Data from: Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red-backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle

Citation
Pedersen L, Onrubia A, Vardanis Y, Barboutis C, Waasdorp S, van Helvert M, Geertsma M, Ekberg P, Willemoes M, Strandberg R, Matsyna E, Matsyna A, Klaassen RHG, Alerstam T, Thorup K, Tøttrup AP. 2020. Data from: Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red-backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.4bt7365c
Abstract
The regular fluctuation of resources across the Globe guides movements of migratory animals. To ensure sufficient reproductive output and maintain viable population sizes, migratory animals should match arrival at breeding areas with local peaks in resource availability. It is generally assumed that breeding phenology dictates the timing of the annual cycle, but this is poorly studied. Here, we use light‐level geolocator tracking data to compare the annual spatiotemporal migration patterns of a long‐distance migratory songbird, the red‐backed shrike, Lanius collurio, breeding at widely different latitudes within Europe. We find that populations use remarkably similar migration routes and are highly synchronized in time. Additional tracks from populations breeding at the edges of the European range support these similar migration patterns. When comparing timing of breeding and vegetation phenology, as a measure of resource availability across populations, we find that arrival and timing of breeding corresponds to the peak in vegetation greenness at northern latitudes. At lower latitudes birds arrive simultaneously with the more northerly breeding populations, but after the local greenness peak, suggesting that breeding area phenology does not determine the migratory schedule. Rather, timing of migration in red‐backed shrikes may be constrained by events in other parts of the annual cycle.
Keywords
Lanius collurio,animal tracking,avian migration,geolocator,Lanius collurio,light-level logger,resource availability,red-backed shrike,songbirds
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Lanius collurio
Red-backed Shrike
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@misc{001/1_4bt7365c,
  title = {Data from: Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red-backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle},
  author = {Pedersen, L and Onrubia, A and Vardanis, Y and Barboutis, C and Waasdorp, S and van, Helvert, M and Geertsma, M and Ekberg, P and Willemoes, M and Strandberg, R and Matsyna, E and Matsyna, A and Klaassen, RHG and Alerstam, T and Thorup, K and Tøttrup, AP},
  year = {2020},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.4bt7365c},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.4bt7365c},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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TY  - DATA
ID  - doi:10.5441/001/1.4bt7365c
T1  - Data from: Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red-backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle
AU  - Pedersen, Lykke
AU  - Onrubia, Alejandro
AU  - Vardanis, Yannis
AU  - Barboutis, Christos
AU  - Waasdorp, Stef
AU  - van Helvert, Monique
AU  - Geertsma, Marten
AU  - Ekberg, Per
AU  - Willemoes, Mikkel
AU  - Strandberg, Roine
AU  - Matsyna, Ekaterina
AU  - Matsyna, Alexander
AU  - Klaassen, Raymond H.G.
AU  - Alerstam, Thomas
AU  - Thorup, Kasper
AU  - Tøttrup, Anders P.
Y1  - 2020/10/03
KW  - Lanius collurio
KW  - animal movement
KW  - animal tracking
KW  - avian migration
KW  - geolocator
KW  - Lanius collurio
KW  - light-level logger
KW  - resource availability
KW  - red-backed shrike
KW  - songbirds
KW  - Lanius collurio
PB  - Movebank data repository
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.4bt7365c
DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.4bt7365c
ER  -
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