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SUBMITTER: Soriano-Redondo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673136 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Soriano-Redondo Andrea A Gutiérrez Jorge S JS Hodgson Dave D Bearhop Stuart S
Nature communications 20201117 1
Billions of vertebrates migrate to and from their breeding grounds annually, exhibiting astonishing feats of endurance. Many such movements are energetically costly yet there is little consensus on whether or how such costs might influence schedules of survival and reproduction in migratory animals. Here we provide a global analysis of associations between migratory behaviour and vertebrate life histories. After controlling for latitudinal and evolutionary patterns, we find that migratory birds ...[more]