Connectivity in Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus Between Breeding Grounds in Europe and Autumn Stopover Sites in Iberia

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Fernando Jubete¹  Jose L. Greño⁴  Luis Lozano⁸  Jose Luis Arroyo³  Emilio Barba⁵  Juan S. Monrós⁵  Miren Andueza⁷  Rubén Moreno-Opo²  Jordi Feliu⁶ 

[1] 6Global Nature Fundation. C/ Corro Postigo, 1, E-34337 Fuentes de Nava, Spain;8Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Montícola, Unidad de Zoología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049, Madrid, Spain;3Natural Processes Monitoring Team, Doñana Biological Station-CSIC, C/Americo Vespucio s/n, E-41092, Seville, Spain;5Grupo Ornitològic L'Ullal, Castellón, Spain;1“Cavanilles” Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Apdo 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain;4Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), CSIC — UCLM - JCCM, Ronda de Toledo s/n, E-13071 Ciudad Real, Spain;1“Cavanilles” Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Apdo 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain;2Dept of Ornithology, Aranzadi Sciences Society, Zorroagagaina 11, E-20014 Donostia-S. Sebastián, Spain;7GIA Extremadura, C/ Carrera 8, 2°B, E-06700 Villanueva de la Serena, Spain;

关键词: Wing Length;   

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学科分类：动物科学

来源: Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie/Netherlands Ornithological Union

【 摘 要 】

WedeterminedthedegreeofconnectivityintheEurasianReedWarblerAcrocephalusscirpaceusbetweenbreedingregionsincentralandnorthernEuropeandstopoversitesinIberia,duringtheautumnmigration.Weusedbothrecoverydataandwinglengthanalysestoachievethis.Biometricdatawereobtainedduring2009at11samplinglocalitiesinIberia,whichweamalgamatedintofourmajormigratoryareaswithintheregion(Central,Western,EasternandSouthwesternIberia,hereafterCI,WI,EI,SW).FromtheEURINGdatabase,weselectedbirdscapturedattheirbreedingsitesinEuropeandrecapturedinIberiaduringtheautumnmigration.ReedWarblerspassingthroughWIhadshorterwingsthanthoseinCI,EIandSW,suggestingthatbirdsinWImigratedshorterdistances,afactalsosupportedbyrecoverydata.AlthoughReedWarblersshowedsomepopulationoverlapwhenpassingthroughIberia,wefoundthatbirdspassingthroughEIandCIcamefromareasfurthertotheeast(continentalEurope)thanthosepassingthroughWI(mainlyBritishIsles),thussupportingparallelmigration.ReedWarblerstendedtoconvergeinsouthwesternIberia,suggestinganeffectofnearbygeographicalbarriers.

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