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.
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09971-8 |
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