Essays about: "stopover"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word stopover.

  1. 1. Comparing Resource Abundance And Intake At The Reda And Wisla River Estuaries

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärning

    Author : Saman Zahid; [2021]
    Keywords : Reda and Wisla river estuaries; resource abundance; change in mass; multiple linear regression; generalized additive model; linear mixed effect model; Expectation-maximization; AIC;

    Abstract : The migratory birds stop at different stopover sites during migration. The presence of resources in these stopover sites is essential to regain the energy of these birds. This thesis aims to compare the resource abundance and intake at the two stopover sites: Reda and Wisla river estuaries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Migration routes, stopover sites and home range sizes of Taiga Bean Geese (Anser fabalis fabalis) breeding in northern Sweden and central Norway tracked by GPS tags

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Jorina Boer; [2019]
    Keywords : Taiga Bean Goose; Anser fabalis fabalis; migration; GPS; stopovers; home range;

    Abstract : The Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis fabalis) has shown a recent decrease in population size. For geese breeding in central Scandinavia, the delineation between different subpopu-lations is not entirely clear and more detailed knowledge regarding migratory routes is still lacking. READ MORE

  4. 3. Status, trends and values of wintering and migrating birds in Gialova lagoon, Messenia, Greece

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Viggo Norrby; [2017]
    Keywords : Wetlands; waterbirds; bird migration; greece; inventory; monitoring;

    Abstract : Areas of wetland have for the last century declined globally, mostly as a cause of anthropogenic activitities. Since many bird species are depending on wetlands, this have affected their populations negatively, and today many of the remaining wetlands are protected. READ MORE

  5. 4. Movement patterns of common cranes at European stopover sites

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Elin Larsson; [2016]
    Keywords : migration; Grus grus; movement patterns; stopover; activity area; flight distance; management; human-wildlife conflict;

    Abstract : The common crane Grus grus is a migratory bird with a wide distribution across Europe and Asia. During the migration the cranes rest at stopover sites were they roost in wetlands and forage on surrounding fields in the farmland. READ MORE

  6. 5. Site fidelity of a migratory species towards its annual range

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Peter Lojander; [2013]
    Keywords : calving; rutting; stopover site; migration; habitat selection; moose Alces alces ; ungulates; Sweden;

    Abstract : Site fidelity, the behaviour of animals to return to areas where they have been before is a common trait in many species. The Scandinavian moose is known to show fidelity to its range, but to what extent, is little known. READ MORE