SUBJECT

Migration, Orientation, Navigation II

lecture

Master

Faculty of Science

Biology MSc

2

Semesters 1-4

Autumn/Spring semester

1. Regulation 1. - methods - roles of the external factors - genetic and endogen control - hybridization experiments

2. Regulation 2. - Nomadic and irruptive species - Partial migrants - Obligate migrants Speed of the evolution

3.Orientation  - Piloting, compass, goal orientation Navigation (map)

4. Possibilities of orientation 1. - moon, wind, infrasound - smell Outdoor and laboratory experiments

5. Possibilities of orientation 2.  - sun compass - magnetic compass - star compass Outdoor and planetarium experiments

6. Harmonize between the methods Order of importance Heredity  Experiments

7. Importance of the Carpathian basin  Origin of the crossing migratory birds Palaearctic –Africa system Problems of nature conservation

8. History of the bird ringing Results of the Hungarian research Actio Hungarica and Constant Effort Site program

9-15. field work

• Davis Hugh Dingle: Migration : The Biology of Life on the Move, Oxford University Press, USA, 1996