Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America
We radio-marked 18 Dunlin, Calidris alpina (L., 1758), at San Francisco Bay, California, and 11 Dunlin at Grays Harbor, Washington, and relocated 90% of them along the 4200 km long coastline from north of San Francisco Bay to the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. The Copper River Delta, Alaska, was the...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z04-154 2024-03-03T08:43:25+00:00 Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America Warnock, Nils Takekawa, John Y Bishop, Mary Anne 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z04-154 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z04-154 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 82, issue 11, page 1687-1697 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2004 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z04-154 2024-02-07T10:53:38Z We radio-marked 18 Dunlin, Calidris alpina (L., 1758), at San Francisco Bay, California, and 11 Dunlin at Grays Harbor, Washington, and relocated 90% of them along the 4200 km long coastline from north of San Francisco Bay to the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. The Copper River Delta, Alaska, was the single most important stopover site, with 79% of the marked birds detected there. Our second most important site was the Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor complex of wetlands in Washington. The mean length of stay past banding sites ranged from 1.0 to 3.8 days. Controlling for date of departure, birds banded at San Francisco Bay had higher rates of travel to the Copper River Delta than those banded at Grays Harbor. The later a bird left a capture site, the faster it traveled to the Copper River Delta. Length of stay at the Copper River Delta was inversely related to arrival date. We did not find any effect of sex on travel rate or length of stay. Combining the results of this study with our previous work on Western Sandpipers, Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1875), reveals variation of migration strategies used within and among shorebird species along the eastern Pacific Flyway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Calidris alpina Dunlin Kuskokwim Alaska Yukon Canadian Science Publishing Yukon Pacific Canadian Journal of Zoology 82 11 1687 1697 |
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We radio-marked 18 Dunlin, Calidris alpina (L., 1758), at San Francisco Bay, California, and 11 Dunlin at Grays Harbor, Washington, and relocated 90% of them along the 4200 km long coastline from north of San Francisco Bay to the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. The Copper River Delta, Alaska, was the single most important stopover site, with 79% of the marked birds detected there. Our second most important site was the Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor complex of wetlands in Washington. The mean length of stay past banding sites ranged from 1.0 to 3.8 days. Controlling for date of departure, birds banded at San Francisco Bay had higher rates of travel to the Copper River Delta than those banded at Grays Harbor. The later a bird left a capture site, the faster it traveled to the Copper River Delta. Length of stay at the Copper River Delta was inversely related to arrival date. We did not find any effect of sex on travel rate or length of stay. Combining the results of this study with our previous work on Western Sandpipers, Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1875), reveals variation of migration strategies used within and among shorebird species along the eastern Pacific Flyway. |
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Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America |
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Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America |
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Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America |
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Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America |
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Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America |
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