Individual migration patterns of Eurasian golden plovers <i>Pluvialis apricaria</i> breeding in Swedish Lapland; examples of cold spell‐induced winter movements

Machín, Paula; Fernandez-Elipe, Juan; Flores, Manuel; Fox, James W.; Aguirre, José I.; Klaassen, Raymond H. G.

doi:10.1111/jav.00768

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“…Mean fall migration speeds and distances of Mountain Plovers were comparable to those reported for Eurasian Golden Plovers ( Pluvialis apricaria ), short‐distance migrants (1870 km and 18 km d −1 , respectively; Machín et al. ).…”

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“…For example, winter cold spells can induce migratory movements in Eurasian Golden Plovers, a short‐distance migratory shorebird (Machín et al. ). To examine potential weather effects, we obtained daily weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Global Historical Climatology Network‐Daily dataset (Menne et al.…”

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Migration routes and timing of Mountain Plovers revealed by geolocators

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Understanding the migratory movements and habitats used during the annual cycle of migrants is essential to developing comprehensive conservation strategies. Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus) are short‐distance migrants listed as a species of conservation concern in many states across their range, however, little is known about their migratory ecology. We used data from geolocators to describe the first direct estimates of migratory routes and migration schedules for Mountain Plovers breeding in Phillips County, Montana. We attached geolocators to 36 Mountain Plovers in 2010–2012 and recovered five (13.9%; three males and two females). Four of five Mountain Plovers in our study overwintered in Texas, and one overwintered in Arizona. Migration routes were relatively linear, with the exception of one plover that moved south and then west to reach its winter range in Arizona. Two plovers left breeding areas in mid‐July and the other three left in late September. All plovers used stopover sites near either eastern Colorado or southwest Kansas. Plovers that departed earlier used stopover sites for ~100 d, whereas those that left later used them for ~35 d. All plovers in our study arrived in wintering areas by early November and departed by late March. Our results suggest that eastern Colorado and southwest Kansas are important stopover areas during migration, and highlight the need to better understand how these locations support non‐breeding plovers.

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Migration routes and timing of Mountain Plovers revealed by geolocators

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“…The study area was visited also in 2012 but as nest survival was extremely low due to a combination of late snow melt (Machin et al . ) and high nest predation rates, it was impossible to study the ecology of Golden Plover chicks in that year (only one chick hatched from 21 nests located). The area is a Special Protected Area (SPA) for birds under the EU Birds Directive as well as a designated Important Bird Area (IBA) according to BirdLife International.…”

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Habitat selection, diet and food availability of European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria chicks in Swedish Lapland

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Fernandez-Elipe²,

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Fennoscandian alpine tundra habitats support large numbers of breeding waders, but relatively little is known about their breeding ecology despite the fact that this habitat is threatened by climate change. We studied habitat selection, diet and prey availability of European (Eurasian) Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria chicks at the Vindelfj€ allen Nature Reserve, Ammarn€ as, Sweden. Information from 22 chicks tracked using radio-transmitters was analysed. By analysing 149 faecal samples, four main prey taxa were identified, Coleoptera (40%), Bibionidae (31%), Hymenoptera (13%) and Tipulidae (10%). We found that chicks switched from feeding on Tipulidae to feeding on Bibionidae as they grew, and that this switch coincided with a shift from the use of the habitat where Tipulidae were abundant (alpine meadow/heathland) to the use of the habitat were Bibionidae were abundant (Willow shrub). Although chicks track food availability to some extent, the link between prey availability and habitat use was not perfect, indicating that additional factors other than food abundance, such as shelter from predators, determine habitat selection. Bibionidae are an important prey for Golden Plover chicks as it is the only prey group that has a late summer flush in abundance, in contrast to the general decline of total arthropod biomass during the chick-rearing period. However, Bibionidae imagoes only occurred in 2011 and were virtually absent in 2013, which relates to the species' ecology with 2-to 5-year cycles in mass occurrence. Extreme annual variation in an essential food source such as Bibionidae imagoes might have an important effect on the condition and survival of Golden Plover chicks, an important subject for future studies. The foraging conditions for Golden Plover chicks in Fennoscandia appear to be different to those in the UK, where the chicks rely mainly on a Tipulidae flush only.

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“…Departure and arrival times, which define start and termination of migratory and stationary periods, were primarily identified by visually inspecting longitude plots in combination with generated maps (Machín et al 2015;Hedh and Hedenström 2020). This approach is justified in general by the fact that (i) the spatial error is lower in the longitudinal axis compared to latitude (particularly around the equinoxes), and (ii) for the ringed plover in particular by the observations of a general southwestnortheast migratory direction in this species (based on ringing recoveries, Fransson et al 2008), and the potential for fast movements between geographical sites due to high flight speeds (Pennycuick et al 2013).…”

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Population specific annual cycles and migration strategies in a leap-frog migrant

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Dänhardt

Hedenström

2021

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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A common migratory pattern in birds is that northerly breeding populations migrate to more southerly non-breeding sites compared to southerly breeding populations (leap-frog migration). Not only do populations experience differences in migration distances, but also different environmental conditions, which may vary spatiotemporally within their annual cycles, creating distinctive selective pressures and migratory strategies. Information about such adaptations is important to understand migratory drivers and evolution of migration patterns. We use light-level geolocators and citizen science data on regional spring arrivals to compare two populations of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula breeding at different latitudes. We (1) describe and characterize the annual cycles and (2) test predictions regarding speed and timing of migration. The northern breeding population (NBP) wintered in Africa and the southern (SBP) mainly in Europe. The annual cycles were shifted temporally so that the NBP was always later in all stages. The SBP spent more than twice as long time in the breeding area, but there was no difference in winter. The NBP spent more time on migration in general. Spring migration speed was lower in the SBP compared to autumn speed of both populations, and there was no difference in autumn and spring speed in the NBP. We also found a larger variation in spring arrival times across years in the SBP. This suggests that a complex interaction of population specific timing and variation of breeding onset, length of breeding season, and proximity to the breeding area shape the annual cycle and migratory strategies. Significance statement Migration distance, climate, and the resulting composition of the annual cycle are expected to influence migration strategies and timing in birds. Testing theories regarding migration behaviours are challenging, and intraspecific comparisons over the full annual cycle are still rare. Here we compare the spatiotemporal distributions of two latitudinally separated populations of common ringed plovers using light-level geolocators. We found that there was a larger long-term variation in first arrival dates and that migration speed was slower only in spring in a temperate, short-distance migratory population, compared to an Arctic, long-distance migratory population. This suggests that a complex interaction of population specific timing and variation of breeding onset, length of breeding season and proximity to the breeding area shape the annual cycle and migratory behaviours.

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Individual migration patterns of Eurasian golden plovers Pluvialis apricaria breeding in Swedish Lapland; examples of cold spell‐induced winter movements

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Migration routes and timing of Mountain Plovers revealed by geolocators

Migration routes and timing of Mountain Plovers revealed by geolocators

Habitat selection, diet and food availability of European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria chicks in Swedish Lapland

Population specific annual cycles and migration strategies in a leap-frog migrant

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