A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa ...

• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2022
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; FOS Biological sciences; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Ecology; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Detour; Apus apus
• Online Access: 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

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...