Extensive Tracking of Nomadic Waterbird Movements Reveals an Inland Flyway.

ABSTRACT: Waterbirds are highly mobile and have the ability to respond to environmental conditions opportunistically at multiple scales. Mobility is particularly crucial for aggregate-nesting species dependent on breeding habitat in arid and semi-arid wetlands, which can be ephemeral and unpredictable. We aimed to address knowledge gaps about movement routes for aggregate-nesting nomadic waterbird species by tracking them in numbers sufficient to make robust assessment of their movement patterns. We hypothesised that analysis of long-distance movements would identify common routes with consistent environmental features that would be useful as context for conservation management. We used GPS satellite telemetry to track the movements of 73 straw-necked ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) and 42 ro

SUBMITTER: McGinness HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11621969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature