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ArticleEcology and evolution2016

Repeatability of individual migration routes, wintering sites, and timing in a long-distance migrant bird.

Rien E van Wijk, Silke Bauer, Michael Schaub

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rien E van WijkSwiss Ornithological Institute Sempach Switzerland; Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland; Present address: Rien E. van Wijk Calle Zafra 12 2-4 18010 Granada Spain.
Silke BauerSwiss Ornithological Institute Sempach Switzerland.
Michael SchaubSwiss Ornithological Institute Sempach Switzerland; Institute of Ecology and Evolution Division of Conservation Biology University of Bern Bern Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migratory birds are often faithful to wintering (nonbreeding) sites, and also migration timing is usually remarkably consistent, that is, highly repeatable. Spatiotemporal repeatability can be of advantage for multiple reasons, including familiarity with local resources and predators as well as avoiding the costs of finding a new place, for example, nesting grounds. However, when the environment is variable in space and time, variable site selection and timing might be more rewarding. To date, studies on spatial and temporal repeatability in short-lived long-distance migrants are scarce, most notably of first-time and subsequent migrations. Here, we investigated repeatability in autumn migration directions, wintering sites, and annual migration timing in Hoopoes (

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autumn migrationfirst‐time migrantsgeolocatorsHoopoesnon‐breedingSahelspring migration

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PMCPMC5192954

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