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Grand Challenges in Migration Biology

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Author

  • Melissa Bowlin
  • Isabelle-Anne Bisson
  • Judy Shamoun-Baranes
  • Jonathan D. Reichard
  • Nir Sapir
  • Peter P. Marra
  • Thomas H. Kunz
  • David S. Wilcove
  • Anders Hedenström
  • Christopher G. Guglielmo
  • Susanne Åkesson
  • Marilyn Ramenofsky
  • Martin Wikelski
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Summary, in English

Billions of animals migrate each year. To successfully reach their destination, migrants must have evolved an appropriate genetic program and suitable developmental, morphological, physiological, biomechanical, behavioral, and life-history traits. Moreover, they must interact successfully with biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. Migration therefore provides an excellent model system in which to address several of the "grand challenges" in organismal biology. Previous research on migration, however, has often focused on a single aspect of the phenomenon, largely due to methodological, geographical, or financial constraints. Integrative migration biology asks 'big questions' such as how, when, where, and why animals migrate, which can be answered by examining the process from multiple ecological and evolutionary perspectives, incorporating multifaceted knowledge from various other scientific disciplines, and using new technologies and modeling approaches, all within the context of an annual cycle. Adopting an integrative research strategy will provide a better understanding of the interactions between biological levels of organization, of what role migrants play in disease transmission, and of how to conserve migrants and the habitats upon which they depend.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

261-279

Publication/Series

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volume

50

Issue

3

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Conference name

Symposium on Integrative Migration Biology

Conference date

2010-01-03 - 2010-01-07

Status

Published

Research group

  • Animal Navigation Lab

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1540-7063