Reposted by Migration Department, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Oilbird movement strategies and differences in flight effort.
Happy to share the first publication on the oilbird project:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Oilbirds performing non-seasonal intra-tropical migrations reduce flight effort compared to individuals that frequently return to the colony roost - Movement Ecology
Individual behavioural variation is a driver of population dynamics and key for the adaptation and persistence of species. In colonial species, individuals share the same ecological niche and aggregat...
