Locally adapted migration strategies? Comparing routes and timing of northern wheatears from alpine and lowland European populations

The northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe has an almost circumpolar breeding distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, but all populations migrate to sub‐Saharan Africa in winter. Currently, tracking data suggest two main access routes to the northern continents via the Middle East and the Iberian Peni...

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Main Authors: Christoph M. Meier, Yann Rime, Simeon Lisovski, Martin Buchmann, Felix Liechti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Avian Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02932