Local meteorological conditions reroute a migration.

ABSTRACT: For migrating animals, realized migration routes and timing emerge from hundreds or thousands of movement decisions made along migration routes. Local weather conditions along migration routes continually influence these decisions, and even relatively small changes in en route weather may cumulatively result in major shifts in migration patterns. Here, we analysed satellite tracking data to score a discrete navigation decision by a large migratory bird as it navigated a high-latitude, 5000 m elevation mountain range to understand how those navigational decisions changed under different weather conditions. We showed that wind conditions in particular areas along the migration pathway drove a navigational decision to reroute a migration; conditions encountered predictably resulted in

SUBMITTER: Eisaguirre JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235043 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature