Data from: Tracking the migration of red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) reveals marathon flights and unexpected conservation challenges
Data from: Tracking the migration of red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) reveals marathon flights and unexpected conservation challenges
Citation
Mu T, Tomkovich PS, Loktionov EY, Syroechkovskiy EE, Wilcove DS. 2020. Data from: Tracking the migration of red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) reveals marathon flights and unexpected conservation challenges. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.fd53sn40Abstract
Effective conservation of migratory species depends on understanding both migratory connectivity and migration strategy. The Red‐necked Stint Calidris ruficollis is a small, highly migratory sandpiper of the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway, which is classified as Near Threatened due to ongoing population declines. We tracked the migration of three Red‐necked Stints breeding in southern Chukotka, Russia, using geolocators, and supplemented our tracking data with re‐sighting records of color‐flagged individuals. The three birds, all of which bred within 2km of each other, wintered in three different localities spanning nearly 5,000km. One individual completed its northward migration of >9400 km in two marathon flights; the second leg of that journey was completed in a nonstop flight of 5,350 km. The successful conservation of just this one population requires protection of wintering sites across a vast area, coupled with key staging sites along the flyway. We suggest that other migratory species may pose similar conservation challenges.
Keywords
Calidris ruficollis, animal tracking, avian migration, Calidris ruficollis, conservation biology, East Asian-Australasian Flyway, geolocator, light-level logger, migratory connectivity, red-necked stint
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@misc{001/1_fd53sn40, title = {Data from: Tracking the migration of red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) reveals marathon flights and unexpected conservation challenges}, author = {Mu, T and Tomkovich, PS and Loktionov, EY and Syroechkovskiy, EE and Wilcove, DS}, year = {2020}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.fd53sn40}, doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.fd53sn40}, publisher = {Movebank data repository} }
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TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.fd53sn40 T1 - Data from: Tracking the migration of red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) reveals marathon flights and unexpected conservation challenges AU - Mu, Tong AU - Tomkovich, Pavel S. AU - Loktionov, Egor Y. AU - Syroechkovskiy, Evgeny E. AU - Wilcove, David S. Y1 - 2020/10/09 KW - Calidris ruficollis KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - avian migration KW - Calidris ruficollis KW - conservation biology KW - East Asian-Australasian Flyway KW - geolocator KW - light-level logger KW - migratory connectivity KW - red-necked stint KW - Calidris ruficollis PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.fd53sn40 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.fd53sn40 ER -