The homing instinct : the story and science of migration
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-2014
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Since boyhood, acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year to a beloved patch of woods in his native western Maine. But while it's the pull of nostalgia that informs our desire to go back, what is it that drives the homing instinct in animals? Heinrich explores the fascinating science behind the mysteries of animal migration: how geese imprint true visual landscape memory over impossible distances; how the subtlest of scent trails are used by many creatures, from fish to insects to amphibians, to pinpoint their home; and how the tiniest of songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. Most movingly, Heinrich chronicles the spring return of a pair of sandhill cranes to their pond in the Alaska tundra.
Main title:
The homing instinct : the story and science of migration / Bernd Heinrich.
Author:
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2014.
Collation:
384 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780007594054 (hbk)9780007594061 (ePub ebook)0007594054
Dewey class:
591.5'68
Local class:
591.568
Language:
English
BRN:
600485