Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a high-Arctic avian predator: the long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus).

Trans-equatorial migration routes, staging sites and wintering areas of a high-Arctic avian predator: the long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus).

The Long-tailed Skua, a small (<300 g) Arctic-breeding predator and seabird, is a functionally very important component of the Arctic vertebrate communities in summer, but little is known about its migration and winter distribution. We used light-level geolocators to track the annual movements of...

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Main Authors: Olivier Gilg, Børge Moe, Sveinn Are Hanssen, Niels Martin Schmidt, Benoît Sittler, Jannik Hansen, Jeroen Reneerkens, Brigitte Sabard, Olivier Chastel, Jérôme Moreau, Richard A Phillips, Thomas Oudman, Elisabeth M Biersma, Anette A Fenstad, Johannes Lang, Loïc Bollache
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660453?pdf=render

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