Radar quantifies migrant concentration and Dawn reorientation at a Great Lakes shoreline

Radar quantifies migrant concentration and Dawn reorientation at a Great Lakes shoreline

Abstract Background Millions of flying migrants encounter the Great Lakes and other large water bodies on long-distance flights each spring and fall, but quantitative data regarding how they traverse these obstacles are limited. Shorelines are known areas of migrant concentration due to the ecologic...

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Main Authors: Kevin W. Heist, Tim S. Bowden, Jake Ferguson, Nathan A. Rathbun, Erik C. Olson, Daniel C. Nolfi, Rebecca Horton, Jeffrey C. Gosse, Douglas H. Johnson, Michael T. Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Movement Ecology
Subjects:
Migration
Radar
Aeroecology
Ecological barrier
Coastal ecology
Great Lakes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-018-0135-3

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