Natal colony influences age-specific movement patterns of the Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis).

ABSTRACT:

Background

As for other life history traits, variation occurs in movement patterns with important impacts on population demography and community interactions. Individuals can show variation in the extent of seasonal movement (or migration) or can change migratory routes among years. Internal factors, such as age or body condition, may strongly influence changes in movement patterns. Indeed, young individuals often tend to move across larger spatial scales compared to adults, but relatively few studies have investigated the proximate and ultimate factors driving such variation. This is particularly the case for seabirds in which the sub-adult period is long and difficult to follow. Here, we examine migration variation and the factors that affect it in a common Mediterranean seabird,

SUBMITTER: Souc C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922451 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature