Why fly the extra mile? Using stress biomarkers to assess wintering habitat quality in migratory shorebirds

• Main Authors: Y Aharon-Rotman, Kate Buchanan, NJ Clark, Marcel Klaassen, WA Buttemer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Ecology not elsewhere classified; migration; waders; trade-off; avian malaria; ruddy turnstone; intake-rates; 060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified; 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences; Centre for Integrative Ecology; School of Life and Environmental Sciences; 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; Arctic; Broome; Arenaria interpres; Ruddy Turnstone
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084784; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Why_fly_the_extra_mile_Using_stress_biomarkers_to_assess_wintering_habitat_quality_in_migratory_shorebirds/20878660

Migratory birds make decisions about how far to travel based on cost-benefit trade-offs. However, in many cases the net effect of these trade-offs is unclear. We sought to address this question by measuring feather corticosterone (CORTf), leucocyte profile, avian malaria parasite prevalence and esti...