Seasonal migration strategies of Common Ringed Plovers <i>Charadrius hiaticula</i>

Lislevand, Terje; Briedis, Martins; Heggøy, Oddvar; Hahn, Steffen

doi:10.1111/ibi.12424

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“…The ringed plover is a well‐known example of species migrating according to a ‘leap‐frog pattern’ where populations breeding in the North typically migrate to wintering grounds located further south compared to the southern breeding populations (Salomonsen ). Our results are consistent with this general pattern and indicate that Canadian ringed plovers spend the winter at similar latitudes to the few northern Scandinavian breeding plovers tracked so far (Lislevand et al ). Interestingly, individuals from the easternmost breeding population (Chukotka, Russia) and tracked with geolocators spent winter in the Arabian Peninsula and Northeast Africa (Tomkovich et al ).…”

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“…Wintering sites (△) correspond to averaged winter locations for each individual (see methods). Yellow tracks during autumns and are from the same individual. Mapped on an orthographic projection.…”

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“…Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus breeding in Iceland undertake a fast and direct transoceanic flight in autumn to reach their wintering site in West Africa, while most individuals make a stopover in Europe during spring migration (Carneiro et al ). Such transatlantic flight could be facilitated by better wind condition with individuals experiencing more wind support in autumn than in spring (Alves et al , Carneiro et al ). Contrasting seasonal migration strategies, with migrants largely avoiding the ocean in spring but making long transoceanic flights in autumn, have been associated with favourable wind patterns in other migration flyways.…”

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“…Incubating birds were captured on their nest using bownet traps and were marked using unique colour‐band combinations. From to , 72 adult ringed plovers were fitted with geolocators (38 males and 34 females). We used Intigeo‐W65A9 geolocators (MigrateTechnology, Ltd.) attached on a leg flag to track individuals.…”

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Seasonal variation in migration strategies used to cross ecological barriers in a nearctic migrant wintering in Africa

Léandri‐Breton

Lamarre

Bêty

2019

Journal of Avian Biology

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Ecological barriers such as oceans, mountain ranges or glaciers can have a substantial influence on the evolution of animal migration. Along the migration flyway connecting breeding sites in the North American Arctic and wintering grounds in Europe or Africa, nearctic species are confronted with significant barriers such as the Atlantic Ocean and the Greenland icecap. Using geolocation devices, we identified wintering areas used by ringed plovers nesting in the Canadian High‐Arctic and investigated migration strategies used by these nearctic migrants along the transatlantic route. The main wintering area of the ringed plovers (n = 20) was located in western Africa. We found contrasting seasonal migration patterns, with ringed plovers minimizing continuous flight distances over the ocean in spring by making a detour to stop in Iceland. In autumn, however, most individuals crossed the ocean in one direct flight from southern Greenland to western Europe, as far as southern Spain. This likely resulted from prevailing anti‐clockwise winds associated with the Icelandic low‐pressure system. Moreover, the plovers we tracked largely circumvented the Greenland icecap in autumn, but in spring, some plovers apparently crossed the icecap above the 65°N. Our study highlighted the importance of Iceland as a stepping‐stone during the spring migration and showed that small nearctic migrants can perform non‐stop transatlantic flights from Greenland to southern Europe.

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Seasonal variation in migration strategies used to cross ecological barriers in a nearctic migrant wintering in Africa

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Lamarre

Bêty

2019

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“…After arriving at their non-breeding grounds, many of these species show additional intra-tropical movements within the non-breeding areas [3][4][5]. This phenomenon is generally known as itinerancy [6][7][8] occurs in both the Nearctic-Neotropical [9][10][11] and Palearctic-African migration system [12][13][14][15]. Intratropical movements (hereafter ITMs) result in successive occurrence in at least two non-breeding sites situated in the tropical zone [5].…”

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Intra-tropical movements as a beneficial strategy for Palearctic migratory birds

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Migratory birds often move significantly within their non-breeding range before returning to breed. It remains unresolved under which circumstances individuals relocate, whether movement patterns are consistent between populations and to what degree the individuals benefit from the intra-tropical movement (ITM). We tracked adult great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus from a central and a southeastern European breeding population, which either stay at a single non-breeding site, or show ITM, i.e. move to a second site. We related ITM to the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) describing vegetation conditions and probably reflecting food abundance for these insectivorous birds. Three-quarters of birds showed ITM across the non-breeding range. We found no difference in range values and mean values of NDVI between the single non-breeding sites of stationary birds and the two sites of moving birds. The vegetation conditions were better at the second sites compared to the first sites during the period which moving birds spent at the first sites. Vegetation conditions further deteriorated at the first sites during the period the moving birds resided at their second sites. Our study provides evidence that birds probably benefit from improved conditions after ITM compared to the conditions at the sites from where they departed.

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Evolution of leapfrog migration: A test of competition‐based hypotheses

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Dänhardt,

Hedenström

2024

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Leapfrog migration is a common migration pattern in birds where the breeding and wintering latitudes between populations are in reversed latitudinal sequence. Competition for wintering and breeding sites has been suggested to be an ultimate factor, and several competitor‐based hypotheses have been proposed to explain this pattern. If wintering sites close to the breeding sites are favored, competitive exclusion could force subdominant individuals to winter further away. Competitive exclusion could be mediated either through body size or by prior occupancy. The alternative “spring predictability” hypothesis assumes competition for sufficiently close wintering areas, allowing the birds to use autocorrelated weather cues to optimally time spring migration departure. To test predictions and assumptions of these hypotheses, we combined morphometrics, migration, and weather data from four populations of common ringed plover breeding along a latitudinal (56–68° N) and climatic gradient (temperate to Arctic). Critical for our evaluation was that two populations were breeding on the same latitude in subarctic Sweden with the same distance to the closest potential wintering site, but differed in breeding phenology, and wintered in West Africa and Europe, respectively. Thus, while breeding on the same latitude, their winter distribution overlapped with that of an Arctic and temperate population. Body size was largest within the temperate population, but there was no size difference between the two subarctic populations. Populations wintering in Europe arrived there before populations wintering in Africa. The largest variation in the arrival of meteorological spring occurred at the temperate breeding site, while there was almost no difference among the other sites. In general, temperatures at the northernmost wintering area correlated well with each breeding site prior to breeding site‐specific spring arrival. Based on these observations, we conclude that competitive exclusion through body‐size‐related dominance cannot explain leapfrog migration. Furthermore, the assumptions on which the “spring predictability” hypothesis is based did not match the observed wintering ranges either. However, we could not reject the hypothesis that competitive exclusion mediated by prior occupancy in the wintering area could lead to leapfrog migration, and therefore, this hypothesis should be retained as working hypothesis for further work.

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Seasonal migration strategies of Common Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula

Cited by 17 publications

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Seasonal variation in migration strategies used to cross ecological barriers in a nearctic migrant wintering in Africa

Seasonal variation in migration strategies used to cross ecological barriers in a nearctic migrant wintering in Africa

Intra-tropical movements as a beneficial strategy for Palearctic migratory birds

Evolution of leapfrog migration: A test of competition‐based hypotheses

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