Using genetic markers to unravel the origin of birds converging towards pre-migratory sites.

ABSTRACT: Identifying patterns of individual movements in spatial and temporal scales can provide valuable insight into the structure of populations and the dynamics of communities and ecosystems. Especially for migrating birds, that can face a variety of unfavorable conditions along their journey, resolving movements of individuals across their annual cycle is necessary in order to design better targeted conservation strategies. Here, we studied the movements of a small migratory falcon, the Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), by genetically assigning feathers from individuals of unknown origin that concentrate in large roosts during the pre-migratory period. Our findings suggest that birds from multiple breeding populations in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean region move towards two pre-migrator

SUBMITTER: Bounas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5974135 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature