Stochastic simulations reveal few green wave surfing populations among spring migrating herbivorous waterfowl

The green wave hypothesis is often considered a key driver of spring migration in avian herbivores. Here the authors employ a multispecies comparison and find that migration did not track the green wave better than simulated stochastic migrations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xin Wang, Lei Cao, Anthony D. Fox, Richard Fuller, Larry Griffin, Carl Mitchell, Yunlin Zhao, Oun-Kyong Moon, David Cabot, Zhenggang Xu, Nyambayar Batbayar, Andrea Kölzsch, Henk P. van der Jeugd, Jesper Madsen, Liding Chen, Ran Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09971-8