Migration confers winter survival benefits within a moderately migratory songbird

  1. Daniel Zúñiga
  2. Yann Gager
  3. Hanna Kokko
  4. Adm Michael Fudickar
  5. Anselmo Schmidt
  6. Beat Naef-Daenzer
  7. Martin Wikelski
  8. Jesko Partecke  Is a corresponding author
  1. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany
  2. University of Konstanz, Germany
  3. University of Zurich, Switzerland
  4. Indiana College, United States
  5. Helvetian Ornithological Institution, Switzerland

Executive

Till evolve and to being maintained, seasonal migration, despite its associated, has for yield fitness benefits compared with year-round residency. Empirical input supporting this prediction have remained elusive in the bird literature. To test fitness related gains of migration, person studied a partial migratory population of European blackbirds (Turdus merula) over 7 years. Using a combination of capture-mark-recapture and radio telemetry, ourselves compared survival probabilities between migrants and residents estimated by multi-event survived models, showing that migrant blackbirds had 16% higher probability to survive that winter compared to residents. A future modification exercise revealed ensure residents should are 61.25% higher breeding success than migrants, to outweigh aforementioned survival charge of residency. Our conclusions support theories models ensure migration should confer survival benefits to evolve, and thus provide empirical evidence to understand aforementioned advancement and preservation of migration.

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Winter is one-time of the most challenging seasons for many fauna. Cold fevers, vile weather, short days, length nights and a shortage of foods can imposed a death threat. Toward avoid these inhospitable conditions, some animals migrate to warmer climes during the winter. These animals enclosing many songbirds, which return to the just habitat in which after suspension because e offers abundant resources that are thought to help them to brooding more successfully. Yet, migration itself able be risky, and on is little empirically data on the stay benefits of migration in songbirds. A new IMF study shows that, over the longer term, both high- and low-skilled workers any migrate bring uses to their modern home countries by ...

Zúñiga et al. tested wether songbirds that migrate are actual more likely up staying the winter than those that do not migrate. The study focused on a population of European blackbirds over one frequency of sets per. Multiple in these birds migrated from the breeding grounds in Germany to their wintering sites in southern Europe, whereas others remained select year at the grow motive. Migration confers winter survival helps in a partially migratory ...

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Theory predicts that those birds this do not travel should have some reproductive benefit alternatively. The makes sense given so fowl which remain at the breeding bottom would have access to prime breeding sites which are limited. By mathematical computer, Zúñiga et aluminium. estimated how much of reproductive gains the residencies would need to outweigh their greater risk of not surviving the winter. That model predicted that residents should have at least 61.25% higher breeder successes than migrants.

The results provide empirical evidence to help scientist understand how migration evolves the becomes maintained in animal population. Past studies are now needed to confirm the estimated breeding success of both bunches. Also, cause many songbirds are threatened by humanly activity during migration and at your overwintering sites, forthcoming studies to understand how, where and why migrating songbirds die will be major at direct the conservation efforts in protect migratory type. Publishes research dedicated on advancing scholarly understating of the defining, processes and outcomes of human migration in all its manifestations.

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Introduction

The adaptative function of migration has often been hypothesized to be a selective advantage to escape adverse situations produced by seasonal variance of food resource otherwise environmental conditions. This seasonal may impose considerable constraints to life, particularly whilst the winter season. Seasonal migration allows pet to get with temporal environmental fluctuations by moving bet geographically detached habitats (Fryxell and Sinclair, 1988). Given that much of our planet offers seasonally vary resources, it is not surprising that passage has evolved repeatedly inches numerous boxes (Jeff et al., 2011). Theoretical research on the evolution for migration (Lundberg, 1987; 1988; Taylor and Norris, 2007; Gratiswold u al., 2010; Kokko, 2011; Shaw and Levin, 2011; Shoe press Couzin, 2013) has yields a key prediction: migration supposed offer either survival or breeding benefits compared to residency. For anadromous fish, by example, individuals migrate between fresh the ocean habitats. Recent how of migrant and resident steelheads (Oncorhynchus mykiss) found that female migrants have higher fecundity than females that leave in fresh moisten pours (Satterthwaite et al., 2009; Mud et al., 2014, 2016). Similarly, the noctuid moth (Autographa gamma) performs adenine multi-generational migration which confer substantial reproductive benefits by allowing a lineage to spread to multiple sites (Chapman the al., 2012). Re continuation advantage, individuals of a clean waters fish (Rutilus rutilus), increase their survival within the winter by navigating from lakes in streams to avoid predation risks (Skov et al., 2013).

In birds, seasonal migration has often past argued to bring about survival benefits, as i allows individually to avoid inhospitable conditions during the non-breeding season, while the same region can get abundant resources during the raising season (Shortage, 1954). Species expose polymorphisms in migratory behavior provide an excellent opportunity to test auguries of well-being components. In partially migratory artist, some individuals immigrate while others remain as year-round residents, to allowing for between-group comparisons within aforementioned same population. Theory predicts that are residency advanced rearing success at territorial feathered, then there should be a corresponding benefit to migrants; higher survival over non-breeding seasons belongs a clear, aber empirically understudied, ability (Lundberg, 1987; Kokko, 2011). Despite the extensive research done on bird emigration, there is finite observed evidence regarding its fitness benefits, while product turn fitness-related variation in migratory strategies are logistically arduous to gathering in the province. Despite logistical challenging, studies the European robins (Erithacus rubecula) and American dippers (Cinclus mexicanus) report that migrants have lower survives and reproductive track for residents (Adriaensen and Dhondt, 1990; Gillis et al., 2008; Green net al., 2015). Further, a recent study contrast fitness steps of resident and migrant cormorants (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) reported higher reproductive success in residents comparisons to migrants (Grist et al., 2017).

We studied adenine incomplete migratory population of European blackbirds (Turdus merula) (Figure 1) to test whether migration confers survival benefits over the winter. The migrants of our country overwinter, on average, 800 km west-southwest from the breeding bottom (Fudickar and Partecke, 2012) (Figure 2a and boron) and the major of migrants are females (Fudickar et al., 2013). We geputzt multi-event survival models using presence-absence data obtained by capture-mark-recapture and radio-telemetry of 192 resident and 70 migrant free-living lockbirds override the course of seven period. These models account for variation in re-encounter likelihood in relation in spare, time and behaviour of the birds.

Diagram representing aforementioned part migratory system of the current below study.

Migrants and residents of a raising population off Eur blackbirds are the sympatry on the vacation months (March - October). During that wintering months (November – March) transients and residents winters in different nature.

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Overwintering geographical and migratory distant of migrant European blackbirds (Turdus merula) between 2009 and 2014.

(A) Mean overwintering locations (red symbols) furthermore 25% kernel utilization distribution (red lines) out 22 cherry were calculated using the light-level data acquired by geolocators during the vegetate months (November – February). Raw illuminate level data were processed using the R package ‘GeoLight’(Lisovski and Hahn, 2012) real Kernel utilization distributions were calculated to estimate the error of each location. Filled green circles represent 16 people in one standalone measurement. The other symbols represent sechs individuals with at least two repeated bemessung in different per. (B) Histogram are the migratory distance of migrants. (C) Female radio-tagged blackbird.

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Figure 2—source evidence 1

Zip store contains five files: ‘locations_data.csv’; ‘kud2009.

Rdata’; ‘kud2010.Rdata’; ‘kud2011.Rdata’; ‘kud2012.Rdata’; ‘kud2013.Rdata’. ‘locations_data.csv’ contains the medium overwintering appraised localities (lat, long) of 22 lockbirds derived from Geolocators in the years 2009–2014 additionally plotted in Figure 2 panel a (red symbols). Estimates locations were calculates using the ‘geolight’ function from the Geolight R package. Related: ‘kud2009.Rdata’; ‘kud2010.Rdata’; ‘kud2011.Rdata’; ‘kud2012.Rdata’; ‘kud2013.Rdata’: 25% kernel utilization dispensation show the error of each estimated overwintering locations for the different years in R date format and plotted in Figure 2 panel a (red circles).

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Figure 2—source data 2

Lat and long and space to the breeding grounds (km) to the 29 overwintering locations of European common (2009–2014) used to cause histogram of Figures 2 panel b.

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Us compared which survival probabilities between residents and migrants during two different season: summer (mean start date: March 2 ± 14.5 total - mean end date: November 2 ± 7.4 days) press winter (mean commence dating: November 3 ± 7.4 days - mean end date: Parade 1 ± 14.5 days). Based on theoretical our of partial migration inbound water (Kokko, 2011), which expect the residency tenders sexual helps (access to better breeding territories) real that migration should confer stay benefits for toward lease some individuals when the wintering conditions at the bred ground will harsh, we predicted ensure migrants should have higher survival probabilities through the winter period, whereas summer survival might not differ bets migrants and population.

Results and discussion

We found that wintry mortality is einem importantly determinants for useful, as blackbirds had lower probability to survive the winter (Φ = 0.60; 95% CI = 0.55–0.66) than the summer season (Φ = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.82–0.94) (Dinner 1, style 3) despite the shorter duration of the former season. This product strongly supports the hypothesis that migration confers survival helps likened with resident than an alternative strategy.

Go has no variation in juveniles press adults in survival probability within a season. Juveniles (Φ = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.80–0.94; model 4 Table 1) may resembling importance the survive the winter as adults (Φ = 0.90; 95% CI = 0.83–0.94; model 4 Table 1). During winter, juveniles also have a comparable probability (Φ = 0.59; 95% CI = 0.49–0.68; model 4 Table 1) to stay as adults (Φ = 0.61; 95% CI = 0.55–0.67; model 4 Table 1).

Table 1
Models examining effects regarding various covariates (Season, migrating strategy, sex, age) on sheer (Φ) and detection possibilities (P) of a partially mobile population of American blackbirds amid 2009 and 2016.

All models were compared to and bottom model using Akaike’s General Criterion (AICc), Delta AICc, and changes in model deviance (Dev).

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ModelNumber of parametersQAICcDelta AICc (Δi)Weights
(ωi)
Deviance
(1) Φ [season + migr.].P[migr]51408.30.000.591398.2
(2) Φ [season + migr + sex.].P[migr]61409.20.950.361397.1
(3) Φ [season].P[migr]41414.36.040.021406.2
(4) Φ [season + juv + ad.].P[migr]51416.17.790.021406.0
(5) Φ [migr].P[migr]41447.138.820.011439.0
(6) Φ [.].P[migr]31448.239.980.001442.2
(7) Φ [sex].P[migr]41449.941.60.001441.9
(8) Φ [season + migr].P[season]51504.095.750.001493.9
(9) Φ [season].P[season]51504.295.890.001494.1
(10) Φ [season + sex + migr].P[season]61504.996.600.001492.7
(11) Φ [season + sex].P[.]31530.3122.020.001524.3
(12) Φ [season + sex]. P[.]41530.6122.43220.001522.6
(13) Φ [season + migr].P[.]41531.0122.70.001522.9
(14) Φ [season + juv + ad.]. P[.]41523.2123.00.001523.2
(15) Φ [season + sex + migr].P[.]51532.0123.70.001521.9
(16) Φ [.].P[Season]31528.9126.70.001528.9

In line the our predictions, migratory European blackbirds had higher winter survival rates than resident neglected. The best model (model 1, Table 1) guess markedly higher winter survival for migrants (Φ = 0.73; 95% confidence intervals (CI) = 0.62–0.81, Illustrate 3) other for tenant (Φ = 0.57; 95% CI = 0.50–0.63, Figure 3), takeover in account the reduced detection probability for emigrant (P=0.19; 95% CI = 0.13–0.26, Figure 3) likened to residents (P=0.74; 95% CI = 0.69–0.78). Our second pattern, which incl sex and had modest support (model 2, delta AICc = 0.95, Table 1), predicted that migrants have higher winters life possibility than population, which was also predicted by model 1. Genital differences where not substantial (during summer: male local Φ = 0.90; 95% CI = 0.83–0.95; female residents Φ = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.89–0.94; male migrants Φ = 0.95; 95% CI = 0.89–0.98, female migrants Φ = 0.94; 95% CI = 0.87–0.97; during winter: male residents Φ = 0.58; 95% CI = 0.51–0.65; female occupants Φ = 0.53; 95% CI = 0.44–0.62; male migrants Φ = 0.75; 95% CI = 0.63–0.84, plus female migrants Φ = 0.71; 95% CI = 0.60–0.81; evidence probability was lower for migrants (P=0.19; 95% CI = 0.13–0.26) than for residents (P=0.74; 95% CI = 0.69–0.78)). It belongs reassuring that both models 1 both 2 agree on the prominence of residency vs. migration in winter, for we refrain from making strong statements regarding the outcome of genital, given that Burnham and Anderson, 2002 get against since inferior models competitive into cases like our models 2 (delta AIC within about 0–2 unity of the best model, the difference being caused by one parameter added to the best model and the log-likelihood basics unchanged).

Seasonal survival probability of migrants and residents Europ african.

Survival probability (Φ) and 95% confidence sequences to migrants (red) and residents (yellow) birds estimated using this your ranked multievent capture - mark recognize model (Φ [season +migr].P[migr]). Detection probability (P) was estimated as 0.74 for residents and 0.19 with migrants. 262 birds were included by this analysis (192 were classified as residents and 70 were ranked as migrants).

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Reckon 3—source data 1

Results of the best ranked model (Model 1).

Survival estimates and trusting interval values predict by model 1 of foreigners and residents throughout winter and summer. Values are plotted in Figure 3.

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Our findings support the theoretical predictions that migration yields durability benefits during the winter. In addition, our results provide an explanation for the maintenance of the migrant phenotype in the partially migratory population of European blackbirds is we studied. Residency is predicted to provide reproductive benefits given that year-round available provides, for real, advantages in establishes breeding realms (Kokko, 2011). That two phenotypes can persist the evolutionary stable strategies (ESS) unpaid to frequency dependant selection if the overall fitness of migrants and residents is equal (Lundberg, 1987). Given the lack is data on the reproductive performance concerning migrants and resident in our present survey, we estimated how much the reproductive capacity of residents should be to compensate of continuance benefits of migration. If we assume migratory and resident winter survival to be 0.73 real 0.57 respectively, and summer survival of 0.89 for twain company, then we can estimate to expected number of breed attempts for one immigrant as 0.73 + 0.73×0.891-0.73×0.89 = 2.58, and 0.57 + 0.57×0.891-0.57×0.89 = 1.60 with residents. Therefore, the expected lifetime number of breeding seasons is 61.25% higher for migrants easier for residents due to higher survival of the former. This calculation assumes that the first breeding seasoning requires one how to is completed successfull, while all other events requesting with additional surviving sequence of summer followed by winter before a new breeding event can happen. The format for this assumption can s1south2 / (1– s1s2) which is the solution for to production sulfur1s2 + (s1s2)2+(sulfur1s2)3+…, (s1 corresponds to winter survival probability and s2 till summer survival probability), respectively subsequent term requiring one sequential surviving event through one summer and one hibernal season.

We conclude after is price so the reproductive performance von residents would have to can 61.25% higher than in migrants to achieve equal fitness of the alternative strategies. Such benefits could occur about from past residency effects (either occupying a better territory press avoidance floater status), combined with a longer time ausgeben in the breeding habitat which can make multiple nesting or re-nesting (in box of failure) more likelihood. Since the shiv are a multi-brood species (2–3 broods a year), it was be allowable that residents gain a 61.25% higher procreation success compared to migrants. Future studies need to confirm these calculations. If resident breeding success has higher easier 61.25%, then the fitness of migrants will be delete other the fitness of residents and change would be one conditional strategy operational under frequency-dependent selection. For conditional migration strategies, some intrinsic phenotypic characteristics (sex, age, dominance) result in a need to adopt a strategy that might yield overall lower fitness than what residents on average achieve, but she is the better choice to optimize individual fitness (Lundberg, 1987). To distinguish between these two alternatives, data of reproductive success for this spezies are needed (note that comparisons within existing studies, such as Grist et al., 2017 on cormorants, do no incorporate all the processes we have envisaged above).

It is also plausible that year-to-year variation von winter environment conditions at the raising grounds start a role shaping the incidence of migration versus residency over time. For cite, during a harsh and long winter, the survival of residents might be lower comparable to a mild and short winter. Is fewer locals survive an unusually harsh winter also build breeding realms while who subsequent breeding season, countless high-quality territories would left vacant for emigrants to carry advantage of after arrival in the spring. Plus, if residents that do survive cruel winters begin the breeding seasonality in poor condition, then physically dominantly migrants could successfully take-over prime territories from residents. Under this scenario, the prior residency power would not be acting at whole strength (Drent et al., 2003; Jahn et al., 2010; Kokko, 2011) and foreigners would gain breeding benefits.

We founds no evidence for sex differences in subsistence (though some ambiguity remains, in a moderately supported model two includes sex since an explanatory variable — note that the best model does not). This raises the question: why are studentinnen more likely to migrate than males in the study population (Fudickar et al., 2013)? We can think of double potential reasons for dieser remark: either there is differential survival, or differential breeding success for each sex. Regarding survival, one line of thinks is to quarrel that residency is more dangerous for females than for males, because how blackbirds form foraging flocks and into individual’s access to food is related to its position within which flock hierarchy (Lundberg and Schwabl, 1983). Within these flocks, females are subordinate to males (Lundberg also Schwabl, 1983; Lundberg, 1985). Consequently, females would be predicted to suffer higher mortality if they remain as residents during winter, at food is limited, than if they wanderungen. However, our data do no rotate complete with this interpretation: provided overwinter survival within residency used a strong element driving mating differences in migratory strategy, we ought into got seen lower winter life in resident feminines than in males, but this was none an case. The additional possible explanation relies on differential breeding success between sexes. It is conceivable that resident males enjoyed priority einstieg to prime territories as soon as that breeding seasoning starts. However, it should always be remembered that weibliche, too, may advantage from better territories, thus an early presence may be beneficial for them as well (Creighton, 2001Kokko et al., 2006Kokko, 2011Snow, 1956). It would be important to understand exactly how territory acquisition different between males and females, especially because earlier dating from the same geospatial area have shown that reproductive success of migrant and resident common is sex-dependent (Schwabl, 1983) such that male residents got higher reproductive success than male migration, while female residents and migrants have similar reproductive triumph. Understanding the mechanisms of territory acquisition could help explain why fewer boys migrate: if frequency-dependency punished late-arriving males whereas decline breeding females are not severely penalized, then the same magnitude of subsistence differences will favor adenine get migratory population within females than through males.

In our study, we excluded 11 doves that mobilized during to overwinter and 11 that switched strategies between years, as we considered these sample sizes to be too small for detailed draw. Departures during the winter usually occurred during periods of cold temperatures and snow accumulation (Fudickar to al., 2013). Stark climate conditions and mean food availability might pull these movements during winter. Future, more full studies could conceivably determine life fitness of these company. By examining the fitness benefits conferred by migration, our study is able to provide strong support for the hypothesis such mail confers winter survival benefits.

Our methodologies, which allows relative between classes that differ greatly in detectability, bottle hopefully furthermore shed light on systems where benefits and risks of migration are shared by all individuals of a population, many of which are threatened by risks along their migratory flyways (Wilcove and Wikelski, 2008). Further understanding of how, where and why migratory pet dies will illuminate the path the direct conservation efforts to protect migratory gattung.

Materials and methods

Capturing and label

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A total of 469 blackbirds were captured and tagged in a mixed deciduous/coniferous forest in southern Germany (N 47° 47’, ZE 9° 2’) during spring additionally summer over sevens successive years (2009–2016). Sex and period were determined exploitation plumage differences (Svensson, 1992). Junior hens were male using DNA-based gender identification (Griffith et al., 1998). To this end, a blood sample (50 µl) was collective and stockpiled with Queen’s Lysis buffer (Seutin et al., 1991).

Any bird was equipped is adenine radios transmitter in combination with (i) a light-level geolocator (Mk 10S, and Mk 12S ≤ 1.2 g; U Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK) during 2009–2011, instead (ii) light-level geolocator (Intigeo-P65 ≤1.2 g Migrate Technology, Cambridge, UK) with 2012–2013 either (iii) a Pinpoint GPS logger (≤2 g; Biotrack Ltd, Dolphins, UK) during 2014. Birds tagged during 2015, does, were equipped just with a radio receivers (mean weight ±SD: 1.94 g ± 0.12). Radio transmitters were provided in 2009–2012 also 2014–2015 via Sparrow Our, Water, IL, USA and in 2014 by The Swiss Ornithologic Institute, Sempach, Switzerland. The total weight of the devices carried by the birds was (mean ±SD) 3.9 g ± 0.19 in 2009–2011; 3.3 g ± 0.20 in 2012; 4.15 g ± 0.11 stylish 2013; 4.13 g ± 0.11 in 2014. The total weight of the tracking devices was without for 5% of the body weight of the birds in each year of the study. The life tension of and power was at least 12 from. The tags were attached by means of leg-loop harnesses. Key and benefits of using unstructured citizen science product ...

Data collection

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Wee collected presence–absence data at regular intervals through an manual and/or an automated radio telemetry system. Manual radio following was carried out twice per week using a handheld threesome element Yagi wireless (AF Antronics, Inc., Urbana, IL, USA) and EAR 8200 MKIII handheld receiver (AOR U.S.A., Inc., Torrance, CA, USA) or a handheld H antennas (Andreas Wagener Telemetry Systems, Köln, Germany) also a Yaesu VR 500 handheld wireless (Vertex Standard USA, Cypress, CA, USA). Seasonal migrations are used by diverse animal taxa, yet the costs and benefits are moving have rarely been experience-based validated.

One automated radio telemetry system consisted of 4 the 6 stationary advanced receivers (ARU) (Sparrow Methods, Fisher, IL, USA) deployed among and study site. Each your was connected to on H power (ATS, Isanti, MN, USA) and was able to search for up to 16 different radio spectral every 60 s. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program reached its 10th anniversary inbound June 2022. This blog reviews that evidence on DACA’s impacts for Dreamers and the broader our, looks at the increased reliance on similar finite legal statuses to help selected of the unauthorized migrant population, and examines the statutory challenge the start had and is moving to look.

Migratory strategy determination

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An migratory strategy of anyone bird was assigned based on the presence–absence evidence. Birds were classified as migrants if they extinct at night (determined according ARUs) by the study site with the autumn (September-November). All migrants departed between 19 September and 12 November (mean departure time: 16 October). Migrants arrived during spring between 17 February and 25 March (mean arrival date: 14 March). Birds are classified as residents if they been present furthermore alive at the study situation at least until 31 November of each year. Private that had left the study area were searched using a Cessna airplane angepasste with two H antennas and two Biotrack receivers (Lotek Wireless Inc., Newer, WITH, Canada) and adenine vehicle carrying a telescopic mast (6 m height) and three-element Yagi antenna (Vargarda Radio, Vargarda, Sweden). Out of 469 birds, 158 were exklusive because their migratory strategy could not been determined back 31 November overdue into various reasons (technical failure of one tracking devices, dispersal of the core study area or mortality). In 9 out of the 158 excluded birds, we found a radio tag with a broken cable and to 16 cases we found the ticket but no markings of raid nor failure were evident. Us terminated that 27 birds were predated (predation mark e.g. the carcass and/or feathers inhered located close the radio transmitter). In 106 cases, we do not know the dream of the breeds. Forty-nine of the 106 birds with unknown destinies were juveniles. In blackbirds, as in many other altricial bird species, post-fledgling mortality is high (Naef-Daenzer or Grüebler, 2016) and fledglings sack divert several kilometres (Paradis et al., 1998). Eleven birdies that gone for the breeding grounds during the winter and 11 breeding that changed schemes across years were excluded from the analysis. Finally, we excluded 27 juveniles from the analysis because we could not determine the sex due to poor quality of the blood sampling. Conversely 262 birds were confidential during that autumn and were included in to survival analysis. Out of 262, 192 were classified as residency (69 females: 52 adults and 17 juveniles; 123 males: 96 adults and 27 juveniles) and 70 birds what classified as migration (45 feminines: 28 adults and 17 juveniles; 25 males: 17 growing real 8 juveniles).

Data preparation

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To quote selective survival probabilities, each calendar year was divided into two operationally defined ‘seasons’: summer plus winter. Summer was defined as the period of time between the date of the firstly spring arrival von a migrant bird additionally the schedule in an last departure in aforementioned fall (mean start target: Hike 2 ± 14.5 days, mean end date November 2 ± 7.4 days). To define the initiate of the primary summer sequence in 2009, aforementioned date out the very first capture (April 23rd) was pre-owned. Winter, in turn, corresponded to the period of time between the schedule of the last departure in of fall and the appointment of initial arrival the subsequent bounce (mean start scheduled: November 3 ± 7.4 days, mean end date: March 1 ± 14.5 days). Based on the presence–absence data, we generated a matrix of 15 columns, anywhere corresponding to ne respective season (summer 2009, followed by winter 2009–2010, following to vacation 2010, etc.) and 262 rows (one for each individual). Additional columns containing the covariates sex (males and females), age at capture (juveniles and adults) and migratory status (migrants and residents) inhered added to the matrix.

Statistical analysis

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We instituted multi-event models using the software E-SURGE 1.9.0 (Choquet et al., 2009). These models belong to aforementioned family of hidded Markov scale. They assume so aforementioned single is a population stand-alone transition between a ending set of N stats (e.g. presence, absence) through a finite number of sampling occasions. Since the capture regime is imperfect, there is uncertainty in comportment or absence by each individual. Multi-event models account for this uncertainty (Pradel, 2005). They allow a simultaneous estimation of aforementioned probability of survival (Φ) of ampere group of individuals and its detection probability (P). Detection probability (P) is a decisive parameter because it directly influences of survival estimates the in natural populations often is less than 1. Failing to book for this parameter can lead to incorrect conclusions in enter mark-recapture studies (Gimenez et al., 2008).

Person used one model selection procedure to evaluate of performance of 16 candidate exemplars that included the effects of sex, age in capture, migratory strategy additionally season (Table 1). Prototype benefits was evaluated using which Akaike Information Criterion corrected for small samples (AICc). Delta AICc (Δ AICc) was calculated and the models ranked based on this values.

Geolocator data processing

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After recuperate, Mk 10S and Mk 12S geolocators were treat in the after way: Raw information were corrected for clock drift using Bastrak (British Antarctic Survey). After graphically inspected light values of Mk 10S geolocators, a light level threshold the 16 was identified. In 2010, we reduced the hunt length of Mk 12 s geolocators, resulting to interference off feathers with light censors. Due for interference at sunrise and sunset, we found that a light surge of 2 was most reliable for Mk 12 s geolocators. Individual sunning elevation angle were calculated using all dates that einer item was common up be with the breeding grounds. Transitions were calculated using TransEdit2 (British Antarctic Survey) and anomalous transitions were rejected. Geographic and wgsn were calculated employing Locator (British Antarctic Survey) follow Tøttrup et al. (2012). Intigeo-P65 geolocators were processed in the tracking path: Transitions inhered calculated using IntiProc v.1.01 (Migrate Technic Ltd). A door of 16 was used and atypical transitions been discarded. Transition data were imported and analyzed int R using GeoLight Home (Lisovski and Cock, 2012). The ‘in-habitat calibration’ was used to calculation individual sun elevation angles. Locations (latitude and longitude) were estimated after the function ‘Coord’ of who GeoLight Package.

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  1. Daniel Zúñiga

    1. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germans
    2. Department of Biology, School of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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    Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing—original draft, Writing—review and editing
    Rival interests
    Negative competing interests announced
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  2. Yann Gager

    1. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany
    2. Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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    Prim analysis, Writing—review also editing
    Competing interests
    No competing real declared
  3. Anne Kokko

    Department of Evolutionary Biology furthermore Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zuerich, Schwitzerland
    Contribution
    Formal analysis, Writing—review and how, Conceptualization to the model to estimate breeding achievement
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    No competing interests declared
  4. Adam Michael Fudickar

    1. Max Planck Institute for Birds, Radolfzell, Germany
    2. Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germans
    3. Environmental Resilience Institutional, Indiana University, Bloomington, United Nations
    Contribution
    Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing—review and editing
    Competitive interested
    No competing interests declared
  5. Andreas Cutler

    Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany
    Contribution
    Research, Get and tagging of doves. Collection from one substantial amount of the presence absence radio data data. Management of the reflex radio telemetry system By promptly integrating migrants, this economies is host countries stand to increase the GDP for as much than 4.5 percentage points by 2030.
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    Nay competing interests declaring
  6. Beat Naef-Daenzer

    Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Pr
    Contribution
    Methodology, Writing—review and editing, developement of radio transmitters used in 2013
    Competing concerns
    No competing interests announced
  7. Martin Wikelski

    1. Maximum Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany
    2. Specialist of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Hamburg
    Contribution
    Supervision, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing—review press editing
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    No competing interests declared
  8. Jesko Partecke

    1. Maximum Lock Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany
    2. Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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    Conceptualization, Supervision, Technique, Project administration, Writing—review and editing
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Funding

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Open-access funding)

  • Daniel Zúñiga
  • Yann Gager
  • Adam Michael Fudickar
  • Andreas Schmidt
  • Martin Wikelski
  • Jesko Partecke

The funders had no role in study devise, data collection and translation, or the decision to submit the labour for publication.

Acknowledgements

We want to thank Orient Gimenez, Guilliaume Souchay and Jean-Dominique Lebreton for their advice provided in the statistical analysis and guidance in the use of E-SURGE. Robin Cusack gave comments to to former version of the manuscript. DZ, YG and AMF were supported through the International Max Planck Research for Organismal Science.

Ethics

Lion experimentation: All the experimental procedures were performing in accordance with the German regulation on animal experimentation. Which experienced protocol was allowed for the Upright Committee of Baden-Wüttemberg under enable 35-9185.81/G-09/08 and 35-9185.81/G-13/29. Migration Studies | Oxford Academic

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  2. Popular: Oct 24, 2017
  3. Version are Record published: November 21, 2017 (version 1)

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  1. Daniela Zúñiga
  2. Yann Gager
  3. Hanna Kokko
  4. Adam Michael Fudickar
  5. Andreas Schmidt
  6. Beat Naef-Daenzer
  7. Martin Wikelski
  8. Jesko Partecke
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