"Closer-to-home" strategy benefits juvenile survival in a long-distance migratory bird.

ABSTRACT: Human-induced changes in the climate and environment that occur at an unprecedented speed are challenging the existence of migratory species. Faced with these new challenges, species with diverse and flexible migratory behaviors may suffer less from population decline, as they may be better at responding to these changes by altering their migratory behavior. At the individual level, variations in migratory behavior may lead to differences in fitness and subsequently influence the population's demographic dynamics. Using lifetime GPS bio-logging data from 169 white storks (Ciconia ciconia), we explore whether the recently shortened migration distance of storks affects their survival during different stages of their juvenile life. We also explore how other variations in migratory deci

SUBMITTER: Cheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706183 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature