Seasonal and population differences in migration of Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway

• Published in: Avian Research
• Main Authors: Fenliang Kuang, Jonathan T. Coleman, Chris J. Hassell, Kar-Sin K. Leung, Grace Maglio, Wanjuan Ke, Chuyu Cheng, Jiayuan Zhao, Zhengwang Zhang, Zhijun Ma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Conservation; Flyway; Migration; Migration connectivity; Stopover; Tracking; Zoology; QL1-991; Moreton; Moreton Bay; Roebuck; Numenius phaeopus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00210-z; https://doaj.org/article/83aac9821dde459cb3c6c1d9e1a63ed6

Abstract Background Conserving migratory birds is challenging due to their reliance on multiple distant sites at different stages of their annual life cycle. The concept of “flyway”, which refers to all areas covered by the breeding, nonbreeding, and migrating of birds, provides a framework for inte...