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No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations

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Subject: No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
From: L&L Knight <>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 10:49:48 +1000
There is an interesting book review in the current edition of Science - the book may be of interest to those interested in animal migrations and the factors affecting them. [Perhaps a few libraries might be encouraged to acquire it"


http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/319/5863/572

Give Way to the Migrants
Thomas Alerstam*
Science 1 February 2008:  Vol. 319. no. 5863, p. 572

No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
by David S. Wilcove
Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008. 253 pp. $24.95. ISBN 9781559639859.


"Wilcove, an ecologist at Princeton University, presents elegant and informed accounts of migrations in various taxa" <snip>

"For each case, Wilcove takes us into the field to meet the animals (or to the scene of now-extinct migrations), often in company with researchers conducting exciting projects. Migration studies are currently in a phase of dynamic development, with novel tracking, physiological, and molecular techniques (2). In addition, the author provides fascinating stories of the animals' natural history, glimpses of recent scientific discoveries about migration performance and navigation mechanisms, and historical sketches. He also describes population trends and describes the threats and conservation efforts. These strands are skillfully woven together, making his comprehensive perspective on animal travelers a delight to read."

Overall, the author notes the need for conservation efforts to "save the migrants from the devastating effects of over-exploitation, habitat destruction, human-created obstacles, and climate change."
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