| Summary: | Chapters 1-6 have been published: Chapter 2. Conklin, J.R., Battley, P.F., Potter, M.A., & Fox, J.W. (2010).Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird. Nature Communications, 1(67). doi:10.1038/ncommms1072 Chapter 3. Conklin, J.R., Battley, P.F., Potter, M.A. & Ruthrauff, D.R. (2011). Geographic variation in morphology of Alaska-breeding bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) is not maintained on their non-breeding grounds in New Zealand. The Auk, 128(2):363-373. doi:10.1525/auk.2011.10231 Chapter 4. Conklin, J.R., & Battley, P.F. (2011). Impacts of wind on individual migration schedules of New Zealand Bar-tailed Godwits. Behavioral Ecology, 22(4): 854-861. doi:10.1093/beheco/arr054 Chapter 5. Conklin, J.R., & Battley, P.F. (2011). Contour-feather moult of Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica baueri) in New Zealand and the northern hemisphere reveals multiple strategies by sex and breeding region. Emu, 111: 330-340. doi:10.1071/MU11011 Chapter 6. Conklin, J.R., & Battley, P.F. (2012). Carry-over effects and compensation : late arrival on non-breeding grounds affects wing moult but not plumage or schedules of departing Bar-tailed Godwits. Journal of Avian Biology. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05606.x Long-distance migration places severe constraints on the annual cycles of birds, as they balance the energetic and scheduling requirements of breeding, moult, pre-migratory fuelling, and the journey itself. The most extreme migrations, traversing vast, inhospitable areas of the globe in protracted non-stop flights, may push birds to the limits of their capabilities, and would be expected to tolerate little variation in performance. Despite this, Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponia baueri, which are among the world’s greatest endurance migrants, embark on northward migration from New Zealand across a month-long period, and individuals are quite faithful to their particular schedules. Godwits are highly sexually dimorphic in plumage and body size, and there is ...
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