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This is an important contribution to ongoing debates regarding migration, including the evolution of migration, conservation of migratory birds, and the affect of migration on the life-history strategies of birds. -- Douglas Stotz, Field Museum of Natural History

This is an important contribution to ongoing debates regarding migration, including the evolution of migration, conservation of migratory birds, and the affect of migration on the life-history strategies of birds. -- Douglas Stotz, Field Museum of Natural History Not surprisingly, John Rappole's new book is the most comprehensive treatment of avian migration on the book shelf, a culmination of his lifetime work. Anyone with an interest in birds will find this book easy to comprehend and the professional will find his ideas presented forcefully and the coverage of little known topics especially stimulating. He pulls no punches and you will find his views spelled out with uncommon clarity. -- Eugene S. Morton, Hemlock Hill Field Station There are many ways towards an understanding of the evolution of seasonal migration in birds. The Avian Migrant represents John Rappole's personal trail of intellectual discovery. The book takes us through a year in the life of a typical songbird migrant, signposting and critically evaluating models of explanation along the way. It is an engaging, well written, and deep dialogue about what makes migrant birds tick. -- Theunis Piersma, Chair in Global Flyway Ecology at the University of Groningen

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John H. Rappole is research scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. He has studied the ecology of migratory birds for four decades and has written more than 150 professional publications and 13 books for both popular and professional audiences, including The Ecology of Migrant Birds: A Neotropical Perspective and Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic: A Complete Reference Manual.

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