Benefits and costs of migration

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  • Benefits and costs of migration
    • FOOD
      • Away from equator = longer days, more abundant food
    • Chances for breeding
      • EXAMPLE Butterflies migrate cyclically
    • Survival
      • EXAMPLE Butterflies - would freeze if they stayed put
    • Extra reserves needed to make journey
      • Interferences making this hard e.g. birds and shoe crabs and humans
    • Risk of death (over water)
    • Changes in physiology and metabolic

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