Selection of habitats by two closely-related shorebird species wintering on the French Atlantic coast : Study of the bar-tailed and black-tailed godwits

• Main Author: Jourdan, Clément
• Other Authors: LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMR 7266 (LIENSs), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de La Rochelle, Pierrick Bocher, Jérôme Fort
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Shorebirds; Intertidal mudflats; Wintering strategy; Habitat selection; GPS tracking; Oiseaux limicoles; Vasière intertidales; Stratégie hivernale; Sélection d’habitats; Télémétrie GPS; [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology; Noire; Iceland; Alaska; barge à queue noire; black-tailed godwit; Limosa limosa; Siberia
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-03606976; https://theses.hal.science/tel-03606976/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-03606976/file/2021JOURDAN171837.pdf

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) and the black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) are two migratory shorebird species that spend the winter on the French Atlantic coast, before to reach regions further north for breeding. These two species share great phylogenetic proximity, and great morphologic...