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100 1 _aTordoff, Harrison Bruce,
_d1923-
245 1 0 _aStudies of Birds Killed in Nocturnal Migration
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2016-06-20
508 _aProduced by Judith Wirawan, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Studies of Birds Killed in Nocturnal Migration" by Harrison B. Tordoff and Robert M. Mengel is a scientific publication written in the mid-20th century. The work analyzes a collection of migrating birds that were killed by striking a television tower in Topeka, Kansas, during the autumn migration period of 1954. The authors explore various aspects of bird migration, including the environmental factors influencing these accidents and the implications for ornithological research. The opening of the book details the context in which the study was conducted, setting the stage by highlighting the increasing dangers migrating birds face today with man-made structures like television towers. It introduces the significant mortality events associated with poor weather conditions and accidents, particularly during nocturnal migration. The authors also discuss the historical context of bird mortality studies, emphasizing the potential value of the data provided by such large-scale accidents in enhancing our understanding of bird migration patterns, sex and age differentials among species, and other important ecological insights. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBirds -- Migration
700 1 _aMengel, Robert Morrow,
_d1921-
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52382
999 _c93216
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