Vermont Center for Ecostudies Eastern Meadowlark Annual Life Cycle Ecology-reference-data

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dc.contributor.authorHill, Jason M.
dc.contributor.authorRenfrew, Rosalind B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-11T20:44:50Z
dc.date.available2019-01-11T20:44:50Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-11
dc.description.abstractEffective management and conservation of migratory bird populations require knowledge and incorporation of their movement patterns and space use throughout the annual cycle. To investigate the little‐known migratory patterns of two grassland bird species, we deployed 180 light‐level geolocators on Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum) and 29 Argos‐GPS tags on Eastern Meadowlarks (Sturnella magna) at Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA, and six US Department of Defense (DoD) installations distributed across the species' breeding ranges. We analyzed location data from 34 light‐level geolocators and five Argos‐GPS tags attached for 1 year to Grasshopper Sparrows and Eastern Meadowlarks, respectively. Grasshopper Sparrows were present on the breeding grounds from mid‐April through early October, substantially longer than previously estimated, and migrated on average ~2,500 km over ~30 days. Grasshopper Sparrows exhibited strong migratory connectivity only at a continental scale. The North American Great Lakes region likely serves as a migratory divide for Midwest and East Coast Grasshopper Sparrows; Midwest populations (Kansas, Wisconsin, and North Dakota; n = 13) largely wintered in Texas or Mexico, whereas East Coast populations (Maryland and Massachusetts, n = 20) wintered in the northern Caribbean or Florida. Our data from Eastern Meadowlarks provided evidence for a diversity of stationary and short‐ and long‐distance migration strategies. By providing the most extensive examination of the nonbreeding movement ecology for these two North American grassland bird species to date, we refine information gaps and provide key insight for their management and conservation.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.04qr5q47/2
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.756
dc.relation.ispartofdoi:10.5441/001/1.04qr5q47
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.1002/ece3.4795
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectanimal movement
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectArgos
dc.subjectavian migration
dc.subjecteastern meadowlark
dc.subjectmigratory connectivity
dc.subjectpartial migration
dc.subjectSturnella magna
dc.titleVermont Center for Ecostudies Eastern Meadowlark Annual Life Cycle Ecology-reference-data
dc.typeDataset
dspace.entity.typeData package
dwc.ScientificNameSturnella magna
mdr.citation.BibTex
@misc{001/1_04qr5q47/2,
  title = {Vermont Center for Ecostudies Eastern Meadowlark Annual Life Cycle Ecology-reference-data},
  author = {Hill, JM and Renfrew, RB},
  year = {2019},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.04qr5q47/2},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.04qr5q47/2},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Hill JM, Renfrew RB. 2019. Vermont Center for Ecostudies Eastern Meadowlark Annual Life Cycle Ecology-reference-data. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.04qr5q47/2
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