Mate Guarding by Curlew Sandpipers (Calidris ferruginea) during Spring Migration in North Siberia
ABSTRACT. It is poorly known whether arctic-breeding shorebirds form pairs before or after arrival at the breeding site. We describe the display and mate-guarding behavior of curlew sandpipers Calidrisfermginea at a stopover site in high arctic Siberia, suggesting that in this species pairs may be f...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.9834 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic47-2-142.pdf |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT. It is poorly known whether arctic-breeding shorebirds form pairs before or after arrival at the breeding site. We describe the display and mate-guarding behavior of curlew sandpipers Calidrisfermginea at a stopover site in high arctic Siberia, suggesting that in this species pairs may be forrned before the birds reach their final nesting localities. Key words: shorebirds, mate guarding, migration, curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferrugineu, Siberia RÉSUMÉ. On ne sait pas tr&s bien si les oiseaux de rivage qui nichent dans l'Arctique forment des couples avant ou aprts leur arrivke sur l'aire de reproduction. On dtcrit le cornportement de cour et de garde du partenaire chez le btcasseau cocorli (Calidris ferrugineu) h un site de passage en Sibdrie bortale, en sugg6rant que chez cette espkce, les couples se constituent avant que les oiseaux n'atteignent leur aire de ponte finale. Mots clts: oiseaux de rivage, garde du partenaire, migration, becasseau cocorli, Culidris fermginea, Sibbrie Traduit pour Arctic par Nksida Loyer. |
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