Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt
Migratory species display a range of migration patterns between irruptive (facultative) to regular (obligate), as a response to different predictability of resources. In the Arctic, snow directly influences resource availability. The causes and consequences of different migration patterns of migrato...
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ftagderuniv:oai:uia.brage.unit.no:11250/2735569 2023-05-15T14:28:07+02:00 Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt Curk, Teja Pokrovsky, Ivan Lecomte, Nicolas Aarvak, Tomas Brinker, David F. Burnham, Kurt Dietz, Andreas Dixon, Andrew Franke, Alastair Gauthier, Gilles Jacobsen, Karl-Otto Kidd, Jeff Lewis, Stephen B. Øien, Ingar J. Sokolov, Aleksandr Sokolov, Vasiliy Solheim, Roar Weidensaul, Scott Wiebe, Karen Wikelski, Martin Therrien, Jean-François Safi, Kamran 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2735569 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63312-0 eng eng Nature Publishing Group https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2653127 Andre: Fylkesmannen i Nordland Andre: NOF-BirdLife Norway’s Snowy owl Foundation Andre: Fylkesmannen i Trøndelag Andre: Fylkesmannen i Troms og Finnmark Andre: Norwegian Environment Agency Andre: Fylkesmannen i Innlandet Andre: Fylkesmannen i Vestland Andre: Fylkesmannen i Vestfold Andre: Fylkesmannen i Vestfold og Telemark Andre: Fylkesmannen i Oslo og Viken Curk, T., Pokrovsky, I., Lecomte, N., Aarvak, T., Brinker, D. F., Burnham, K., Dietz, A., Dixon, A., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Jacobsen, K. -O., Kidd, J., Lewis, S. B., Øien, I. J., Sokolov., Sokolov, V., Solheim, R., Weidensaul, S., Wiebe, K., Wikelski, M., Therrien, J.-F. & Safi, K. (2020). Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt. Scientific Reports, 10. doi: urn:issn:2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2735569 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63312-0 cristin:1808816 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2020 The Author(s) CC-BY 10 Scientific Reports VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Zoology and botany: 480 Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 ftagderuniv https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63312-0 2022-12-11T06:51:35Z Migratory species display a range of migration patterns between irruptive (facultative) to regular (obligate), as a response to different predictability of resources. In the Arctic, snow directly influences resource availability. The causes and consequences of different migration patterns of migratory species as a response to the snow conditions remains however unexplored. Birds migrating to the Arctic are expected to follow the spring snowmelt to optimise their arrival time and select for snow-free areas to maximise prey encounter en-route. Based on large-scale movement data, we compared the migration patterns of three top predator species of the tundra in relation to the spatio-temporal dynamics of snow cover. The snowy owl, an irruptive migrant, the rough-legged buzzard, with an intermediary migration pattern, and the peregrine falcon as a regular migrant, all followed, as expected, the spring snowmelt during their migrations. However, the owl stayed ahead, the buzzard stayed on, and the falcon stayed behind the spatio-temporal peak in snowmelt. Although none of the species avoided snow-covered areas, they presumably used snow presence as a cue to time their arrival at their breeding grounds. We show the importance of environmental cues for species with different migration patterns. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic peregrine falcon snowy owl Tundra Unvieristy of Agder: AURA (Brage) Arctic Scientific Reports 10 1 |
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VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Zoology and botany: 480 Curk, Teja Pokrovsky, Ivan Lecomte, Nicolas Aarvak, Tomas Brinker, David F. Burnham, Kurt Dietz, Andreas Dixon, Andrew Franke, Alastair Gauthier, Gilles Jacobsen, Karl-Otto Kidd, Jeff Lewis, Stephen B. Øien, Ingar J. Sokolov, Aleksandr Sokolov, Vasiliy Solheim, Roar Weidensaul, Scott Wiebe, Karen Wikelski, Martin Therrien, Jean-François Safi, Kamran Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt |
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Migratory species display a range of migration patterns between irruptive (facultative) to regular (obligate), as a response to different predictability of resources. In the Arctic, snow directly influences resource availability. The causes and consequences of different migration patterns of migratory species as a response to the snow conditions remains however unexplored. Birds migrating to the Arctic are expected to follow the spring snowmelt to optimise their arrival time and select for snow-free areas to maximise prey encounter en-route. Based on large-scale movement data, we compared the migration patterns of three top predator species of the tundra in relation to the spatio-temporal dynamics of snow cover. The snowy owl, an irruptive migrant, the rough-legged buzzard, with an intermediary migration pattern, and the peregrine falcon as a regular migrant, all followed, as expected, the spring snowmelt during their migrations. However, the owl stayed ahead, the buzzard stayed on, and the falcon stayed behind the spatio-temporal peak in snowmelt. Although none of the species avoided snow-covered areas, they presumably used snow presence as a cue to time their arrival at their breeding grounds. We show the importance of environmental cues for species with different migration patterns. publishedVersion |
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Curk, Teja Pokrovsky, Ivan Lecomte, Nicolas Aarvak, Tomas Brinker, David F. Burnham, Kurt Dietz, Andreas Dixon, Andrew Franke, Alastair Gauthier, Gilles Jacobsen, Karl-Otto Kidd, Jeff Lewis, Stephen B. Øien, Ingar J. Sokolov, Aleksandr Sokolov, Vasiliy Solheim, Roar Weidensaul, Scott Wiebe, Karen Wikelski, Martin Therrien, Jean-François Safi, Kamran |
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Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt |
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Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt |
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Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt |
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2653127 Andre: Fylkesmannen i Nordland Andre: NOF-BirdLife Norway’s Snowy owl Foundation Andre: Fylkesmannen i Trøndelag Andre: Fylkesmannen i Troms og Finnmark Andre: Norwegian Environment Agency Andre: Fylkesmannen i Innlandet Andre: Fylkesmannen i Vestland Andre: Fylkesmannen i Vestfold Andre: Fylkesmannen i Vestfold og Telemark Andre: Fylkesmannen i Oslo og Viken Curk, T., Pokrovsky, I., Lecomte, N., Aarvak, T., Brinker, D. F., Burnham, K., Dietz, A., Dixon, A., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Jacobsen, K. -O., Kidd, J., Lewis, S. B., Øien, I. J., Sokolov., Sokolov, V., Solheim, R., Weidensaul, S., Wiebe, K., Wikelski, M., Therrien, J.-F. & Safi, K. (2020). Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt. Scientific Reports, 10. doi: urn:issn:2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2735569 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63312-0 cristin:1808816 |
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