Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Bavaria" (2014-2023)

Citation
Fiedler W, Leppelsack E, Leppelsack H, Stahl T, Wieding O, Wikelski M. 2024. Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Bavaria" (2014-2023). Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.v1cs4nn0_2
Abstract
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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Ciconia ciconia
White Stork
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GPS
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BibTex
@misc{001/1_v1cs4nn0_2,
  title = {Data from: Study "LifeTrack White Stork Bavaria" (2014-2023)},
  author = {Fiedler, W and Leppelsack, E and Leppelsack, H and Stahl, T and Wieding, O and Wikelski, M},
  year = {2024},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.v1cs4nn0_2},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.v1cs4nn0_2},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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TY  - DATA
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AU  - Fiedler, Wolfgang
AU  - Leppelsack, Elke
AU  - Leppelsack, Hans
AU  - Stahl, Thomas
AU  - Wieding, Oda
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.v1cs4nn0_2
DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.v1cs4nn0_2
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