Book contents
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Frontispiece
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology
- Part II Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
- Part III High-Altitude Migration Strategies
- 14 The Wind System in the Himalayas: From a Bird’s-Eye View
- 15 Birds, Gliders and Uplift Systems over the Himalayas
- 16 Goose Migration over the Himalayas: Physiological Adaptations
- 17 Distance-Altitude Trade-Off May Explain Why Some Migratory Birds Fly over and not around the Himalayas
- 18 Refuelling Stations for Waterbirds: Macroinvertebrate Biomass in Relation to Altitude in the Trans-Himalayas
- 19 The Himalayas as an Ecological Barrier for Avian Migrants: High and Dry, but also Dangerous?
- 20 Bird Species Diversity on an Elevational Gradient between the Greater Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau
- Part IV People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Articles of the ‘Central Asian Flyway Action Plan’
- Gazetteer
- Index
- Plate section
- References
20 - Bird Species Diversity on an Elevational Gradient between the Greater Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau
from Part III - High-Altitude Migration Strategies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2017
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Frontispiece
- Bird Migration Across the Himalayas
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology
- Part II Physiography of the Highest Barrier on Earth
- Part III High-Altitude Migration Strategies
- 14 The Wind System in the Himalayas: From a Bird’s-Eye View
- 15 Birds, Gliders and Uplift Systems over the Himalayas
- 16 Goose Migration over the Himalayas: Physiological Adaptations
- 17 Distance-Altitude Trade-Off May Explain Why Some Migratory Birds Fly over and not around the Himalayas
- 18 Refuelling Stations for Waterbirds: Macroinvertebrate Biomass in Relation to Altitude in the Trans-Himalayas
- 19 The Himalayas as an Ecological Barrier for Avian Migrants: High and Dry, but also Dangerous?
- 20 Bird Species Diversity on an Elevational Gradient between the Greater Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau
- Part IV People and Their Effects on the Himalayas
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix: Selected Articles of the ‘Central Asian Flyway Action Plan’
- Gazetteer
- Index
- Plate section
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Bird Migration across the HimalayasWetland Functioning amidst Mountains and Glaciers, pp. 299 - 316Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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