Common Buzzards wintering strategies as an effect of weather conditions and geographic barriers.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Migration is a constantly changing adaptation due to the climate condition evolution. The struggle for surviving during harsh winter season is different across Europe, being more complex toward the inner parts of the continent. The current approach explores the Common Buzzard number variation during the cold season and the climatic predictors of birds of prey wintering movements in relation to the possible influences of the Carpathian Mountains, which may act as a geographical barrier providing shelter from cold air outbreak from north and northeast of the continent.

Location

Romania (45°N25°E).

Taxon

Birds of Prey.

Methods

We applied a GLMM to investigate the relation between continental and local climatic factors with the number of Common Buzzard observat

SUBMITTER: Baltag ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature