Towards a new understanding of migration timing: slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1496-1507

  Kölzsch, Andrea ^a,b   Müskens, Gerhard J D M ^d   Kruckenberg, Helmut ^c   Glazov, Peter ^e   Weinzierl, Rolf ^a   Nolet, Bart A ^f,g   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c Inst for Wetlands and Waterfowl Research (IWWR) eV   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; BREEDING SITE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GPS; MIGRATION; SPACE USE; SPRING (SEASON); STOPOVER; TAGGING; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; AVES;

EID: 84959419222     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.03121     Document Type: Article

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