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Linssen H, van Loon EE, Shamoun-Baranes JZ, Nuijten RJM, Nolet BA. Migratory swans individually adjust their autumn migration and winter range to a warming climate. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023; 29:6888-6899. [PMID: 37795645 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
Abstract
In response to climate warming, migratory animals can alter their migration so that different events in the annual cycle are better aligned in space and time with suitable environmental conditions. Although such responses have been studied extensively during spring migration and the breeding season, much less is known about the influence of temperature on movements throughout autumn migration and how those movements result in a winter range and shifts therein. We use multi-year GPS tracking data to quantify how daily autumn movement and annual winter distance from the breeding grounds are related to temperature in the Western Palearctic Bewick's swan, a long-lived migratory waterbird whose winter range has shifted more than 350 km closer to the breeding grounds since 1970 due to individuals increasingly 'short-stopping' their autumn migration. We show that the migratory movement of swans is driven by lower temperatures throughout the autumn season, with individuals during late autumn moving only substantially when temperatures drop below freezing. As a result, there is large flexibility in their annual winter distance as a response to winter temperature. On average, individuals overwinter 118 km closer to the breeding grounds per 1°C increase in mean December-January temperature. Given the observed temperature increase in the Bewick's swan winter range during the last decades, our results imply that the observed range shift is for a substantial part driven by individual responses to a warming climate. We thus present an example of individual flexibility towards climatic conditions driving the range shift of a migratory species. Our study adds to the understanding of the processes that shape autumn migration decisions, winter ranges and shifts therein, which is crucial to be able to predict how climate change may impact these processes in the future.
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- Hans Linssen
- Theoretical and Computational Ecology Group, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Theoretical and Computational Ecology Group, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Theoretical and Computational Ecology Group, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Future for Nature Foundation, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Theoretical and Computational Ecology Group, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Akhil Prakash E, Hromádková T, Jabir T, Vipindas PV, Krishnan KP, Mohamed Hatha AA, Briedis M. Dissemination of multidrug resistant bacteria to the polar environment - Role of the longest migratory bird Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 815:152727. [PMID: 34974001 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The ever-increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria(ARB), primarily due to the frequent use and misuse of antibiotics, is an issue of serious global concern. Migratory birds have a significant role in dissemination of ARB, as they acquire resistant bacteria from reservoirs and transport them to other environments which are relatively less influenced by anthropogenically. We have investigated the prevalence of ARB in a long-distance migratory bird, the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) captured from the Svalbard Archipelago. The birds were tagged with geolocators to track their extraordinary long migration, and the cloacal samples were collected before the migration and after the migration by recapturing the same birds. The tracking of 12 birds revealed that during the annual cycle they underwent a total of 166 stopovers (11-18, mean = 3.8) and recovery points along the Atlantic Ocean. Twelve major bacterial genera were identified from Arctic tern cloacal samples, which are dominated by Staphylococcus spp. and Aerococcus spp. The bacterial isolates showed resistance against 16 antibiotics (before migration) and 17 antibiotics (after migration) out of 17 antibiotics tested. Resistance to β-lactam and quinolone class of antibiotics were frequent among the bacteria. The study highlights the potential role of Arctic tern in the dissemination of multidrug resistant bacteria across far and wide destinations, especially to the polar environments.
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- E Akhil Prakash
- Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi 682 016, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Government of India), Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa 403 804, India.
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- National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Government of India), Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa 403 804, India
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- National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Government of India), Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa 403 804, India; CUSAT-NCPOR Centre for Polar Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi 682 016, India
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- Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi 682 016, India; CUSAT-NCPOR Centre for Polar Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi 682 016, India.
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- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, 6204 Sempach, Switzerland; Lab of Ornithology, Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, 1004 Riga, Latvia
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Lameris TK, Hoekendijk J, Aarts G, Aarts A, Allen AM, Bienfait L, Bijleveld AI, Bongers MF, Brasseur S, Chan YC, de Ferrante F, de Gelder J, Derksen H, Dijkgraaf L, Dijkhuis LR, Dijkstra S, Elbertsen G, Ernsten R, Foxen T, Gaarenstroom J, Gelhausen A, van Gils JA, Grosscurt S, Grundlehner A, Hertlein ML, van Heumen AJ, Heurman M, Huffeldt NP, Hutter WH, Kamstra YJJ, Keij F, van Kempen S, Keurntjes G, Knap H, Loonstra AJ, Nolet BA, Nuijten RJ, Mattijssen D, Oosterhoff H, Paarlberg N, Parekh M, Pattyn J, Polak C, Quist Y, Ras S, Reneerkens J, Ruth S, van der Schaar E, Schroen G, Spikman F, van Velzen J, Voorn E, Vos J, Wang D, Westdijk W, Wind M, Zhemchuzhnikov MK, van Langevelde F. Migratory vertebrates shift migration timing and distributions in a warming Arctic. ANIMAL MIGRATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/ami-2020-0112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Climate warming in the Arctic has led to warmer and earlier springs, and as a result, many food resources for migratory animals become available earlier in the season, as well as become distributed further northwards. To optimally profit from these resources, migratory animals are expected to arrive earlier in the Arctic, as well as shift their own spatial distributions northwards. Here, we review literature to assess whether Arctic migratory birds and mammals already show shifts in migration timing or distribution in response to the warming climate. Distribution shifts were most prominent in marine mammals, as expected from observed northward shifts of their resources. At least for many bird species, the ability to shift distributions is likely constrained by available habitat further north. Shifts in timing have been shown in many species of terrestrial birds and ungulates, as well as for polar bears. Within species, we found strong variation in shifts in timing and distributions between populations. Ou r review thus shows that many migratory animals display shifts in migration timing and spatial distribution in reaction to a warming Arctic. Importantly, we identify large knowledge gaps especially concerning distribution shifts and timing of autumn migration, especially for marine mammals. Our understanding of how migratory animals respond to climate change appears to be mostly limited by the lack of long-term monitoring studies.
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- Thomas K. Lameris
- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands ; Department of Animal Ecology , Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) , Wageningen , the Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
- Wageningen Marine Research , Wage-ningen University and Research , Den Helder , the Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology , Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) , Wageningen , the Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
- Wageningen Marine Research , Wage-ningen University and Research , Den Helder , the Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
- Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) , University of Groningen , Groningen , the Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
- Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) , University of Groningen , Groningen , the Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Greenland Institute of Natural Resources , Nuuk , Greenland & Arctic Ecosystem Ecology, Department of Bioscience , Aarhus University , Roskilde , Denmark
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology , Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) , Wageningen , the Netherlands
- Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Zoology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Coastal Systems , NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research , Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands
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Lameris TK, Dokter AM, van der Jeugd HP, Bouten W, Koster J, Sand SHH, Westerduin C, Nolet BA. Nocturnal foraging lifts time constraints in winter for migratory geese but hardly speeds up fueling. Behav Ecol 2021; 32:539-552. [PMID: 34104110 PMCID: PMC8177807 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/araa152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Climate warming advances the optimal timing of breeding for many animals. For migrants to start breeding earlier, a concurrent advancement of migration is required, including premigratory fueling of energy reserves. We investigate whether barnacle geese are time constrained during premigratory fueling and whether there is potential to advance or shorten the fueling period to allow an earlier migratory departure. We equipped barnacle geese with GPS trackers and accelerometers to remotely record birds’ behavior, from which we calculated time budgets. We examined how time spent foraging was affected by the available time (during daylight and moonlit nights) and thermoregulation costs. We used an energetic model to assess onset and rates of fueling and whether geese can further advance fueling by extending foraging time. We show that, during winter, when facing higher thermoregulation costs, geese consistently foraged at night, especially during moonlit nights, in order to balance their energy budgets. In spring, birds made use of the increasing day length and gained body stores by foraging longer during the day, but birds stopped foraging extensively during the night. Our model indicates that, by continuing nighttime foraging throughout spring, geese may have some leeway to advance and increase fueling rate, potentially reaching departure body mass 4 days earlier. In light of rapid climatic changes on the breeding grounds, whether this advancement can be realized and whether it will be sufficient to prevent phenological mismatches remains to be determined.
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- Thomas K Lameris
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands.,Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, Den Burg, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje (Texel), The Netherlands
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- Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.,Vogeltrekstation-Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands.,Vogeltrekstation-Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands.,Theoretical and Computational Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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