5: Long Distance Movements

Long Distance Movements: Dispersal and Migration

Don't forget to do the assigned discussion readings and complete the assignment for each reading.

Proposals for independent projects due soon, check syllabus for date.

Check syllabus for date of first exam.

Students will gain an understanding of:

1) Natal dispersal and Greenwood's hypothesis explaining the differences in which sex disperses (sex biased dispersal) in birds and mammals.

2) The costs and benefits of migration.

3) Obligate and facultative migration and examples of each.

4) Cues used in migration and examples.

5) The examples of migratory species discussed in class.

6) Hassler's study demonstrating the mechanism by which salmon return to their natal streams.

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Readings for Discussion will be assigned in class.

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