Accounting for heterogeneity when estimating stopover duration, timing and population size of red knots along the Luannan Coast of Bohai Bay, China

Abstract To successfully perform their long‐distance migrations, migratory birds require sites along their migratory routes to rest and refuel. Monitoring the use of so‐called stopover and staging sites provides insights into (a) the timing of migration and (b) the importance of a site for migratory...

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Main Authors: Tamar Lok, Chris J. Hassell, Theunis Piersma, Roger Pradel, Olivier Gimenez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5139