Data from: Prolonged stopover duration characterises migration strategy and constraints of a long-distant migrant songbird
Data from: Prolonged stopover duration characterises migration strategy and constraints of a long-distant migrant songbird
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Arlt D, Olsson P, Fox JW, Low M, Pàˆrt T. 2015. Data from: Prolonged stopover duration characterises migration strategy and constraints of a long-distant migrant songbird. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.nn55rh75Abstract
Stopover behaviour is a central element of migration strategies. But in recent geolocator studies, despite now being able to track individual songbirds during their entire migration, their stopover behaviour has received little attention. We used light-sensitive geolocators to identify the migratory routes and schedules of 12 northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) breeding in Sweden. Three geolocators collected temperature data complementing inferences from light data by providing additional information on behaviour during migration. The wheatears performed a slow migration with considerable stopover time (84%/76% of autumn/spring migration), with short stops while traveling through Europe, and a prolonged stopover period in both autumn and spring in the Mediterranean region. Spring migration was faster than autumn migration, mainly because of decreased stopover time. Migration routes and time schedules were similar to those from a German breeding population. Compared to wheatears breeding in Alaska with a three-fold migration distance, Swedish wheatears spent more time during stopovers during autumn and spring migration, suggesting less time constraints and potential flexibility in migration schedules. The finding of prolonged stopovers, similar to other recent geolocator studies, shows that temporary residency periods may be common. This changes our current view on stopover ecology to one where temporary residency periods are part of spatio-temporal strategies optimising resource use during the entire annual cycle.
Keywords
Oenanthe oenanthe,animal tracking,annual cycle,geolocator,light geolocation,migration schedule,migratory connectivity,northern wheatear,Oenanthe oenanthe,stop-over,temporary residency,time constraint,wintering area
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@misc{001/1_nn55rh75,
title = {Data from: Prolonged stopover duration characterises migration strategy and constraints of a long-distant migrant songbird},
author = {Arlt, D and Olsson, P and Fox, JW and Low, M and Pàˆrt, T},
year = {2015},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.nn55rh75},
doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.nn55rh75},
publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}RIS
TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.nn55rh75 T1 - Data from: Prolonged stopover duration characterises migration strategy and constraints of a long-distant migrant songbird AU - Arlt, Debora AU - Olsson, Peter AU - Fox, James W. AU - Low, Matthew AU - Pàˆrt, Tomas Y1 - 2015/05/18 KW - Oenanthe oenanthe KW - animal migration KW - animal tracking KW - annual cycle KW - geolocator KW - light geolocation KW - migration schedule KW - migratory connectivity KW - northern wheatear KW - Oenanthe oenanthe KW - stop-over KW - temporary residency KW - time constraint KW - wintering area KW - Oenanthe oenanthe PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.nn55rh75 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.nn55rh75 ER -