Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range

In migratory birds, morphological adaptations for efficient migratory flight often oppose morphological adaptations for efficient behavior during resident periods. This includes adaptations in wing shape for either flying long distances or foraging in the vegetation and in climate-driven variation o...

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Autores: Hahn, Steffen, Korner-Nievergelt, Franzi, Emmenegger, Tamara, Amrhein, Valentin, Csörgo, Tibor, Gursoy, Arzu, Ilieva, Mihaela, Kverek, Pave, Pérez Tris, Javier, Pirrello, Simone, Zehtindjiev, Pavel, Salewski, Volker
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23150
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:598.2
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Body size
Ecomorphology
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Luscinia megarhynchos
Timing
Aves
Ecología (Biología)
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spelling Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its rangeHahn, SteffenKorner-Nievergelt, FranziEmmenegger, TamaraAmrhein, ValentinCsörgo, TiborGursoy, ArzuIlieva, MihaelaKverek, PavePérez Tris, JavierPirrello, SimoneZehtindjiev, PavelSalewski, Volker598.2591.5AerodynamicsBody sizeEcomorphologyFlightLuscinia megarhynchosTimingAvesEcología (Biología)2401.20 Ornitología2401.06 Ecología animalIn migratory birds, morphological adaptations for efficient migratory flight often oppose morphological adaptations for efficient behavior during resident periods. This includes adaptations in wing shape for either flying long distances or foraging in the vegetation and in climate-driven variation of body size. In addition, the timing of migratory flights and particularly the timely arrival at local breeding sites is crucial because fitness prospects depend on site-specific phenology. Thus, adaptations for efficient long-distance flights might be also related to conditions at destination areas. For an obligatory long-distance migrant, the common nightingale, we verified that wing length as the aerodynamically important trait, but not structural body size increased from the western to the eastern parts of the species range. In contrast with expectation from aerodynamic theory, however, wing length did not increase with increasing migration distances. Instead, wing length was associated with the phenology at breeding destinations, namely the speed of local spring green-up. We argue that longer wings are beneficial for adjusting migration speed to local conditions for birds breeding in habitats with fast spring green-up and thus short optimal arrival periods. We suggest that the speed of spring green-up at breeding sites is a fundamental variable determining the timing of migration that fine tune phenotypes in migrants across their range.WileyUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23150reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/231502026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
title Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
spellingShingle Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
Hahn, Steffen
598.2
591.5
Aerodynamics
Body size
Ecomorphology
Flight
Luscinia megarhynchos
Timing
Aves
Ecología (Biología)
2401.20 Ornitología
2401.06 Ecología animal
title_short Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
title_full Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
title_fullStr Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
title_full_unstemmed Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
title_sort Longer wings for faster springs – wing length relates tospring phenology in a long-distanc e migrant across its range
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hahn, Steffen
Korner-Nievergelt, Franzi
Emmenegger, Tamara
Amrhein, Valentin
Csörgo, Tibor
Gursoy, Arzu
Ilieva, Mihaela
Kverek, Pave
Pérez Tris, Javier
Pirrello, Simone
Zehtindjiev, Pavel
Salewski, Volker
author Hahn, Steffen
author_facet Hahn, Steffen
Korner-Nievergelt, Franzi
Emmenegger, Tamara
Amrhein, Valentin
Csörgo, Tibor
Gursoy, Arzu
Ilieva, Mihaela
Kverek, Pave
Pérez Tris, Javier
Pirrello, Simone
Zehtindjiev, Pavel
Salewski, Volker
author_role author
author2 Korner-Nievergelt, Franzi
Emmenegger, Tamara
Amrhein, Valentin
Csörgo, Tibor
Gursoy, Arzu
Ilieva, Mihaela
Kverek, Pave
Pérez Tris, Javier
Pirrello, Simone
Zehtindjiev, Pavel
Salewski, Volker
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 598.2
591.5
Aerodynamics
Body size
Ecomorphology
Flight
Luscinia megarhynchos
Timing
Aves
Ecología (Biología)
2401.20 Ornitología
2401.06 Ecología animal
topic 598.2
591.5
Aerodynamics
Body size
Ecomorphology
Flight
Luscinia megarhynchos
Timing
Aves
Ecología (Biología)
2401.20 Ornitología
2401.06 Ecología animal
description In migratory birds, morphological adaptations for efficient migratory flight often oppose morphological adaptations for efficient behavior during resident periods. This includes adaptations in wing shape for either flying long distances or foraging in the vegetation and in climate-driven variation of body size. In addition, the timing of migratory flights and particularly the timely arrival at local breeding sites is crucial because fitness prospects depend on site-specific phenology. Thus, adaptations for efficient long-distance flights might be also related to conditions at destination areas. For an obligatory long-distance migrant, the common nightingale, we verified that wing length as the aerodynamically important trait, but not structural body size increased from the western to the eastern parts of the species range. In contrast with expectation from aerodynamic theory, however, wing length did not increase with increasing migration distances. Instead, wing length was associated with the phenology at breeding destinations, namely the speed of local spring green-up. We argue that longer wings are beneficial for adjusting migration speed to local conditions for birds breeding in habitats with fast spring green-up and thus short optimal arrival periods. We suggest that the speed of spring green-up at breeding sites is a fundamental variable determining the timing of migration that fine tune phenotypes in migrants across their range.
publishDate 2016
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2016-01-01
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