Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource
Natural history museum collections (NHCs) represent a rich and largely untapped source of data on demography and population movements. NHC specimen records can be corrected to a crude measure of collecting effort and reflect relative population densities with a method known as abundance indices. We...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
PeerJ Inc.
2016-04-01
|
| Series: | PeerJ |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1871.pdf |
| _version_ | 1797425769506406400 |
|---|---|
| author | Ethan Linck Eli S. Bridge Jonah M. Duckles Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza Sievert Rohwer |
| author_facet | Ethan Linck Eli S. Bridge Jonah M. Duckles Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza Sievert Rohwer |
| author_sort | Ethan Linck |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Natural history museum collections (NHCs) represent a rich and largely untapped source of data on demography and population movements. NHC specimen records can be corrected to a crude measure of collecting effort and reflect relative population densities with a method known as abundance indices. We plotted abundance index values from georeferenced NHC data in a 12-month series for the new world migratory passerine Passerina ciris across its molting and wintering range in Mexico and Central America. We illustrated a statistically significant change in abundance index values across regions and months that suggests a quasi-circular movement around its non-breeding range, and used enhanced vegetation index (EVI) analysis of remote sensing plots to demonstrate non-random association of specimen record abundance with areas of high primary productivity. We demonstrated how abundance indices from NHC specimen records can be applied to infer previously unknown migratory behavior, and be integrated with remote sensing data to provide a deeper understanding of demography and behavioral ecology across time and space. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T08:21:00Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-b3f06b69cf2e431db76bd79d4c57aff5 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2167-8359 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T08:21:00Z |
| publishDate | 2016-04-01 |
| publisher | PeerJ Inc. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | PeerJ |
| spelling | doaj.art-b3f06b69cf2e431db76bd79d4c57aff52023-12-02T21:50:24ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592016-04-014e187110.7717/peerj.1871Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resourceEthan Linck0Eli S. Bridge1Jonah M. Duckles2Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza3Sievert Rohwer4Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesOklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United StatesThe Software Carpentry Foundation, Norman, OK, United StatesDepartamento de Biología Evolutiva, Museo de Zoología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, MexicoDepartment of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesNatural history museum collections (NHCs) represent a rich and largely untapped source of data on demography and population movements. NHC specimen records can be corrected to a crude measure of collecting effort and reflect relative population densities with a method known as abundance indices. We plotted abundance index values from georeferenced NHC data in a 12-month series for the new world migratory passerine Passerina ciris across its molting and wintering range in Mexico and Central America. We illustrated a statistically significant change in abundance index values across regions and months that suggests a quasi-circular movement around its non-breeding range, and used enhanced vegetation index (EVI) analysis of remote sensing plots to demonstrate non-random association of specimen record abundance with areas of high primary productivity. We demonstrated how abundance indices from NHC specimen records can be applied to infer previously unknown migratory behavior, and be integrated with remote sensing data to provide a deeper understanding of demography and behavioral ecology across time and space.https://peerj.com/articles/1871.pdfMigrationBehavioral ecologyRemote sensingOrnithologyAbundance indicesNatural history museum collections |
| spellingShingle | Ethan Linck Eli S. Bridge Jonah M. Duckles Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza Sievert Rohwer Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource PeerJ Migration Behavioral ecology Remote sensing Ornithology Abundance indices Natural history museum collections |
| title | Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource |
| title_full | Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource |
| title_fullStr | Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource |
| title_short | Assessing migration patterns in Passerina ciris using the world’s bird collections as an aggregated resource |
| title_sort | assessing migration patterns in passerina ciris using the world s bird collections as an aggregated resource |
| topic | Migration Behavioral ecology Remote sensing Ornithology Abundance indices Natural history museum collections |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/1871.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ethanlinck assessingmigrationpatternsinpasserinacirisusingtheworldsbirdcollectionsasanaggregatedresource AT elisbridge assessingmigrationpatternsinpasserinacirisusingtheworldsbirdcollectionsasanaggregatedresource AT jonahmduckles assessingmigrationpatternsinpasserinacirisusingtheworldsbirdcollectionsasanaggregatedresource AT adolfognavarrosiguenza assessingmigrationpatternsinpasserinacirisusingtheworldsbirdcollectionsasanaggregatedresource AT sievertrohwer assessingmigrationpatternsinpasserinacirisusingtheworldsbirdcollectionsasanaggregatedresource |