First three-dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility

Animal migration has fascinated humans at least since Aristotle's time, but we only started to understand its details thanks to the famous "arrow storks" in the 19th century that returned to Europe with an arrow in their body, providing the first clues of African wintering sites. Bird...

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Published in:Ecology
Main Authors: O'Mara, Michael Teague, Wikelski, Martin, Kranstauber, Bart, Dechmann, Dina K. N.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
migration
flight
movement
movement ecology
aeroecology
radio tracking
altitude
Nyctalus noctula
common noctule
Großer Abendsegler
ddc:570
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-2-auznx6btw00n2
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2762
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Summary:Animal migration has fascinated humans at least since Aristotle's time, but we only started to understand its details thanks to the famous "arrow storks" in the 19th century that returned to Europe with an arrow in their body, providing the first clues of African wintering sites. Bird migration has received a large amount of attention since then, but knowledge about migration of other organisms, even small passerine birds, remains rudimentary (Bowlin et al. 2010). published

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