Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Rheinland-Pfalz" (2015-2023)
Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Rheinland-Pfalz" (2015-2023)
Citation
Fiedler W, Hilsendegen C, Reis C, Lehmann J, Hilsendegen P, Schmid H, Wikelski M. 2024. Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Rheinland-Pfalz" (2015-2023). Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.4192t2j4_2Abstract
How animals refine migratory behavior over their lifetime (i.e., the ontogeny of migration) is an enduring question with important implications for predicting the adaptive capacity of migrants in a changing world. Yet, our inability to monitor the movements of individuals from early life onward has limited our understanding of the ontogeny of migration. The exploration–refinement hypothesis posits that learning shapes the ontogeny of migration in long-lived species, resulting in greater exploratory behavior early in life followed by more rapid and direct movement during later life. We test the exploration–refinement hypothesis by examining how white storks (Ciconia ciconia) balance energy, time, and information as they develop and refine migratory behavior during the first years of life. Here, we show that young birds reduce energy expenditure during flight while also increasing information gain by exploring new places during migration. As the birds age and gain more experience, older individuals stop exploring new places and instead move more quickly and directly, resulting in greater energy expenditure during migratory flight. During spring migration, individuals innovated novel shortcuts during the transition from early life into adulthood, suggesting a reliance on spatial memory acquired through learning. These incremental refinements in migratory behavior provide support for the importance of individual learning within a lifetime in the ontogeny of long-distance migration.
Keywords
Ciconia ciconia, accelerometer, animal migration, animal movement, animal tracking, avian migration, bio-logging, Ciconia ciconia, GPS logger, GSM telemetry, migration, white stork
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BibTex
@misc{001/1_4192t2j4_2,
title = {Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Rheinland-Pfalz" (2015-2023)},
author = {Fiedler, W and Hilsendegen, C and Reis, C and Lehmann, J and Hilsendegen, P and Schmid, H and Wikelski, M},
year = {2024},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.4192t2j4_2},
doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.4192t2j4_2},
publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}RIS
TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.4192t2j4_2 T1 - Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Rheinland-Pfalz" (2015-2023) AU - Fiedler, Wolfgang AU - Hilsendegen, Christiane AU - Reis, Christian AU - Lehmann, Jessica AU - Hilsendegen, Pirmin AU - Schmid, Heidi AU - Wikelski, Martin Y1 - 2024/01/17 KW - Ciconia ciconia KW - accelerometer KW - animal migration KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - avian migration KW - bio-logging KW - Ciconia ciconia KW - GPS logger KW - GSM telemetry KW - migration KW - white stork KW - Ciconia ciconia PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.4192t2j4_2 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.4192t2j4_2 ER -