The paradox of spoonbill migration: most birds travel to where survival rates are lowest
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Animal Behaviour
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2011
- Accepted Date
- Jul 06, 2011
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 837–844
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.07.019
- Source
- Elsevier
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Highlights ► Winter site fidelity of Eurasian spoonbills strongly increases with age. ► Spoonbills are highly faithful to their wintering area after the first year of life. ► Adult spoonbills winter further away from the breeding grounds than juveniles. ► Unexpectedly, most spoonbills winter in the area where survival is lowest. ► Potential explanations for this unexpected result are discussed.
