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Do Arctic breeding geese track or overtake a green wave during spring migration?

Geese breeding in the Arctic have to do so in a short time-window while having sufficient body reserves. Hence, arrival time and body condition upon arrival largely influence breeding success. The green wave hypothesis posits that geese track a successively delayed spring flush of plant development...

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Autores principales: Si, Yali, Xin, Qinchuan, de Boer, Willem F., Gong, Peng, Ydenberg, Ronald C., Prins, Herbert H. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4348666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25735996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08749