No apparent gain from continuing migration for more than 3000 kilometres: willow warblers breeding in Denmark winter across the entire northern Savannah as revealed by geolocators

No apparent gain from continuing migration for more than 3000 kilometres: willow warblers breeding in Denmark winter across the entire northern Savannah as revealed by geolocators

Abstract Background For most Afro-Palearctic migrants, particularly small songbirds, spatiotemporal migration schedules and migratory connectivity remain poorly understood. We mapped migration from breeding through winter of one of the smallest Afro-Palearctic migrants, the willow warbler Phylloscop...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Lerche-Jørgensen, Mikkel Willemoes, Anders P. Tøttrup, Katherine Rachel Scotchburn Snell, Kasper Thorup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Movement Ecology
Subjects:
Migration
Geolocation
Connectivity
Itinerancy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-017-0109-x

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