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Curk T, Kulikova O, Fufachev I, Wikelski M, Safi K, Pokrovsky I. Arctic Migratory Raptor Selects Nesting Area During the Previous Breeding Season. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.865482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Migratory species have a limited time for habitat selection upon arrival at the breeding grounds. This is especially evident in arctic migrants, which are restricted by a narrow window of opportunity when environmental conditions are favorable for breeding. This general time constraint is amplified in rough-legged buzzards (Buteo lagopus) who, as many other arctic predators, rely on rodent (lemming) cycles during the breeding season, a 3–5 year period of waxing and waning local food abundance. It remains unclear how arctic predators, especially migrants, can find nesting areas where rodents are numerous when their selection time is so limited. We hypothesized that rough-legged buzzards select nesting areas during the previous breeding season. We tracked 43 rough-legged buzzards using GPS telemetry and assessed their movements post-breeding prospecting behavior to test our hypothesis. Here we show that rough-legged buzzards search for a nesting location during the previous breeding season in a post-breeding period. In the following year, individuals return to and attempt to breed in the area they inspected the year before. Rough-legged buzzards, regardless of breeding success, remained in the Arctic all breeding season until the end of September. Failed breeders prospected more than successful ones. At the same time, buzzards that bred in the rodent-free ecosystem prospected less and showed a high level of philopatry. Therefore, as rodent cycles have been predicted to collapse in the warming Arctic, we can expect arctic predators to change their movement patterns in the future with serious potential consequences for their conservation. We anticipate our study provides a step forward toward understanding movement and settlement decisions in animals experiencing high inter-annual environmental variation.
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Gauld JG, Silva JP, Atkinson PW, Record P, Acácio M, Arkumarev V, Blas J, Bouten W, Burton N, Catry I, Champagnon J, Clewley GD, Dagys M, Duriez O, Exo K, Fiedler W, Flack A, Friedemann G, Fritz J, Garcia‐Ripolles C, Garthe S, Giunchi D, Grozdanov A, Harel R, Humphreys EM, Janssen R, Kölzsch A, Kulikova O, Lameris TK, López‐López P, Masden EA, Monti F, Nathan R, Nikolov S, Oppel S, Peshev H, Phipps L, Pokrovsky I, Ross‐Smith VH, Saravia V, Scragg ES, Sforzi A, Stoynov E, Thaxter C, Van Steelant W, Toor M, Vorneweg B, Waldenström J, Wikelski M, Žydelis R, Franco AMA. Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jethro G. Gauld
- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
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- School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
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- Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds BirdLife Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria
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- Department of Applied Biology Estación Biológica de Doñana Seville Spain
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- British Trust for Ornithology The Nunnery Thetford UK
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
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- Tour du Valat Research institute for conservation of Mediterranean wetlands Arles France
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- British Trust for Ornithology Scotland Stirling University Innovation Park Stirling UK
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- Centre of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology CNRS Campus Montpellier France
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell am Bodensee Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell am Bodensee Germany
- Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour University of Konstanz Constance Germany
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- Research and Technology Centre (FTZ) Kiel University Kiel Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Anthropology Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia Bulgaria
- Fund for wild Flora and Fauna Bulgaria
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Bionet Natuuronderzoek EL Stein (Lb) The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell am Bodensee Germany
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS Magadan Russia
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- Netherlands, Institute of Ecology (NIOO‐KNAW) Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Movement Ecology Lab, Environmental Research Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia Valencia Spain
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- Institute, North Highland College – UHI University of the Highlands and Islands Thurso UK
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment University of Siena Siena Italy
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds BirdLife Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria
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- Centre for Conservation Science Research Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Cambridge UK
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- Fund for wild Flora and Fauna Bulgaria
- Department of Geography, Ecology and Environmental Protection South‐West University Neofit Rilski Blagoevgrad Bulgaria
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- The Vulture Conservation Foundation Zürich Switzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell am Bodensee Germany
- Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, UB RAS Ekaterinburg Russia
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS Magadan Russia
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- British Trust for Ornithology The Nunnery Thetford UK
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnaeus University Kalmar Sweden
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell am Bodensee Germany
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Science Linnaeus University Kalmar Sweden
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Radolfzell am Bodensee Germany
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Linek N, Brzęk P, Gienapp P, O’Mara MT, Pokrovsky I, Schmidt A, Shipley JR, Taylor JRE, Tiainen J, Volkmer T, Wikelski M, Partecke J. A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing. Mov Ecol 2021; 9:63. [PMID: 34930467 PMCID: PMC8686659 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-021-00298-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Many birds species range over vast geographic regions and migrate seasonally between their breeding and overwintering sites. Deciding when to depart for migration is one of the most consequential life-history decisions an individual may make. However, it is still not fully understood which environmental cues are used to time the onset of migration and to what extent their relative importance differs across a range of migratory strategies. We focus on departure decisions of a songbird, the Eurasian blackbird Turdus merula, in which selected Russian and Polish populations are full migrants which travel relatively long-distances, whereas Finnish and German populations exhibit partial migration with shorter migration distances. METHODS We used telemetry data from the four populations (610 individuals) to determine which environmental cues individuals from each population use to initiate their autumn migration. RESULTS When departing, individuals in all populations selected nights with high atmospheric pressure and minimal cloud cover. Fully migratory populations departed earlier in autumn, at longer day length, at higher ambient temperatures, and during nights with higher relative atmospheric pressure and more supportive winds than partial migrants; however, they did not depart in higher synchrony. Thus, while all studied populations used the same environmental cues, they used population-specific and locally tuned thresholds to determine the day of departure. CONCLUSIONS Our data support the idea that migratory timing is controlled by general, species-wide mechanisms, but fine-tuned thresholds in response to local conditions.
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- Nils Linek
- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, USA
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, UB RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
- Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Lammi, Finland
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Nourani E, Bohrer G, Becciu P, Bierregaard RO, Duriez O, Figuerola J, Gangoso L, Giokas S, Higuchi H, Kassara C, Kulikova O, Lecomte N, Monti F, Pokrovsky I, Sforzi A, Therrien JF, Tsiopelas N, Vansteelant WMG, Viana DS, Yamaguchi NM, Wikelski M, Safi K. The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds. Proc Biol Sci 2021; 288:20211603. [PMID: 34493076 PMCID: PMC8424339 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Flying over the open sea is energetically costly for terrestrial birds. Despite this, over-water journeys of many birds, sometimes hundreds of kilometres long, are uncovered by bio-logging technology. To understand how these birds afford their flights over the open sea, we investigated the role of atmospheric conditions, specifically wind and uplift, in subsidizing over-water flight at a global scale. We first established that ΔT, the temperature difference between sea surface and air, is a meaningful proxy for uplift over water. Using this proxy, we showed that the spatio-temporal patterns of sea-crossing in terrestrial migratory birds are associated with favourable uplift conditions. We then analysed route selection over the open sea for five facultative soaring species, representative of all major migratory flyways. The birds maximized wind support when selecting their sea-crossing routes and selected greater uplift when suitable wind support was available. They also preferred routes with low long-term uncertainty in wind conditions. Our findings suggest that, in addition to wind, uplift may play a key role in the energy seascape for bird migration that in turn determines strategies and associated costs for birds crossing ecological barriers such as the open sea.
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- Elham Nourani
- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, and Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, Montpellier University-CNRS, France
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- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
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- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
- Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
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- Research and Education Centre for Natural Sciences, Keio University, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of the Biological Problems of the North, Russia
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- Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Moncton, Canada
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena, Italy
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of the Biological Problems of the North, Russia
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
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- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University, Germany
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- Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan
- Organization for Marine Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Japan
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
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Gu Z, Pan S, Lin Z, Hu L, Dai X, Chang J, Xue Y, Su H, Long J, Sun M, Ganusevich S, Sokolov V, Sokolov A, Pokrovsky I, Ji F, Bruford MW, Dixon A, Zhan X. Author Correction: Climate-driven flyway changes and memory-based long-distance migration. Nature 2021; 596:E4. [PMID: 34341539 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03599-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zhongru Gu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia.,Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Biosciences and Sustainable Places Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Emirates Falconers' Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,Reneco International Wildlife Consultants, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,International Wildlife Consultants, Carmarthen, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
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Pokrovsky I, Kölzsch A, Sherub S, Fiedler W, Glazov P, Kulikova O, Wikelski M, Flack A. Longer days enable higher diurnal activity for migratory birds. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:2161-2171. [PMID: 33759198 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Seasonal geophysical cycles strongly influence the activity of life on Earth because they affect environmental conditions like temperature, precipitation and day length. An increase in daylight availability during summer is especially enhanced when animals migrate along a latitudinal gradient. Yet, the question of how day length (i.e. daylight availability) influences the activity patterns of long-distance, latitudinal migrants is still unclear. Here, we ask whether migration provides benefits to long-distance migrants by enabling them to increase their diurnal movement activities due to an increase in daylight availability. To answer this question, we tested whether four vastly different species of long-distance migratory birds-two arctic migrants and two mid-latitude migrants-can capitalise on day length changes by adjusting their daily activity. We quantified the relationship between daily activity (measured using accelerometer data) and day length, and estimated each species' daily activity patterns. In addition, we evaluated the role of day length as an ultimate driver of bird migration. All four species exhibited longer activity periods during days with more daylight hours, showing a strong positive relationship between total daily activity and day length. The slope of this relationship varied between the different species, with activity increasing 1.5-fold on average when migrating from wintering to breeding grounds. Underlying mechanisms of these relationships reveal two distinct patterns of daily activity. Flying foragers showed increasing activity patterns, that is, their daytime activities rose uniformly up to solar noon and decreased until dusk, thereby exhibiting a season-specific activity slope. In contrast, ground foragers showed a constant activity pattern, whereby they immediately increased their activity to a certain level and maintained this level throughout the day. Our study reveals that long days allow birds to prolong their activity and increase their total daily activity. These findings highlight that daylight availability could be an additional ultimate cause of bird migration and act as a selective agent for the evolution of migration.
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- Ivan Pokrovsky
- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, UB RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.,Institute of Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research, Bhutan
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany
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- Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia.,Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany
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Gu Z, Pan S, Lin Z, Hu L, Dai X, Chang J, Xue Y, Su H, Long J, Sun M, Ganusevich S, Sokolov V, Sokolov A, Pokrovsky I, Ji F, Bruford MW, Dixon A, Zhan X. Climate-driven flyway changes and memory-based long-distance migration. Nature 2021; 591:259-264. [PMID: 33658718 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03265-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Millions of migratory birds occupy seasonally favourable breeding grounds in the Arctic1, but we know little about the formation, maintenance and future of the migration routes of Arctic birds and the genetic determinants of migratory distance. Here we established a continental-scale migration system that used satellite tracking to follow 56 peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) from 6 populations that breed in the Eurasian Arctic, and resequenced 35 genomes from 4 of these populations. The breeding populations used five migration routes across Eurasia, which were probably formed by longitudinal and latitudinal shifts in their breeding grounds during the transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene epoch. Contemporary environmental divergence between the routes appears to maintain their distinctiveness. We found that the gene ADCY8 is associated with population-level differences in migratory distance. We investigated the regulatory mechanism of this gene, and found that long-term memory was the most likely selective agent for divergence in ADCY8 among the peregrine populations. Global warming is predicted to influence migration strategies and diminish the breeding ranges of peregrine populations of the Eurasian Arctic. Harnessing ecological interactions and evolutionary processes to study climate-driven changes in migration can facilitate the conservation of migratory birds.
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- Zhongru Gu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia
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- Arctic Research Station of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia.,Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,School of Biosciences and Sustainable Places Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Emirates Falconers' Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,Reneco International Wildlife Consultants, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,International Wildlife Consultants, Carmarthen, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Cardiff University-Institute of Zoology Joint Laboratory for Biocomplexity Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
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Davidson SC, Bohrer G, Gurarie E, LaPoint S, Mahoney PJ, Boelman NT, Eitel JUH, Prugh LR, Vierling LA, Jennewein J, Grier E, Couriot O, Kelly AP, Meddens AJH, Oliver RY, Kays R, Wikelski M, Aarvak T, Ackerman JT, Alves JA, Bayne E, Bedrosian B, Belant JL, Berdahl AM, Berlin AM, Berteaux D, Bêty J, Boiko D, Booms TL, Borg BL, Boutin S, Boyd WS, Brides K, Brown S, Bulyuk VN, Burnham KK, Cabot D, Casazza M, Christie K, Craig EH, Davis SE, Davison T, Demma D, DeSorbo CR, Dixon A, Domenech R, Eichhorn G, Elliott K, Evenson JR, Exo KM, Ferguson SH, Fiedler W, Fisk A, Fort J, Franke A, Fuller MR, Garthe S, Gauthier G, Gilchrist G, Glazov P, Gray CE, Grémillet D, Griffin L, Hallworth MT, Harrison AL, Hennin HL, Hipfner JM, Hodson J, Johnson JA, Joly K, Jones K, Katzner TE, Kidd JW, Knight EC, Kochert MN, Kölzsch A, Kruckenberg H, Lagassé BJ, Lai S, Lamarre JF, Lanctot RB, Larter NC, Latham ADM, Latty CJ, Lawler JP, Léandri-Breton DJ, Lee H, Lewis SB, Love OP, Madsen J, Maftei M, Mallory ML, Mangipane B, Markovets MY, Marra PP, McGuire R, McIntyre CL, McKinnon EA, Miller TA, Moonen S, Mu T, Müskens GJDM, Ng J, Nicholson KL, Øien IJ, Overton C, Owen PA, Patterson A, Petersen A, Pokrovsky I, Powell LL, Prieto R, Quillfeldt P, Rausch J, Russell K, Saalfeld ST, Schekkerman H, Schmutz JA, Schwemmer P, Seip DR, Shreading A, Silva MA, Smith BW, Smith F, Smith JP, Snell KRS, Sokolov A, Sokolov V, Solovyeva DV, Sorum MS, Tertitski G, Therrien JF, Thorup K, Tibbitts TL, Tulp I, Uher-Koch BD, van Bemmelen RSA, Van Wilgenburg S, Von Duyke AL, Watson JL, Watts BD, Williams JA, Wilson MT, Wright JR, Yates MA, Yurkowski DJ, Žydelis R, Hebblewhite M. Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Science 2020; 370:712-715. [PMID: 33154141 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb7080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The Arctic is entering a new ecological state, with alarming consequences for humanity. Animal-borne sensors offer a window into these changes. Although substantial animal tracking data from the Arctic and subarctic exist, most are difficult to discover and access. Here, we present the new Arctic Animal Movement Archive (AAMA), a growing collection of more than 200 standardized terrestrial and marine animal tracking studies from 1991 to the present. The AAMA supports public data discovery, preserves fundamental baseline data for the future, and facilitates efficient, collaborative data analysis. With AAMA-based case studies, we document climatic influences on the migration phenology of eagles, geographic differences in the adaptive response of caribou reproductive phenology to climate change, and species-specific changes in terrestrial mammal movement rates in response to increasing temperature.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarah C Davidson
- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.,Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.,Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Black Rock Forest, 65 Reservoir Road, Cornwall, NY, USA.,Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Natalie T Boelman
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
| | - Laura R Prugh
- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.,National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, USA
| | - Allicia P Kelly
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Fort Smith, NT, Canada
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- School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.,Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
| | | | - Joshua T Ackerman
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station, Dixon, CA, USA
| | - José A Alves
- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.,South Iceland Research Centre, University of Iceland, Laugarvatn, Iceland
| | - Erin Bayne
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
| | | | - Jerrold L Belant
- Global Wildlife Conservation Center, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA
| | - Andrew M Berdahl
- School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Alicia M Berlin
- U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, USA
| | - Dominique Berteaux
- Centre d'études nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada
| | - Joël Bêty
- Centre d'études nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada
| | - Dmitrijs Boiko
- Latvian National Museum of Natural History, Riga, Latvia.,Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia.,Latvian Swan Research Society, Kalnciems, Latvia
| | | | - Bridget L Borg
- National Park Service, Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park, AK, USA
| | - Stan Boutin
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
| | - W Sean Boyd
- Science & Technology Branch, Environment & Climate Change Canada, Delta, BC, Canada
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- Biological Station Rybachy, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | | | - David Cabot
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
| | - Michael Casazza
- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station, Dixon, CA, USA
| | | | | | | | - Tracy Davison
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Inuvik, NT, Canada
| | | | | | - Andrew Dixon
- Reneco International Wildlife Consultants, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Vogeltrekstation-Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland," Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, School of the Environment, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), CNRS, La Rochelle University, La Rochelle, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Arctic Raptor Project, Rankin Inlet, NU, Canada
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- Boise State University, Raptor Research Center, Boise, ID, USA
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- Research and Technology Centre (FTZ), Kiel University, Büsum, Germany
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- Département de Biologie & Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
| | - Grant Gilchrist
- Environment & Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - Carrie E Gray
- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, La Rochelle University, Villiers en Bois, France.,Percy Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA.,Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA
| | - Holly L Hennin
- Science & Technology Branch, Environment & Climate Change Canada, Delta, BC, Canada.,Department of Integrative Biology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
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- Environment & Climate Change Canada, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Delta, BC, Canada
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- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
| | - James A Johnson
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, AK, USA
| | - Kyle Joly
- National Park Service, Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, Fairbanks, AK, USA
| | | | - Todd E Katzner
- U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, ID, USA
| | | | - Elly C Knight
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
| | - Michael N Kochert
- U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Boise, ID, USA
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.,Institute for Wetlands and Waterbird Research e.V., Verden (Aller), Germany
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- Institute for Wetlands and Waterbird Research e.V., Verden (Aller), Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
| | - Sandra Lai
- Centre d'études nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada
| | | | - Richard B Lanctot
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Fort Simpson, NT, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- National Park Service, Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Program, Anchorage, AK, USA
| | | | - Hansoo Lee
- Korea Institute of Environmental Ecology, Yuseonggu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
| | | | - Oliver P Love
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
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- Department of Bioscience-Kalø, Aarhus University, Rønde, Denmark
| | - Mark Maftei
- High Arctic Gull Research Group, Bamfield, BC, Canada
| | - Mark L Mallory
- Biology Department, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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- National Park Service, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Anchorage, AK, USA
| | - Mikhail Y Markovets
- Biological Station Rybachy, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Biology and the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Arctic Beringia Program, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- National Park Service, Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park, AK, USA
| | | | - Tricia A Miller
- Conservation Science Global, Inc., West Cape May, NJ, USA.,Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Institute for Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland," Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station, Dixon, CA, USA
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- National Park Service, Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park, AK, USA
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Ste Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia.,Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB, RAS, Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia
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- Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA.,Durham University, Durham, UK.,University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Institute of Marine Research and Okeanos R&D Centre, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal
| | | | - Jennie Rausch
- Environment & Climate Change Canada, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
| | | | - Sarah T Saalfeld
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, AK, USA
| | | | - Joel A Schmutz
- U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
| | - Philipp Schwemmer
- Research and Technology Centre (FTZ), Kiel University, Büsum, Germany
| | - Dale R Seip
- British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Prince George, BC, Canada
| | | | - Mónica A Silva
- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Institute of Marine Research and Okeanos R&D Centre, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal.,Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
| | - Brian W Smith
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Denver, CO, USA
| | - Fletcher Smith
- Center for Conservation Biology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.,Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Brunswick, GA, USA
| | - Jeff P Smith
- HawkWatch International, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,H. T. Harvey & Associates, Los Gatos, CA, USA
| | - Katherine R S Snell
- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Aleksandr Sokolov
- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB, RAS, Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
| | - Diana V Solovyeva
- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, Magadan, Russia
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- National Park Service, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Central Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network, Fairbanks, AK, USA
| | | | - J F Therrien
- Département de Biologie & Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.,Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA, USA
| | - Kasper Thorup
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Lee Tibbitts
- U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
| | - Ingrid Tulp
- Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden, Netherlands
| | | | - Rob S A van Bemmelen
- Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden, Netherlands.,Bureau Waardenburg, Culemborg, Netherlands
| | - Steven Van Wilgenburg
- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment & Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
| | - Andrew L Von Duyke
- North Slope Borough, Department of Wildlife Management, Utqiaġvik, AK, USA
| | - Jesse L Watson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
| | - Bryan D Watts
- Center for Conservation Biology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
| | | | - James R Wright
- School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | | | - David J Yurkowski
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
| | | | - Mark Hebblewhite
- Wildlife Biology Program, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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Franke A, Falk K, Hawkshaw K, Ambrose S, Anderson DL, Bente PJ, Booms T, Burnham KK, Ekenstedt J, Fufachev I, Ganusevich S, Johansen K, Johnson JA, Kharitonov S, Koskimies P, Kulikova O, Lindberg P, Lindström BO, Mattox WG, McIntyre CL, Mechnikova S, Mossop D, Møller S, Nielsen ÓK, Ollila T, Østlyngen A, Pokrovsky I, Poole K, Restani M, Robinson BW, Rosenfield R, Sokolov A, Sokolov V, Swem T, Vorkamp K. Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations. Ambio 2020; 49:762-783. [PMID: 31858488 PMCID: PMC6989710 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01300-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) and the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) are top avian predators of Arctic ecosystems. Although existing monitoring efforts are well established for both species, collaboration of activities among Arctic scientists actively involved in research of large falcons in the Nearctic and Palearctic has been poorly coordinated. Here we provide the first overview of Arctic falcon monitoring sites, present trends for long-term occupancy and productivity, and summarize information describing abundance, distribution, phenology, and health of the two species. We summarize data for 24 falcon monitoring sites across the Arctic, and identify gaps in coverage for eastern Russia, the Arctic Archipelago of Canada, and East Greenland. Our results indicate that peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations are generally stable, and assuming that these patterns hold beyond the temporal and spatial extents of the monitoring sites, it is reasonable to suggest that breeding populations at broader scales are similarly stable. We have highlighted several challenges that preclude direct comparisons of Focal Ecosystem Components (FEC) attributes among monitoring sites, and we acknowledge that methodological problems cannot be corrected retrospectively, but could be accounted for in future monitoring. Despite these drawbacks, ample opportunity exists to establish a coordinated monitoring program for Arctic-nesting raptor species that supports CBMP goals.
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- Alastair Franke
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW 405, Biological Sciences Bldg., Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9 Canada
- Arctic Raptor Project, P.O. Box 626, Rankin Inlet, NT X0C 0G0 Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str., 21, Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Russia 629400
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- Center for Rescue of Wild Animals (Independent Non-profit Organization), Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #310559, Denton, TX 76203 USA
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Street, Magadan, Russia 685000
| | - Peter Lindberg
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
| | | | - William G. Mattox
- Conservation Research Foundation, 702 S. Spelman Ln, Meridian, ID USA
| | | | - Svetlana Mechnikova
- I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119991 Trubetskaya 8, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - Søren Møller
- Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
| | | | - Tuomo Ollila
- Metsähallitus, Parks and Wildlife Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland
| | | | - Ivan Pokrovsky
- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Am Obstberg 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, 18 Portovaya Str., Magadan, Russia 685000
- Arctic Research Station, Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, UD RAS, 21 Zelyonaya Gorka, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
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- Aurora Wildlife Research, Nelson, Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str., 21, Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Russia 629400
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
| | - Ted Swem
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska, USA
| | - Katrin Vorkamp
- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Franke A, Falk K, Hawkshaw K, Ambrose S, Anderson DL, Bente PJ, Booms T, Burnham KK, Carrière S, Ekenstedt J, Fufachev I, Ganusevich S, Johansen K, Johnson JA, Kharitonov S, Koskimies P, Kulikova O, Lindberg P, Lindström BO, Mattox WG, McIntyre CL, Mechnikova S, Mossop D, Møller S, Nielsen ÓK, Ollila T, Østlyngen A, Pokrovsky I, Poole K, Restani M, Robinson BW, Rosenfield R, Sokolov A, Sokolov V, Swem T, Vorkamp K. Correction to: Status and trends of circumpolar peregrine falcon and gyrfalcon populations. Ambio 2020; 49:784-785. [PMID: 31965558 PMCID: PMC6989697 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01314-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
While collating contributions and comments from 36 researchers, the coordinating authors accidentally omitted Dr. Suzanne Carrière from the list of contributing co-authors. Dr. Carrière's data are described in Tables 1 and 3, Figure 2 and several places in the narrative.The new author list is thus updated in this article.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alastair Franke
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW 405, Biological Sciences Bldg., Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9 Canada
- Arctic Raptor Project, P.O. Box 626, Rankin Inlet, NT X0C 0G0 Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Canada
| | | | - Ivan Fufachev
- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str., 21, Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Russia 629400
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- Center for Rescue of Wild Animals (Independent Non-profit Organization), Moscow, Russia
| | | | - Jeff A. Johnson
- Department of Biological Sciences, Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #310559, Denton, TX 76203 USA
| | | | | | - Olga Kulikova
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Street, Magadan, Russia 685000
| | - Peter Lindberg
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
| | | | - William G. Mattox
- Conservation Research Foundation, 702 S. Spelman Ln, Meridian, ID USA
| | | | - Svetlana Mechnikova
- I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119991 Trubetskaya 8, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - Søren Møller
- Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
| | | | - Tuomo Ollila
- Metsähallitus, Parks and Wildlife Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland
| | | | - Ivan Pokrovsky
- Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Am Obstberg 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Laboratory of Ornithology, Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, 18 Portovaya Str., Magadan, Russia 685000
- Arctic Research Station, Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, UD RAS, 21 Zelyonaya Gorka, Labytnangi, Russia 629400
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- Aurora Wildlife Research, Nelson, Canada
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- Arctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zelenaya Gorka Str., 21, Labytnangi, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Russia 629400
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- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
| | - Ted Swem
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Flack A, Fiedler W, Blas J, Pokrovsky I, Kaatz M, Mitropolsky M, Aghababyan K, Fakriadis I, Makrigianni E, Jerzak L, Azafzaf H, Feltrup-Azafzaf C, Rotics S, Mokotjomela TM, Nathan R, Wikelski M. Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations. Sci Adv 2016; 2:e1500931. [PMID: 26844294 PMCID: PMC4737271 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Annual migratory movements can range from a few tens to thousands of kilometers, creating unique energetic requirements for each specific species and journey. Even within the same species, migration costs can vary largely because of flexible, opportunistic life history strategies. We uncover the large extent of variation in the lifetime migratory decisions of young white storks originating from eight populations. Not only did juvenile storks differ in their geographically distinct wintering locations, their diverse migration patterns also affected the amount of energy individuals invested for locomotion during the first months of their life. Overwintering in areas with higher human population reduced the stork's overall energy expenditure because of shorter daily foraging trips, closer wintering grounds, or a complete suppression of migration. Because migrants can change ecological processes in several distinct communities simultaneously, understanding their life history decisions helps not only to protect migratory species but also to conserve stable ecosystems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrea Flack
- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Vogelschutzwarte Storchenhof Loburg e.V., 39279 Loburg, Germany
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- Acopian Center for the Environment, American University of Armenia, Yerevan 0019, Armenia
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- Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Institute of Biotechnology and Environment Protection, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Association Les Amis des Oiseaux–BirdLife Tunisia, Aryanah 2080, Tunisia
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- Movement Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Movement Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Pokrovsky I, Ehrich D, Ims RA, Kondratyev AV, Kruckenberg H, Kulikova O, Mihnevich J, Pokrovskaya L, Shienok A. Rough-legged buzzards, Arctic foxes and red foxes in a tundra ecosystem without rodents. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118740. [PMID: 25692786 PMCID: PMC4333295 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Small rodents with multi-annual population cycles strongly influence the dynamics of food webs, and in particular predator-prey interactions, across most of the tundra biome. Rodents are however absent from some arctic islands, and studies on performance of arctic predators under such circumstances may be very instructive since rodent cycles have been predicted to collapse in a warming Arctic. Here we document for the first time how three normally rodent-dependent predator species-rough-legged buzzard, arctic fox and red fox - perform in a low-arctic ecosystem with no rodents. During six years (in 2006-2008 and 2011-2013) we studied diet and breeding performance of these predators in the rodent-free Kolguev Island in Arctic Russia. The rough-legged buzzards, previously known to be a small rodent specialist, have only during the last two decades become established on Kolguev Island. The buzzards successfully breed on the island at stable low density, but with high productivity based on goslings and willow ptarmigan as their main prey - altogether representing a novel ecological situation for this species. Breeding density of arctic fox varied from year to year, but with stable productivity based on mainly geese as prey. The density dynamic of the arctic fox appeared to be correlated with the date of spring arrival of the geese. Red foxes breed regularly on the island but in very low numbers that appear to have been unchanged over a long period - a situation that resemble what has been recently documented from Arctic America. Our study suggests that the three predators found breeding on Kolguev Island possess capacities for shifting to changing circumstances in low-arctic ecosystem as long as other small - medium sized terrestrial herbivores are present in good numbers.
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- Ivan Pokrovsky
- Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Am Obstberg 1, D-78315, Radolfzell, Germany
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, NO-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, NO-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 685000, Portovaya str. 18, Magadan, Russia
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- Institute for Waterbird and Wetlands Research IWWR e.V., Am Steigbügel 3, D-27283, Verden (Aller), Germany
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- Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, RU-119991, Moscow, Russia
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