Why fly the extra mile? Using stress biomarkers to assess wintering habitat quality in migratory shorebirds

• Main Authors: Aharon-Rotman, Yaara, School of Environmental and Rural Science, orcid:0000-0002-2142-2718, Buchanan, Katherine L, Clark, Nicholas J, Klaassen, Marcel, Buttemer, William A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Subjects: Animal Physiological Ecology; Arctic; Broome; Arenaria interpres; Ruddy Turnstone
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30403

Migratory birds make decisions about how far to travel based on cost-benefit trade-offs. However, in many cases the net effect of these trade-offs is unclear. We sought to address this question by measuring feather corticosterone (CORTf), leucocyte profile, avian malaria parasite prevalence and esti...