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Title of Journal: Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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Abbravation: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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Springer-Verlag

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10.1006/abio.2000.4785

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1432-0762

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Exaggerated orientation scatter of nocturnal passe

Authors: Håkan Karlsson Johan Bäckman Cecilia Nilsson Thomas Alerstam
Publish Date: 2010/07/09
Volume: 64, Issue: 12, Pages: 2021-2031
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Using tracking radars we investigated the variability of flight directions of longdistance nocturnal passerine migrants across seasons spring versus autumn migration and sites at the southern 56° N and northern 68° N ends of the Scandinavian Peninsula Lund versus Abisko Whilst most migrants at Lund are on passage to and from breeding sites in Fennoscandia the majority of the migrants at Abisko are close to their breeding sites and migration at Abisko thus to a large degree reflects initial departure from breeding sites autumn or final approach to breeding destinations spring The radar data were used to test predictions about differences in orientation and wind drift effects between adult and juvenile birds a large proportion of autumn migrants consists of juvenile birds on their first journey between situations far away from or near the goals and between different phases of migration initial departure en route passage final approach to goal The concentrations both total and withinnight concentrations of flight directions differed significantly between seasons as well as sites with the highest concentration at Lund in spring mean vector length of track directions r = 079 and lowest at Abisko during spring r = 035 Partial wind drift and partial compensation were recorded at Lund with a similar effect size in spring and autumn whilst possible wind drift effects at Abisko were obscured by the large directional scatter at this site The results from Lund support the prediction that the high proportion of juveniles in autumn contributes to increase the directional scatter during this season whilst there was no support for predictions of differential wind drift effects between seasons and situations with different goal distances The most striking and surprising result was the exceedingly large scatter of flight directions at Abisko particularly in spring We suggest that such an exaggerated scatter may be associated with final approach orientation where migrants reach their specific goals from all various directions by final navigation within a more wideranging goal region The larger scatter of autumn flight directions at Abisko compared to Lund may be due to exploratory flights in variable directions being more common at initial departure from breeding sites than later during migratory passage These surprising results highlight the importance of studying and analysing orientation during final approach to and initial departure from migratory goals for understanding the orientation systems of migratory birdsWe would like to thank NilsÅke Andersson Anders Eriksson Bertil Larsson and KarlBirger Strann for valuable help and discussions during our work in Abisko We are also grateful to the staff at Abisko Scientific Research Station for greatly facilitating many aspects of our fieldwork


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