Search for dissertations about: "evolution of migration routes"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words evolution of migration routes.

  2. 1. Where our feet have taken us : Examples of human contact, migration, and adaptation as revealed by ancient DNA

    Author : Alexandra Coutinho; Mattias Jakobsson; Helena Malmström; Carina Schlebusch; Tom Gilbert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human demography; migration; adaptation; human contact; ancient DNA; human evolution; African prehistory; Scandinavian prehistory; Biology with Specialisation in Human Evolution and Genetics; Biologi med inriktning mot människans evolution och genetik;

    Abstract : In spite of our extensive knowledge of the human past, certain key questions remain to be answered about human prehistory. One involves the nature of cultural change in material culture through time from the perspective of how different ancient human groups interacted with one another. READ MORE

  4. 2. On the role of migration for the distribution of arctic birds - a circumpolar perspective

    Author : Sara Henningsson; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; bird migration; broad-scale distributions; geographic breeding range; geography of migration; non-breeding range; barriers to migration; Arctic birds; evolution of migration routes;

    Abstract : Flexibility as well as constraints to the evolution of migration routes has the possibility of affecting large-scale patterns of geographical ranges of animals both by facilitating, but sometimes restricting, accessibility to and colonization of new regions. This dissertation concerns the broad-scale effects migration has on the distributional patterns of birds in the Arctic. READ MORE

  5. 3. Tales of the flying earth: The effect of host flyways on the phylogeny of shorebird lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)

    Author : Daniel Gustafsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Parasite; Bird; Lice; Louse; Migration; Evolution; Ecology; Co-evolution; Lunaceps; Shorebirds; Carduiceps; Quadraceps; Revision; Phylogeny; Saemundssonia; Rallicolidae; Charadriiformes; Scolopacidae; Phthiraptera; Philopteridae; Ischnocera; Sandpiper; Flyways; Chewing Lice;

    Abstract : On the wings, bodies, and heads of most birds there are lice. These lice spend their whole lives on their host, with the exception of the few lice that get the opportunity to transfer from one host to another, typically when the hosts come into physical contact with each other. READ MORE

  6. 4. Individual consistency in bird migration

    Author : YANNIS VARDANIS; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : bird migration; telemetry; bird ringing; individual consistency; repeatability; site fidelity; routes; timing; annual cycle; meta-analysis;

    Abstract : Slight differences, which appear in the individual animals of the same species and population have been recognised and appreciated ever since Darwin. These consistent intra-specific differences in animals have been considered very important because they are often inherited, and thus, provide the basic material for evolution to act on. READ MORE

  7. 5. Genomic analyses of migratory divides in the willow warbler

    Author : Max Lundberg; MEMEG; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In many species of birds juveniles migrate independently of experienced adults and thus have to rely on innate information about migratory routes and wintering area. This information is encoded as a set of inherited migratory directions and a timing schedule that provides information on when and how far to migrate. READ MORE