id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-279146-8d3dym7g Bowlin, Melissa S. Grand Challenges in Migration Biology 2010-04-21 .txt text/plain 11636 551 41 Such long-term knowledge and expertise will, over time, naturally lead to integrative studies, combining knowledge about different parts of the system to improve our understanding not only of the entire migration process, but, for example, how it connects to other life-history traits and its potential relevance for conservation. Integrating theoretical models Pennycuick (1998) argued that, in addition to field observations and laboratory-based studies, we need theoretical models to completely understand bird flight; the same is true for animal migration. It has often been observed that birds do not gain weight for one or more days following arrival at stopover sites, but it was unclear whether this search/settling behavior reflected time required to find the best feeding conditions, or a period of physiological recovery (Klaassen and Biebach 1994; Alerstam and Hedenström 1998; Guglielmo et al. ./cache/cord-279146-8d3dym7g.txt ./txt/cord-279146-8d3dym7g.txt