Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur migration routes and wintering areas revealed using satellite telemetry |
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| Authors: | Hervé Lormee Jean-Marie Boutin David Pinaud Herve Bidault Cyril Eraud |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Villiers en Bois, France;2. 695 rue des garennes, Echiré, France;3. Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS – Université La Rochelle, Villiers-en-Bois, France |
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| Abstract: | Satellite telemetry of two European Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur confirmed the broad patterns suggested by earlier work using geologgers but also revealed that they migrated by night and used four distinct stopover and two wintering sites. Winter habitat used by one bird covered less than 100?km2 per site, much smaller than previously assumed. |
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