Winter fidelity, movements, and energy expenditure of Midcontinent Greater White-fronted Geese.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Animal movement patterns are the result of both environmental and physiological effects, and the rates of movement and energy expenditure of given movement strategies are influenced by the physical environment an animal inhabits. Greater white-fronted geese in North America winter in ecologically distinct regions and have undergone a large-scale shift in wintering distribution over the past 20 years. White-fronts continue to winter in historical wintering areas in addition to contemporary areas, but the rates of movement among regions, and energetic consequences of those decisions, are unknown. Additionally, linkages between wintering and breeding regions are generally unknown, and may influence within-winter movement rates.

Methods

We used Global Positioning Syst

SUBMITTER: VonBank JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816378 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature