Excerpt: ...the field of observation is in the supine position of early evening. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the over-all time curves just discussed have been derived from a series of individual curves, some of which differ radically from the composite pattern. In Figure 29, six dissimilar types are shown. This variation is not surprising in view of the fact that many other causative factors aside from time operate on the flow of birds from hour to hour. Figure 29A illustrates how closely some individual ...
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Excerpt: ...the field of observation is in the supine position of early evening. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the over-all time curves just discussed have been derived from a series of individual curves, some of which differ radically from the composite pattern. In Figure 29, six dissimilar types are shown. This variation is not surprising in view of the fact that many other causative factors aside from time operate on the flow of birds from hour to hour. Figure 29A illustrates how closely some individual patterns conform with the average. Figure 29B is an example of a random type of fluctuation with no pronounced time character. It is an effect rarely observed, occurring only in the cases where the number of birds observed is so small that pure chance has a pronounced effect on the computed densities; its vacillations are explicable on that account alone. Errors of sampling may similarly account for some, though not all, of the curves of the bimodal type shown in Figure 29C . Some variation in the curves might be ascribed to the variations in kinds of species comprising the individual flights at different times at different places, provided that it could be demonstrated that different species of birds show dissimilar temporal patterns. The other atypical patterns are not so easily dismissed and will be the subject of inquiry in the discussions that follow. It is significant that in spite of the variety of the curves depicted, which represent every condition encountered, in not a single instance is the density sustained at a high level throughout the night. Moreover">Moreover, these dissident patterns merge into a remarkably harmonious, almost normal, average curve. When, at some future date, suitable data are available, it would be highly desirable to study the average monthly time patterns to ascertain to what extent they may deviate from the over-all average. At present this is not justifiable because there are not yet enough sets of data in...
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Textual maps & graphs... Minor rubbing. Small tear to rear cover. VG. 23x15cm, (109) pp, Series: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 3, No. 2. Pagination runs 109 pp. Contents: Flight Densities & their Determination: Lunar Obsevrations of Birds & the Flight Density Concept: Observational Procedure & the Processing of Data; The Nature of Nocturnal Migration: Horizontal Distribution of Birds on Narrow Fronts; Density as a Function of the Hour of the Night; Migration in Relation to Topography; Geographical Factors & the Continental Density Pattern; Migration & Meteorological Conditions.
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