Constraints and strategies of long-distance migratory shorebirds along the east Asian-Australasian flyway

This thesis uses relatively large intra-specific (Ruddy Turnstone [Arenaria interpres]) and inter-specific (seven shorebird species along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway) datasets to analyse thus far largely unexplored aspects of the migratory behaviour of these shorebirds. It identfied that body...

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Main Author: M Zhao
Format: Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30097461
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Summary:This thesis uses relatively large intra-specific (Ruddy Turnstone [Arenaria interpres]) and inter-specific (seven shorebird species along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway) datasets to analyse thus far largely unexplored aspects of the migratory behaviour of these shorebirds. It identfied that body size and season played a key role in shaping migratory behaviours.