A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ...
Abstract Background As a widely distributed and aerial migratory bird, the Common Swift (Apus apus) flies over a wide geographic range in Eurasia and Africa during migration. Although some studies have revealed the migration routes and phenology of European populations, A. a. apus (from hereon the n...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6072630 2024-04-28T08:03:35+00:00 A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... Zhao, Yanyan Zhao, Xinru Wu, Lan Mu, Tong Yu, Fang Kearsley, Lyndon Liang, Xuan Fu, Jianping Hou, Xiaoru Peng, Peng Li, Xiaoyang Zhang, Tao Yan, Su Newell, Dick Hewson, Chris M. Townshend, Terry Åkesson, Susanne Liu, Yang 2022 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6072630 https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/A_30_000-km_journey_by_Apus_apus_pekinensis_tracks_arid_lands_between_northern_China_and_south-western_Africa/6072630 unknown figshare Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Evolutionary Biology FOS Biological sciences Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Ecology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Collection article 2022 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6072630 2024-04-02T12:06:05Z Abstract Background As a widely distributed and aerial migratory bird, the Common Swift (Apus apus) flies over a wide geographic range in Eurasia and Africa during migration. Although some studies have revealed the migration routes and phenology of European populations, A. a. apus (from hereon the nominate apus), the route used by its East Asian counterpart A. a. pekinensis (from hereon pekinensis) remained a mystery. Methods Using light level geolocators, we studied the migration of adult pekinensis breeding in Beijing from 2014 to 2018, and analysed full annual tracks obtained from 25 individuals. In addition, we used the mean monthly precipitation to assess the seasonal variations in humidity for the distribution ranges of the nominate apus and pekinensis. This environmental variable is considered to be critically relevant to their migratory phenology and food resource abundance. Results Our results show that the swifts perform a round-trip journey of ca 30,000 km each year, representing a detour of 26% ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Apus apus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Evolutionary Biology FOS Biological sciences Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Ecology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Zhao, Yanyan Zhao, Xinru Wu, Lan Mu, Tong Yu, Fang Kearsley, Lyndon Liang, Xuan Fu, Jianping Hou, Xiaoru Peng, Peng Li, Xiaoyang Zhang, Tao Yan, Su Newell, Dick Hewson, Chris M. Townshend, Terry Åkesson, Susanne Liu, Yang A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... |
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Abstract Background As a widely distributed and aerial migratory bird, the Common Swift (Apus apus) flies over a wide geographic range in Eurasia and Africa during migration. Although some studies have revealed the migration routes and phenology of European populations, A. a. apus (from hereon the nominate apus), the route used by its East Asian counterpart A. a. pekinensis (from hereon pekinensis) remained a mystery. Methods Using light level geolocators, we studied the migration of adult pekinensis breeding in Beijing from 2014 to 2018, and analysed full annual tracks obtained from 25 individuals. In addition, we used the mean monthly precipitation to assess the seasonal variations in humidity for the distribution ranges of the nominate apus and pekinensis. This environmental variable is considered to be critically relevant to their migratory phenology and food resource abundance. Results Our results show that the swifts perform a round-trip journey of ca 30,000 km each year, representing a detour of 26% ... |
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Zhao, Yanyan Zhao, Xinru Wu, Lan Mu, Tong Yu, Fang Kearsley, Lyndon Liang, Xuan Fu, Jianping Hou, Xiaoru Peng, Peng Li, Xiaoyang Zhang, Tao Yan, Su Newell, Dick Hewson, Chris M. Townshend, Terry Åkesson, Susanne Liu, Yang |
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Zhao, Yanyan Zhao, Xinru Wu, Lan Mu, Tong Yu, Fang Kearsley, Lyndon Liang, Xuan Fu, Jianping Hou, Xiaoru Peng, Peng Li, Xiaoyang Zhang, Tao Yan, Su Newell, Dick Hewson, Chris M. Townshend, Terry Åkesson, Susanne Liu, Yang |
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A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... |
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A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... |
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A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... |
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A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... |
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A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ... |
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30,000-km journey by apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern china and south-western africa ... |
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