Thesis
Patterns of vagrancy and long-distance dispersal in migratory birds
- Abstract:
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Vagrancy, the process in which organisms travel far outside of their known species’ breeding and wintering range, has long been thought to be an aberrant trait. Vagrants are hypothesised to result from a series of individual mistakes, such as inheritance of an incorrect compass bearing, or displacement by wind or weather systems. Though previous studies on vagrancy do not provide sufficient evidence to support these hypotheses, vagrancy still remains understudied. This thesis uses a combinati...
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+ Guilford, T
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MPLS
- Department:
- Zoology
- Sub department:
- Zoology
- Research group:
- Oxford Navigation Group
- Role:
- Supervisor
+ Oxford University
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- Funder identifier:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000769
- Funding agency for:
- Zawadzki, LC
- Programme:
- Oxford-Christ Church-NaturalMotion Graduate Scholarship
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Subjects:
- Pubs id:
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2042994
- Local pid:
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pubs:2042994
- Deposit date:
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2022-07-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Lucinda Christine Zawadzki
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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