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Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance

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  • Fabrizio Sergio

    (Estación Biológica de Doñana—CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain)

  • Alessandro Tanferna

    (Estación Biológica de Doñana—CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain)

  • Renaud De Stephanis

    (Estación Biológica de Doñana—CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain)

  • Lidia López Jiménez

    (Estación Biológica de Doñana—CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain)

  • Julio Blas

    (Estación Biológica de Doñana—CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain)

  • Giacomo Tavecchia

    (Population Ecology Group, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMEDEA), CSIC-UIB, 07190 Esporles, Spain)

  • Damiano Preatoni

    (Insubria University, 21100 Varese, Italy)

  • Fernando Hiraldo

    (Estación Biológica de Doñana—CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain)

Abstract

A cross-sectional study of migrating raptors aged from 1 to 27 years old shows that migratory performance gradually improves with age and is driven both by selective mortality and individual improvement, with younger birds leaving progressively earlier as they age and becoming more proficient at coping with adverse environmental conditions, such as unfavourable winds.

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  • Fabrizio Sergio & Alessandro Tanferna & Renaud De Stephanis & Lidia López Jiménez & Julio Blas & Giacomo Tavecchia & Damiano Preatoni & Fernando Hiraldo, 2014. "Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance," Nature, Nature, vol. 515(7527), pages 410-413, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:515:y:2014:i:7527:d:10.1038_nature13696
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13696
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    1. Xiaodan Wang & Marius Somveille & Adriaan M. Dokter & Wenhua Cao & Chuyu Cheng & Jiajia Liu & Zhijun Ma, 2024. "Macro-scale relationship between body mass and timing of bird migration," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Patrik Byholm & Martin Beal & Natalie Isaksson & Ulrik Lötberg & Susanne Åkesson, 2022. "Paternal transmission of migration knowledge in a long-distance bird migrant," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.
    3. Paula Hidalgo-Rodríguez & Pedro Sáez-Gómez & Julio Blas & Anders Hedenström & Carlos Camacho, 2021. "Body mass dynamics of migratory nightjars are explained by individual turnover and fueling," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 32(6), pages 1086-1093.

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