Grand Challenges in Migration Biology

被引：159

作者：

Bowlin, Melissa S. ^{[1
]}

Bisson, Isabelle-Anne ^{[2
]}

Shamoun-Baranes, Judy ^{[3
]}

Reichard, Jonathan D. ^{[4
]}

Sapir, Nir ^{[5
]}

Marra, Peter P. ^{[2
]}

Kunz, Thomas H. ^{[4
]}

Wilcove, David S. ^{[6
,7
]}

Hedenstrom, Anders ^{[1
]}

Guglielmo, Christopher G. ^{[8
]}

Akesson, Susanne ^{[9
]}

Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^{[10
]}

Wikelski, Martin ^{[11
]}

机构：

[1] Lund Univ, Dept Biol, S-22362 Lund, Sweden

[2] Smithsonian Migratory Bird Ctr, Washington, DC 20013 USA

[3] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands

[4] Boston Univ, Dept Biol, Ctr Ecol & Conservat Biol, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[5] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Evolut Systemat & Ecol, Movement Ecol Lab, Alexander Silberman Inst Life Sci, IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel

[6] Princeton Univ, Woodrow Wilson Sch, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[7] Princeton Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[8] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Biol, Adv Facil Avian Res, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada

[9] Lund Univ, Dept Biol, SE-22362 Lund, Sweden

[10] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[11] Max Planck Inst Ornithol, Dept Migrat & Immunoecol, D-78315 Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany

来源：

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY | 2010年 / 50卷 / 03期

关键词：

BODY-MASS CHANGES; LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION; WIND DRIFT COMPENSATION; FATTY-ACID-COMPOSITION; POLARIZED-LIGHT CUES; OPTIMAL FLIGHT SPEED; GREATER SNOW GEESE; BIRD MIGRATION; RED KNOTS; MOVEMENT ECOLOGY;

D O I：

10.1093/icb/icq013

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

Billions of animals migrate each year. To successfully reach their destination, migrants must have evolved an appropriate genetic program and suitable developmental, morphological, physiological, biomechanical, behavioral, and life-history traits. Moreover, they must interact successfully with biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. Migration therefore provides an excellent model system in which to address several of the "grand challenges" in organismal biology. Previous research on migration, however, has often focused on a single aspect of the phenomenon, largely due to methodological, geographical, or financial constraints. Integrative migration biology asks 'big questions' such as how, when, where, and why animals migrate, which can be answered by examining the process from multiple ecological and evolutionary perspectives, incorporating multifaceted knowledge from various other scientific disciplines, and using new technologies and modeling approaches, all within the context of an annual cycle. Adopting an integrative research strategy will provide a better understanding of the interactions between biological levels of organization, of what role migrants play in disease transmission, and of how to conserve migrants and the habitats upon which they depend.

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