Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway  

作　　者：Siwei An Fenliang Kuang Wei Wu Chris J.Hassell Jonathan T.Coleman Zijing Gao Xuena Sun Yue Yuan Grace Maglio Kar-Sin K.Leung Xuesong Feng Zhijun Ma 

机构地区：[1]Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering,Coastal Ecosystems Research Station of the Yangtze River Estuary,Institute of Biodiversity Science,School of Life Sciences,Fudan University,Shanghai,200433,China [2]School of Chemistry and Environment,Yunnan Minzu University,Kunming,650504,China [3]Shanghai Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve Administration Center,Chongming,Shanghai,202183,China [4]Global Flyway Network,PO Box 3089,Broome,WA 6725,Australia [5]Australasian Wader Studies Group,Broome,WA,6725,Australia [6]Queensland Wader Study Group,Shailer Park,QLD,4128,Australia [7]Hong Kong Waterbirds Ringing Group,Hong Kong,999077,China

出　　处：《Avian Research》2024年第3期308-315,共8页鸟类学研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFF1304504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31830089 and 31772467);the Science and Technology Department of Shanghai(21DZ1201902);the World Wide Fund for Nature Beijing Office(10003881).

摘　　要：Many migratory birds exhibit interannual consistency in migration schedules,routes and stopover sites.Detecting the interannual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics helps understand the maintenance of migration and enables the implementation of targeted conservation measures.We tracked the migration of Whimbrel(Numenius phaeopus)in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and collected spatiotemporal data from individuals that were tracked for at least two years.Wilcoxon non-parametric tests were used to compare the interannual variations in the dates of departure from and arrival at breeding/nonbreeding sites,and the inter-annual variation in the longitudes when the same individual across the same latitudes.Whimbrels exhibited a high degree of consistency in the use of breeding,nonbreeding,and stopover sites between years.The variation of arrival dates at nonbreeding sites was significantly larger than that of the departure dates from nonbreeding and breeding sites.Repeatedly used stopover sites by the same individuals in multiple years were concentrated in the Yellow Sea coast during northward migration,but were more widespread during southward migration.The stopover duration at repeatedly used sites was significantly longer than that at sites used only once.When flying across the Yellow Sea,Whimbrels breeding in Sakha(Yakutia)exhibited the highest consistency in migration routes in both autumn and spring.Moreover,the consistency in migration routes of Yakutia breeding birds was generally higher than that of birds breeding in Chukotka.Our results suggest that the northward migration schedule of the Whimbrels is mainly controlled by endogenous factors,while the southward migration schedule is less affected by endogenous factors.The repeated use of stopover sites in the Yellow Sea coast suggests this region is important for the migration of Whimbrel,and thus has high conservation value.

关 键 词：CONSISTENCY Migration route Migration timing SHOREBIRD 

分 类 号：Q958[生物学—动物学]