Data from: Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration ...
While there is ample evidence supporting genetic control of migratory behaviour in short-lived passerines, long-lived social species have been assumed to rely solely on cultural inheritance of migratory routes. Evidence from experimental studies supporting this idea is scarce. We tested whether the...
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Dryad
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cvdncjtbx https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.cvdncjtbx |
| Summary: | While there is ample evidence supporting genetic control of migratory behaviour in short-lived passerines, long-lived social species have been assumed to rely solely on cultural inheritance of migratory routes. Evidence from experimental studies supporting this idea is scarce. We tested whether the moult migration in taiga bean geese Anser fabalis has an inherited component or whether the birds need oblique social learning (where knowledge on migration is transferred from any experienced individual to any naïve individual conspecific) to carry out this journey. In many waterfowl species, non-breeders and failed breeders migrate to remote places for wing moult while successful breeders stay at the breeding grounds and moult with their chicks. We translocated one-year-old taiga bean geese before their first moult migration to sites outside of the breeding range to examine whether they display innate moult migration behaviour without experienced conspecifics or not. The birds were equipped with GPS-transmitters ... : # GPS data from manuscript: "Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration." ## Description of the data and file structure The table presents gps positions obtained from taga bean geese tagged in Finland in 2023. The data cover period from the day of tagging till the 31st of December 2023. Column "Neck_band" is the alphanumeric code written on the neck band of each tracked bird. Column "UTC_datetime" has the date and time information of when each position has been recorded. Column "Longitude" specifies the recorded positon of the bird in °E and column "Latitude" position in °E, both in WGS84 decimal system. Cells with values "0" mean that the transmitter attempted but failed to record the Latitude and/or Longitude at the given timestamp. Transmitters used are OrniTrack-44 solar-powered GPS-GSM neck collars (Ornitela UAB) weighing ~45 g. Capturing, and marking of birds was done by the approval of Finnish Wildlife Agency (licence ... |
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