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Lee JW, Kang SG, Lee JY, Kim HN, Jin SJ, Bae GW, Hur WH, Park JY. Long-distance migration of Korean common cuckoos with different host specificities. Glob Ecol Conserv 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023] Open
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Hedlund J, Fransson T, Kullberg C, Persson J, Jakobsson S. Increase in protandry over time in a long‐distance migratory bird. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9037. [PMID: 35813931 PMCID: PMC9257377 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Protandry is a widespread life‐history phenomenon describing how males precede females at the site or state of reproduction. In migratory birds, protandry has an important influence on individual fitness, the migratory syndrome, and phenological response to climate change. Despite its significance, accurate analyses on the dynamics of protandry using data sets collected at the breeding site, are lacking. Basing our study on records collected during two time periods, 1979 to 1988 and 2006 to 2016, we aim to investigate protandry dynamics over 38 years in a breeding population of willow warblers (Phylloscopus trochilus). Change in the timing of arrival was analyzed in males and females, and protandry (number of days between male and female arrival) was investigated both at population level and within breeding pairs. Our results show advancement in the arrival time at the breeding site in both sexes, but male arrival has advanced to a greater extent, leading to an increase in protandry both at the population level and within breeding pairs. We did not observe any change in sex ratio that could explain the protandry increase, but pronounced temperature change has occurred and been reported in the breeding area and along the migratory route. Typically, natural selection opposes too early arrival in males, but given warmer springs, this counteracting force may be relaxing, enabling an increase in protandry. We discuss whether our results suggest that climate change has induced sex‐specific effects, if these could be evolutionary and whether the timing of important life‐history stages such as arrival at the breeding site may change at different rates in males and females following environmental shifts.
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- Johanna Hedlund
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Penryn UK
- Lund University Lund Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring Swedish Museum of Natural History Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Zoology Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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Deakin JE, Guglielmo CG, Morbey YE. Effect of the Social Environment on Spring Migration Timing of a Songbird. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.715418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The influence of the social environment on the timing of the annual cycle is poorly understood. Seasonally migratory birds are under pressure to accurately time their spring migration, and throughout the annual cycle, they may experience variability of the local sex-ratio. A population-level male-biased sex ratio is predicted to advance spring migration timing in males and is attributed to the increased intra-specific competition for access to females and/or breeding territories. The present study had two goals. First, to develop a method that utilizes digitally coded radio-transmitters to quantify the activity of flocked individuals in captivity. Second, to use this method to test the hypothesis that the social environment influences the spring migration traits of male yellow-rumped warblers (Setophaga coronata coronata). To accomplish this, birds were captured in the fall in Long Point, Ontario, and transferred to the Advanced Facility for Avian Research, London, Ontario. In the winter, they were assigned to a slightly male- or female-biased treatment and housed in flocks in large free-flight rooms. Throughout the experimental period, we took body mass measurements and standardized photos to monitor body condition and molt progression. To measure locomotor activity, the birds were outfitted with digitally coded radio-transmitters in April and photo-triggered to enter a migratory phenotype. The tagged birds were released at their capture site in May and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System was used to determine stopover departure timing and migratory movements. Sex ratio did not influence body mass or molt progression. However, males from the male-biased treatment had significantly less locomotor movement than those from the female-biased treatment. Additionally, a lower proportion of males from the male-biased treatment initiated migratory restlessness, an indicator of the urge to migrate. Overall, these findings suggest that the social environment can influence behavior of songbirds, but do not support the hypothesis that a male-biased sex ratio accelerates migration.
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Bangley CW, Edwards ML, Mueller C, Fisher RA, Aguilar R, Heggie K, Richie K, Ahr BJ, Ogburn MB. Environmental associations of cownose ray (
Rhinoptera bonasus
) seasonal presence along the U.S. Atlantic Coast. Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Charles W. Bangley
- Fisheries Conservation Laboratory Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road Edgewater Maryland 21037 USA
- Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 4R3 Canada
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- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Florida Atlantic University 5600 US 1 North Fort Pierce Florida 34946 USA
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- Movement of Life Initiative Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 1500 Remount Road Front Royal Virginia 22630 USA
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- Virginia Institute of Marine Science 1370 Greate Road Gloucester Point Virginia 23062 USA
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- Fisheries Conservation Laboratory Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road Edgewater Maryland 21037 USA
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- Fisheries Conservation Laboratory Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road Edgewater Maryland 21037 USA
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- Fisheries Conservation Laboratory Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road Edgewater Maryland 21037 USA
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- Herndon Solutions Group, LLC NASA Environmental and Medical Contract Kennedy Space Center Mail Code: NEM‐022 Merritt Island Florida 32899 USA
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- Fisheries Conservation Laboratory Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road Edgewater Maryland 21037 USA
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Redlisiak M, Remisiewicz M, Mazur A. Sex-specific differences in spring migration timing of Song Thrush Turdus philomelos at the Baltic coast in relation to temperatures on the wintering grounds. THE EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2020.1869842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- M. Redlisiak
- Faculty of Biology, Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Transcriptome signatures in the brain of a migratory songbird. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2020; 34:100681. [PMID: 32222683 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2020.100681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Most of the birds's adaptations for migration have a neuroendocrine origin, triggered by changes in photoperiod and the patterns of Earth's magnetic field. Migration phenomenology has been well described in the past decades, yet the genetic structure behind it remains terra incognita. We used RNA-Seq data to investigate which biological functions are linked with the seasonal brain adaptations of a long-distance trans-continental migratory passerine, the Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe). We sequenced the wheatear's transcriptomes at three different stages: lean birds, a characteristic phenotype before the onset of migration, during fattening, and at their maximal migratory body mass. We identified a total of 15,357 genes in the brain of wheatears, of which 84 were differentially expressed. These were mostly related to nervous tissue development, angiogenesis, ATP production, innate immune response, and antioxidant protection, as well as GABA and dopamine signalling. The expression pattern of differentially expressed genes is correlated with typical phenotypic changes before migration, such as hyperphagia, migratory restlessness, and a potential increment in the visual and spatial memory capacities. Our work points out, for future studies, biological functions found to be involved in the development of the migratory phenotype -a unique model to study the core of neural, energetic and muscular adaptations for endurance exercise. Comparison of wheatears' transcriptomic data with two other studies with similar goals shows no correlation among the trends in the gene expression. It highlights the complexity and diversity of adaptations for long-distance migration in birds.
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Maggini I, Cardinale M, Sundberg JH, Spina F, Fusani L. Recent phenological shifts of migratory birds at a Mediterranean spring stopover site: Species wintering in the Sahel advance passage more than tropical winterers. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239489. [PMID: 32946519 PMCID: PMC7500615 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Spring migration phenology is shifting towards earlier dates as a response to climate change in many bird species. However, the patterns of change might not be the same for all species, populations, sex and age classes. In particular, patterns of change could differ between species with different ecology. We analyzed 18 years of standardized bird capture data at a spring stopover site on the island of Ponza, Italy, to determine species-specific rates of phenological change for 30 species following the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. The advancement of spring passage was more pronounced in species wintering in Northern Africa (i.e. short-distance migrants) and in the Sahel zone. Only males from species wintering further South in the forests of central Africa advanced their passage, with no effect on the overall peak date of passage of the species. The migration window on Ponza broadened in many species, suggesting that early migrants within a species are advancing their migration more than late migrants. These data suggest that the cues available to the birds to adjust departure might be changing at different rates depending on wintering location and habitat, or that early migrants of different species might be responding differently to changing conditions along the route. However, more data on departure time from the wintering areas are required to understand the mechanisms underlying such phenological changes.
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- Ivan Maggini
- Austrian Ornithological Centre, Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Marine Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lysekil, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Marine Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lysekil, Sweden
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Austrian Ornithological Centre, Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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Pedersen L, Jakobsen NM, Strandberg R, Thorup K, Tøttrup AP. Sex-specific difference in migration schedule as a precursor of protandry in a long-distance migratory bird. Naturwissenschaften 2019; 106:45. [DOI: 10.1007/s00114-019-1637-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Valdez‐Juarez SO, Krebs EA, Drake AE, Green DJ. Assessing the effect of seasonal agriculture on the condition and winter survival of a migratory songbird in Mexico. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Simon O. Valdez‐Juarez
- Department of Biological SciencesCentre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia Canada
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- Wildlife Research DivisionWildlife and Landscape Science Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada Delta British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Biological SciencesCentre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia Canada
- Department of Forest and Conservation SciencesUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Biological SciencesCentre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia Canada
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Briedis M, Bauer S, Adamík P, Alves JA, Costa JS, Emmenegger T, Gustafsson L, Koleček J, Liechti F, Meier CM, Procházka P, Hahn S. A full annual perspective on sex-biased migration timing in long-distance migratory birds. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20182821. [PMID: 30963841 PMCID: PMC6408886 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In many taxa, the most common form of sex-biased migration timing is protandry-the earlier arrival of males at breeding areas. Here we test this concept across the annual cycle of long-distance migratory birds. Using more than 350 migration tracks of small-bodied trans-Saharan migrants, we quantify differences in male and female migration schedules and test for proximate determinants of sex-specific timing. In autumn, males started migration about 2 days earlier, but this difference did not carry over to arrival at the non-breeding sites. In spring, males on average departed from the African non-breeding sites about 3 days earlier and reached breeding sites ca 4 days ahead of females. A cross-species comparison revealed large variation in the level of protandry and protogyny across the annual cycle. While we found tight links between individual timing of departure and arrival within each migration season, only for males the timing of spring migration was linked to the timing of previous autumn migration. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that protandry is not exclusively a reproductive strategy but rather occurs year-round and the two main proximate determinants for the magnitude of sex-biased arrival times in autumn and spring are sex-specific differences in departure timing and migration duration.
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- Martins Briedis
- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Museum of Natural History, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- South Iceland Research Centre, University of Iceland, Laugarvatn, Iceland
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- Department of Biology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Department of Animal Ecology/Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bird Migration, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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Verhoeven MA, Loonstra AHJ, Senner NR, McBride AD, Both C, Piersma T. Variation From an Unknown Source: Large Inter-individual Differences in Migrating Black-Tailed Godwits. Front Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Schmaljohann H. The start of migration correlates with arrival timing, and the total speed of migration increases with migration distance in migratory songbirds: a cross-continental analysis. MOVEMENT ECOLOGY 2019; 7:25. [PMID: 31417677 PMCID: PMC6689889 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-019-0169-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anthropogenic changes in the climate and environment have globally affected ecological processes such that the spatiotemporal occurrence of the main annual cycle events (i.e., breeding, wintering, moulting, and migration) has shifted in migratory birds. Variation in arrival timing at migratory destinations can be proximately caused by an altered start of migration, total migration distance, and/or total speed of migration. Quantifying the relative contributions of these causes is important because this will indicate the mechanisms whereby birds could potentially adjust their annual cycle in response to global change. However, we have relatively little quantitative information about how each of these factors contributes to variation in arrival timing. My main aims are to estimate how arrival timing is correlated with variation in the start of migration and the total migration distance and how the total speed of migration may change with the total migration distance and body mass in a comprehensive analysis including multiple species. METHODS For this purpose, I considered individual tracks covering complete migrations from multiple species and distinguished between within- and between-species effects. RESULTS Assuming that the within- and between-species effects quantified under this approach agree with the effects acting at the individual level, starting migration one day later or increasing the total migration distance by 1000 km would result in later arrival timing by 0.4-0.8 days or 2-5 days, respectively. The generality with which the start of migration is correlated with arrival timing within species suggests that this is the general biological mechanism regulating arrival timing, rather than the total migration distance. The total speed of migration was positively correlated with the total migration distance but not with the bird's body mass. CONCLUSIONS As the start of migration is endogenously controlled and/or affected by hatching date, directional selection can probably act on existing within-species/within-population variation to alter arrival timing. This factor and the importance of variation in the start of migration for arrival timing suggest that migratory species/populations in which there is sufficient variation in the start of migration and transgenerational processes affect the corresponding timing may present an advantage over others in coping with anthropogenic-induced global changes.
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- Heiko Schmaljohann
- Faculty of Biology/Environmental Sciences, University Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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Agarwal N, Komal R, Kumari Y, Malik S, Rani S, Kumar V. Development of vernal migration in redheaded buntings: concurrent behavioral, physiological and neural changes under stimulatory photoperiods. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:2509-2520. [DOI: 10.1039/c9pp00273a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We investigated changes in behavior, physiology and selected brain regions during the development of vernal migration and reproduction phenotypes in migratory redheaded buntings.
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- Neha Agarwal
- Department of Zoology
- University of Delhi
- Delhi 110007
- India
- Department of Zoology
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- Department of Zoology
- University of Lucknow
- Lucknow
- India
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- Department of Zoology
- University of Lucknow
- Lucknow
- India
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- Department of Zoology
- University of Lucknow
- Lucknow
- India
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- Department of Zoology
- University of Delhi
- Delhi 110007
- India
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Eikenaar C, Ballstaedt E, Hessler S, Klinner T, Müller F, Schmaljohann H. Cues, corticosterone and departure decisions in a partial migrant. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 261:59-66. [PMID: 29397064 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Most migrating birds make multiple stopovers to fuel and/or rest. The decision to resume migration from stopover is based on various cues, such as time within the season and wind conditions. There are hints that the strength of these departure cues shapes corticosterone level, which in its turn appears to regulate the timing of departure. We here provide results that very strongly indicate that indeed departure cues jointly shape corticosterone level of migrants at stopover. We compared corticosterone level between migrating and sedentary common blackbirds (Turdus merula) sampled simultaneously at the same location during autumn migration. As expected, in migrating individuals corticosterone level was positively associated with time within the season and with current wind conditions. The latter was only apparent in adult birds and not in 1st year migrants, thus matching the observation that 1st year autumnal migrants are less wind selective than adults. In contrast to the migrants, in sedentary blackbirds these "cues" did not explain variation in corticosterone level. Furthermore, stopover departure seemed more likely and to occur earlier in the night in migrants with high corticosterone level. Our unique comparative study thus supports the newly developed concept that corticosterone mediates between departure cues and stopover departure timing in avian migrants.
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- Cas Eikenaar
- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Institute of Avian Research, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences (IBU), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Morbey YE, Guglielmo CG, Taylor PD, Maggini I, Deakin J, Mackenzie SA, Brown JM, Zhao L. Evaluation of sex differences in the stopover behavior and postdeparture movements of wood-warblers. Behav Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Early arriving males wait longer for a mate than later arrivals: the case of a migratory monogamous passerine bird species. J ETHOL 2017; 36:93-98. [PMID: 29353955 PMCID: PMC5746589 DOI: 10.1007/s10164-017-0531-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Individuals that arrive earlier on the breeding grounds may obtain many advantages but they also have to spend time waiting for a mate. I studied the waiting times of male red-breasted flycatchers Ficedula parva, a small, migratory, sexually dichromatic passerine bird species under natural conditions (Białowieża National Park, Poland) in relation to year, arrival time, age of male and morphological parameters. The length of waiting time was dependent on males' arrival time. The males which arrived later waited a shorter time for females than earlier arrivals. In some years older males spent more time waiting for mates than younger males, but in other years they waited for shorter times. A significant interaction between age of male and year was also observed. Despite the significantly earlier arrival of older males, the waiting time was not related to male age. The waiting time was also not related to body biometric parameters of the male. Despite waiting longer, early male red-breasted flycatchers have an advantage over later arrivals given this greater chance of mating.
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Ouwehand J, Both C. African departure rather than migration speed determines variation in spring arrival in pied flycatchers. J Anim Ecol 2016; 86:88-97. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Janne Ouwehand
- Conservation Ecology Group; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences; University of Groningen; P.O. Box 11103 NL-9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Conservation Ecology Group; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences; University of Groningen; P.O. Box 11103 NL-9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands
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Maggini I, Metzger B, Voss M, Voigt CC, Bairlein F. Morphometrics and stable isotopes differentiate wintering populations of a migratory bird. MOVEMENT ECOLOGY 2016; 4:20. [PMID: 27486515 PMCID: PMC4970205 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0085-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Describing migratory connectivity in mobile animals is crucial for understanding the selective pressures acting on different populations throughout their life cycle. Tracking single individuals has provided valuable data, but for most species the data available are still spurious and usually limited to a few individuals. Since different populations of migratory birds can be distinguished by a combination of morphometric measurements and the isotopic composition of their feathers, it is possible to measure these parameters on a large sample to differentiate populations. METHODS We studied northern wheatears, Oenanthe oenanthe, captured in their African wintering range and applied discriminant analyses on morphometric measurements and stable isotope signatures to determine whether birds found in different areas were distinguishable from each other. RESULTS Morphometric and isotopic measurements alone were not sufficient to discriminate between the birds of ssp. oenanthe from different areas in Africa. When combining the two measurements, however, assignment to the different groups became substantially more accurate. Following the discriminant analysis of morphometrics and δ(2)H, δ(13)C, and δ(15)N isotopes signatures, 19 of 20 oenanthe from Kenya, 15 of 20 oenanthe from Mali/Mauritania, and 19 of 20 oenanthe from Niger were assigned correctly to their wintering area. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that birds at different wintering sites can be distinguished from each other when using a combination of markers. We discuss the possible breeding origins of these wintering birds.
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- Ivan Maggini
- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- BirdLife Malta, Xemxija, Malta
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- Leibniz-Institute of Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, IOW, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland”, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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Eikenaar C, Fritzsch A, Kämpfer S, Schmaljohann H. Migratory restlessness increases and refuelling rate decreases over the spring migration season in northern wheatears. Anim Behav 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Dossman BC, Mitchell GW, Norris DR, Taylor PD, Guglielmo CG, Matthews SN, Rodewald PG. The effects of wind and fuel stores on stopover departure behavior across a migratory barrier. Behav Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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McKinnon EA, Stanley CQ, Stutchbury BJM. Carry-Over Effects of Nonbreeding Habitat on Start-to-Finish Spring Migration Performance of a Songbird. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141580. [PMID: 26529241 PMCID: PMC4631350 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For migratory animals, conditions during the nonbreeding period may carry-over to influence spring migration performance. Animals in low-quality habitats are predicted to be in poorer condition, show later migration timing, and travel at slower speeds. This can result in subsequent negative effects on fitness. We tested the hypothesis that nonbreeding season body condition and habitat quality carry-over to affect spring migration performance of a long-distance migratory songbird, the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). We tracked individual birds between multiple breeding sites in North America and nonbreeding sites in Central America. First, we compared body condition of nonbreeding birds migrating to the same general region of the breeding range with spring migration performance (timing, speed, and duration) obtained from light-level geolocators. Second, we assessed the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a proxy for nonbreeding habitat quality, and predicted that birds from wetter habitat or in wetter years (higher NDVI) would show improved migration performance relative to birds from drier sites. We found no evidence of individual-level carry-over effects of nonbreeding season body condition on spring migration performance. Lower NDVI of nonbreeding habitat resulted in delayed spring migration departure, but this effect disappeared by arrival at breeding sites. Birds occupying drier nonbreeding sites migrated faster and for fewer days, compensating for their relatively late departure. We also documented a broader pattern in NDVI and migration timing and distance, in that birds that occupied the wettest areas in the southern part of the nonbreeding range departed significantly later and migrated farther. Our results suggest that individual carry-over effects of nonbreeding habitat quality may be compensated for by a faster and shorter migration strategy. At a broad scale, consistently later spring timing and longer migration distances were associated with the wettest areas (the highest quality habitats) of the Wood Thrush non-breeding range. This supports the theory that high-quality habitats offset the costs of farther migration, resulting in a leap-frog migration pattern.
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- Emily A. McKinnon
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Schmaljohann H, Meier C, Arlt D, Bairlein F, van Oosten H, Morbey YE, Åkesson S, Buchmann M, Chernetsov N, Desaever R, Elliott J, Hellström M, Liechti F, López A, Middleton J, Ottosson U, Pärt T, Spina F, Eikenaar C. Proximate causes of avian protandry differ between subspecies with contrasting migration challenges. Behav Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Start of nocturnal migratory restlessness in captive birds predicts nocturnal departure time in free-flying birds. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1902-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Elarabany NF. Sex-related variation in metabolic profile of two wagtail species. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART A, ECOLOGICAL GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 323:202-9. [PMID: 25676483 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Progression of the vernal migratory life history stage to breeding presents a number of different behavioral and physiological changes. Long-distance passerine migrants deposit substantial fat stores to fuel their migratory journey. Many of those migratory birds arrive at their northerly breeding grounds with larger fat stores than other birds. In the current study, plasma metabolites were used to determine refueling rates in two species of songbirds at stopover sites in New Damietta, Egypt and to test the hypotheses that males refuel faster than females during spring. The results showed that males usually refuel in higher rates than females during spring in both species. The results show that sex-related variations in stopover refueling rate can be a possible mechanism for protandry in spring and faster male migration than females.
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- N F Elarabany
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Egypt
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McKinnon EA, Fraser KC, Stanley CQ, Stutchbury BJM. Tracking from the tropics reveals behaviour of juvenile songbirds on their first spring migration. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105605. [PMID: 25141193 PMCID: PMC4139399 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Juvenile songbirds on spring migration travel from tropical wintering sites to temperate breeding destinations thousands of kilometres away with no prior experience to guide them. We provide a first glimpse at the migration timing, routes, and stopover behaviour of juvenile wood thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) on their inaugural spring migration by using miniaturized archival geolocators to track them from Central America to the U.S. and Canada. We found significant differences between the timing of juvenile migration and that of more experienced adults: juveniles not only departed later from tropical wintering sites relative to adults, they also became progressively later as they moved northward. The increasing delay was driven by more frequent short stops by juveniles along their migration route, particularly in the U.S. as they got closer to breeding sites. Surprisingly, juveniles were just as likely as adults to cross the Gulf of Mexico, an open-water crossing of 800-1000 km, and migration route at the Gulf was not significantly different for juveniles relative to adults. To determine if the later departure of juveniles was related to poor body condition in winter relative to adults, we examined percent lean body mass, fat scores, and pectoral muscle scores of juvenile versus adult birds at a wintering site in Belize. We found no age-related differences in body condition. Later migration timing of juveniles relative to adults could be an adaptive strategy (as opposed to condition-dependent) to avoid the high costs of fast migration and competition for breeding territories with experienced and larger adults. We did find significant differences in wing size between adults and juveniles, which could contribute to lower flight efficiency of juveniles and thus slower overall migration speed. We provide the first step toward understanding the "black box" of juvenile songbird migration by documenting their migration timing and en route performance.
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- Emily A. McKinnon
- Dept. of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Eikenaar C, Klinner T, Szostek KL, Bairlein F. Migratory restlessness in captive individuals predicts actual departure in the wild. Biol Lett 2014; 10:20140154. [PMID: 24718095 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In captivity, migratory birds show increased activity during the time that they would normally migrate. The phenology and intensity of such 'migratory restlessness' has been shown to mirror species- and population-specific migration patterns observed in the wild and has consequently been used as a proxy for the motivation to migrate. Many studies doing so, however, were aiming to explain among-individual variation in migratory behaviour or traits, and not species- or population-specific traits. These studies thus assumed that, also at the level of the individual, migratory restlessness is an accurate proxy for the motivation to migrate. We tested this assumption for the first time and found that it holds; individuals showing very little migratory restlessness remained at stopover for longer than one night, whereas most individuals showing more restlessness departed sooner. This finding validates the use of migratory restlessness as a proxy for the motivation to migrate, thereby justifying the conclusions made in a large body of research on avian migration.
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- Cas Eikenaar
- Institute of Avian Research, , An der Vogelwarte 21, Wilhelmshaven 26386, Germany
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Corman AM, Bairlein F, Schmaljohann H. The nature of the migration route shapes physiological traits and aerodynamic properties in a migratory songbird. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1653-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Increased endoparasite infection in late-arriving individuals of a trans-saharan passerine migrant bird. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61236. [PMID: 23620731 PMCID: PMC3631203 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Earlier migration in males than in females is the commonest pattern in migrating passerines and is positively related to size dimorphism and dichromatism. The early arrival of males is a costly trait that may confer reproductive advantages in terms of better territories and/or mates. Given the physiological cost of migration, early migrants are those in best condition and accordingly the prevalence, load, and/or diversity of parasites is expected to increase in both sexes for late migrants. To test this hypothesis, we sampled 187 trans-Saharan migrant garden warblers Sylvia borin and 64 resident serins Serinus serinus (as a control for potential circannual patterns in parasite load) during spring migration in Spain. We assessed the prevalence of blood parasites (Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon) and the prevalence and load of intestinal parasites (mainly coccidians and spirurids). The relationship between parasite (prevalence, load, and richness) and the timing of passage through a stopover area was tested using generalized linear models. Protandry occurs in the monomorphic garden warbler and males migrated on average 5.5 days before females. Intestinal parasite richness increased with the date of migration. The timing of migration was unrelated to the presence or load of the other parasite groups analyzed. Our results support the idea that the timing of migration is a condition-dependent trait and suggests that multiple intestinal parasite infestations could delay migration in birds. Even in monomorphic species parasites may play a role in sexual selection by delaying the arrival of the most infected individuals at breeding grounds, thereby further increasing the benefits of mating with early-arriving individuals.
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Is there a different response to winds during migration between soaring and flapping raptors? An example with the Montagu’s harrier and the lesser kestrel. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1506-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Seewagen CL, Guglielmo CG, Morbey YE. Stopover refueling rate underlies protandry and seasonal variation in migration timing of songbirds. Behav Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Phenotypic response to environmental cues, orientation and migration costs in songbirds flying halfway around the world. Anim Behav 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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