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

• Published in: Journal of Avian Biology
• Main Authors: Léandri‐Breton, Don‐Jean, Lamarre, Jean‐François, Bêty, Joël
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Detour; Greenland; Greenland Icecap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.02101; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jav.02101; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jav.02101

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 sig...