A red knot as a black swan: how a single bird shows navigational abilities during repeat crossings of the Greenland Icecap
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DOI: 10.1111/jav.02464
Abstract: Despite the wealth of studies on seasonal movements of birds between southern nonbreeding locations and High Arctic breeding locations, the key mechanisms of navigation during these migrations remain elusive. A flight along the shortest possible… read more here.
Keywords: knot black; red knot; bird; greenland icecap ... See more keywords
Factors that affect migratory Western Atlantic red knots (Calidris canutus rufa) and their prey during spring staging on Virginia’s barrier islands
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270224
Abstract: Understanding factors that influence a species’ distribution and abundance across the annual cycle is required for range-wide conservation. Thousands of imperiled red knots (Calidris cantus rufa) stop on Virginia’s barrier islands each year to replenish… read more here.
Keywords: red knot; virginia barrier; barrier islands; prey ... See more keywords