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SUBMITTER: Loonstra AHJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6900105 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loonstra A H Jelle AHJ Verhoeven Mo A MA Senner Nathan R NR Both Christiaan C Piersma Theunis T
Ecology letters 20190917 12
Long-distance migratory flights are predicted to be associated with higher mortality rates when individuals encounter adverse weather conditions. However, directly connecting environmental conditions experienced in-flight with the survival of migrants has proven difficult. We studied how the in-flight mortality of 53 satellite-tagged Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa limosa) during 132 crossings of the Sahara Desert, a major geographical barrier along their migration route between The Netherla ...[more]