The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds?
The degree of inhospitable terrain encountered by migrating birds can dramatically affect migration strategies and their evolution as well as influence the way we develop our contemporary flyway conservation responses to protect them. We used telemetry data from 44 tagged individuals of four large-b...
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| author | Xin Wang Lei Cao Inga Bysykatova Zhenggang Xu Sonia Rozenfeld Wooseog Jeong Didier Vangeluwe Yunlin Zhao Tianhe Xie Kunpeng Yi Anthony David Fox |
| author_facet | Xin Wang Lei Cao Inga Bysykatova Zhenggang Xu Sonia Rozenfeld Wooseog Jeong Didier Vangeluwe Yunlin Zhao Tianhe Xie Kunpeng Yi Anthony David Fox |
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| description | The degree of inhospitable terrain encountered by migrating birds can dramatically affect migration strategies and their evolution as well as influence the way we develop our contemporary flyway conservation responses to protect them. We used telemetry data from 44 tagged individuals of four large-bodied, Arctic breeding waterbird species (two geese, a swan and one crane species) to show for the first time that these birds fly non-stop over the Far East taiga forest, despite their differing ecologies and migration routes. This implies a lack of suitable taiga refuelling habitats for these long-distance migrants. These results underline the extreme importance of northeast China spring staging habitats and of Arctic areas prior to departure in autumn to enable birds to clear this inhospitable biome, confirming the need for adequate site safeguard to protect these populations throughout their annual cycle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8122cfd9911b48c89cdd777cce9a19e62023-12-03T11:00:22ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592018-02-016e435310.7717/peerj.4353The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds?Xin Wang0Lei Cao1Inga Bysykatova2Zhenggang Xu3Sonia Rozenfeld4Wooseog Jeong5Didier Vangeluwe6Yunlin Zhao7Tianhe Xie8Kunpeng Yi9Anthony David Fox10State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Biological Problems of Cryolitozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, RussiaCentral South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, ChinaBird Ringing Centre of Russia, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian FederationAnimal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of KoreaInstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, BelgiumCentral South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkThe degree of inhospitable terrain encountered by migrating birds can dramatically affect migration strategies and their evolution as well as influence the way we develop our contemporary flyway conservation responses to protect them. We used telemetry data from 44 tagged individuals of four large-bodied, Arctic breeding waterbird species (two geese, a swan and one crane species) to show for the first time that these birds fly non-stop over the Far East taiga forest, despite their differing ecologies and migration routes. This implies a lack of suitable taiga refuelling habitats for these long-distance migrants. These results underline the extreme importance of northeast China spring staging habitats and of Arctic areas prior to departure in autumn to enable birds to clear this inhospitable biome, confirming the need for adequate site safeguard to protect these populations throughout their annual cycle.https://peerj.com/articles/4353.pdfEast Asian-Australasian FlywayEcological barrierGeeseSatellite trackingSiberian craneSwans |
| spellingShingle | Xin Wang Lei Cao Inga Bysykatova Zhenggang Xu Sonia Rozenfeld Wooseog Jeong Didier Vangeluwe Yunlin Zhao Tianhe Xie Kunpeng Yi Anthony David Fox The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds? PeerJ East Asian-Australasian Flyway Ecological barrier Geese Satellite tracking Siberian crane Swans |
| title | The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds? |
| title_full | The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds? |
| title_fullStr | The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds? |
| title_short | The Far East taiga forest: unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating Arctic-nesting waterbirds? |
| title_sort | far east taiga forest unrecognized inhospitable terrain for migrating arctic nesting waterbirds |
| topic | East Asian-Australasian Flyway Ecological barrier Geese Satellite tracking Siberian crane Swans |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/4353.pdf |
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