Seasonal micro-migration in a farm-island population of striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) in the Falkland Islands

Seasonal micro-migration in a farm-island population of striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) in the Falkland Islands

Abstract Background The extent to which seasonal changes in food availability affect small-scale movements in free-ranging populations of birds of prey is relatively little studied. Here we describe a seasonal “micro-migration” of a farm-island population of striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australi...

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Main Authors: Katie J. Harrington, Suzan Pole-Evans, Micky Reeves, Marc Bechard, Melissa Bobowski, David R. Barber, Kalinka Rexer-Huber, Nicolas Lecomte, Keith L. Bildstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Movement Ecology
Subjects:
Movement ecology
Phalcoboenus australis
Island population
Short distance
Seasonal
Space use
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-018-0122-8

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