Young Birds Switch but Old Birds Lead: How Barnacle Geese Adjust Migratory Habits to Environmental Change

Long-distance migratory animals must contend with global climate change, but they differ greatly in whether and how they adjust. Species that socially learn their migration routes may have an advantage in this process compared to other species, as learned changes that are passed on to the next gener...

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Main Authors: Thomas Oudman, Kevin Laland, Graeme Ruxton, Ingunn Tombre, Paul Shimmings, Jouke Prop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00502/full