Bimodal orientation and the occurrence of temporary reverse bird migration during autumn in South Scandinavia
Åkesson, Susanne LU
; Karlsson, Lennart
; Walinder, Göran
and Alerstam, Thomas
LU
(1996)
In Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
38(5).
p.293-302
- Abstract
Extensive ringing data from a coastal site (Falsterbo Bird Observatory) in southwesternmost Sweden were used to investigate the occurrence of reverse autumn migration among 20 passerine bird species oF widely different migration categories. The data demonstrate that reverse migration is a widespread and regular phenomenon among nocturnal as well as diurnal migrants and among irruptive migrants, temperate zone migrants, and long- distance migrants destined for tropical winter quarters. The reoriented movements were directed approximately opposite to the normal migration direction, i.e. between NNW and ENE from the coast and towards inland. Median distances oF reverse movements varied between 9 and 65 kin. Some individuals of irruptive... (More)
Extensive ringing data from a coastal site (Falsterbo Bird Observatory) in southwesternmost Sweden were used to investigate the occurrence of reverse autumn migration among 20 passerine bird species oF widely different migration categories. The data demonstrate that reverse migration is a widespread and regular phenomenon among nocturnal as well as diurnal migrants and among irruptive migrants, temperate zone migrants, and long- distance migrants destined for tropical winter quarters. The reoriented movements were directed approximately opposite to the normal migration direction, i.e. between NNW and ENE from the coast and towards inland. Median distances oF reverse movements varied between 9 and 65 kin. Some individuals of irruptive and partial migrants settled to winter in the reverse direction. Bird species with relatively small fat reserves at capture were more likely to perform reverse migratory movements than species with larger fat deposits. In two species birds performing forward migration were significantly heavier within 10 days after capture than individuals perForming reverse movements. The reoriented movements probably are of adaptive significance for birds conFronted with the sea and pre-disposed to refuelling during migration. A bimodal orientation mechanism will bring the birds from an area with high competition for food and high predation risk to more suitable resting and Feeding grounds before resuming migration in the forward direction and crossing the barrier.
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- Åkesson, Susanne
LU
; Karlsson, Lennart
; Walinder, Göran
and Alerstam, Thomas
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1996
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Autumn migration, Ecological barriers, Orientation, Reverse migration, Ringing recoveries
- in
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- volume
- 38
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0029660509
- ISSN
- 0340-5443
- DOI
- 10.1007/s002650050245
- language
- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{<p>Extensive ringing data from a coastal site (Falsterbo Bird Observatory) in southwesternmost Sweden were used to investigate the occurrence of reverse autumn migration among 20 passerine bird species oF widely different migration categories. The data demonstrate that reverse migration is a widespread and regular phenomenon among nocturnal as well as diurnal migrants and among irruptive migrants, temperate zone migrants, and long- distance migrants destined for tropical winter quarters. The reoriented movements were directed approximately opposite to the normal migration direction, i.e. between NNW and ENE from the coast and towards inland. Median distances oF reverse movements varied between 9 and 65 kin. Some individuals of irruptive and partial migrants settled to winter in the reverse direction. Bird species with relatively small fat reserves at capture were more likely to perform reverse migratory movements than species with larger fat deposits. In two species birds performing forward migration were significantly heavier within 10 days after capture than individuals perForming reverse movements. The reoriented movements probably are of adaptive significance for birds conFronted with the sea and pre-disposed to refuelling during migration. A bimodal orientation mechanism will bring the birds from an area with high competition for food and high predation risk to more suitable resting and Feeding grounds before resuming migration in the forward direction and crossing the barrier.</p>}},
author = {{Åkesson, Susanne and Karlsson, Lennart and Walinder, Göran and Alerstam, Thomas}},
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title = {{Bimodal orientation and the occurrence of temporary reverse bird migration during autumn in South Scandinavia}},
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