Sentences with phrase «migration studies»

«There are other hawk migration studies in the United States, but the passion and commitment of this pioneer volunteer group at the GGRO has been truly remarkable.»

She graduated from the University of Oxford with a master's degree in refugee and forced migration studies.

«The whole field of migration studies was ideologically tainted,» says archaeologist Kristian Kristiansen of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

Based on insights from these human migration studies, Wallace takes up a longstanding scientific question raised by Darwinian evolution — both in humans and other species.

Many migration studies are done in short - lived species like songbirds, or by comparing a young bird to an older bird, said UMD biologist Thomas Mueller, an expert on animal migration and the study's lead scientist.

Published in PLOS ONE, the findings correlate with knowledge from migration studies conducted over many years with fishnet trawls.

This is of concern, since several reports have indicated an increase in the incidence of male reproductive disorders over the recent decades (Swan et al., 1997; Boisen et al., 2004, 2005; Richiardi et al., 2004) and the geographical distribution together with migration studies (Hemminki and Li, 2002) have suggested that lifestyle and environmental factors play key roles in the pathogenesis.

Over 300 volunteers participate each year in the GGRO's migration studies as hawk counters, banders, and radiotrackers, and collectively contribute over 40,000 hours annually.

In 2003, HMANA awarded him the Maurice Braun Award for contributions to hawk migration study & conservation.

The migration studies literature consistently identifies mechanisms whereby the first generation invests emotionally in the receiving society, asking little of it and grateful for its hospitality (whereas the second generation, raised with the same aspirations as non-migrant peers, expects more and is consequently less satisfied).

Based on the migration study's finding, «we need to take into consideration that these birds may also reproduce more successfully as they age,» he said.