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Migration pattern and weight changes of Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola in a stopover site in southern Italy
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1996 |
Authors: | Scebba, S, Moschetti, G |
Journal: | Ringing & Migration |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 2 |
Date Published: | 1996 |
ISBN Number: | 0307-8698 |
Keywords: | Glareola, Italy, Scolopacidae, Tringa, Tringa glareola, Xenus, Xenus cinereus |
Abstract: | 408 Wood Sandpipers were examined at a stopover site in the central Mediterranean near the southern Italian coast during the pre? and postbreeding migration. Some details about the timing of passage of adults and young birds are given. The weight changes are examined; birds arriving in the spring had very low mean body mass and could well have overflown non?stop across the Mediterranean as well as perhaps the whole or part of the Sahara. Summer migrating birds use the artificial ponds both as a resting area and as a refuelling site to accumulate fat.408 Wood Sandpipers were examined at a stopover site in the central Mediterranean near the southern Italian coast during the pre? and postbreeding migration. Some details about the timing of passage of adults and young birds are given. The weight changes are examined; birds arriving in the spring had very low mean body mass and could well have overflown non?stop across the Mediterranean as well as perhaps the whole or part of the Sahara. Summer migrating birds use the artificial ponds both as a resting area and as a refuelling site to accumulate fat. |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03078698.1996.9674124 |
Short Title: | Ringing & Migration |
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