540-22385-1Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelbergNewYorkLibraryofCongr
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4、inessMediaspringeronline.comSpringer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2005PrintedinGermanyTheuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantpro-tectivelawsandregulationsandtheref
5、orefreeforgeneraluse.Editor:Dr.DieterCzeschlik,Heidelberg,GermanyDeskeditor:AnetteLindqvist,Heidelberg,GermanyCoverdesign:Design&Production,HeidelbergTypesetting:performelectronicpublishingGmbH,Heidelberg31/3150WI–543210–Printedonacid-freepaperPrefaceBirdmigrationincludeshomingperfor
6、mancesinalmostglobaldimensions.AfterhavingspentthewinterinSouthAfrica,astorkoraswallowreturnsinspringtoitsoldnestinavillageinDenmark.Aredstart,aflycatcherorabobo-linkarrivesinitsformerbreedingterritoryafternocturnalflightscoveringthousandsofkilometres.Inwhatwaydothebirdssolvetheprobl
7、emsofnavi-gationbehindtheseperformances?Althoughthisbookdealsneitherwithbirdmigrationnorwithstorksandflycatchers,butfocusesonadomesticanimal,itneverthelessdealswithacen-tralproblemimplicatedinmigrationsandotherlong-distanceflightscharac-terizingthelifecyclesofmanyavianspecies.Itiswel
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