Li, Yuhong, Y (2021) How do birds deal with sleep in their long nonstop flights? Master's Colloquium, Ecology and Evolution.
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Abstract
With wide use of satellite tracking techniques on birds, more and more bird species have been found to fly continuously for extremely long time (even up to ca. 200 days). These extraordinary flights have deeply drawn biologists’ interest in that they contradict our deeply-rooted views about sleep. Firstly, if we perceive sleep as a motionless, unconscious and necessary state as shown in most of terrestrial animals, how can birds fly while sleeping. Secondly, assuming that sufficient daily sleep is essential to perform well during wakefulness for almost all animals and that birds cannot sleep during flights, how can birds stay awake so long without apparent cognitive decline? This colloquium discussed the main question – how do birds deal with sleep in their long nonstop flights – with emphasis on those two puzzles.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Colloquium) |
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| Supervisor name: | Piersma, T. and Hasselt, S.J. van |
| Degree programme: | Ecology and Evolution |
| Thesis type: | Master's Colloquium |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2021 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2021 09:03 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/24354 |
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