Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations

Andrea Flack; Wolfgang Fiedler; Julio Blas; Ivan Pokrovsky; Michael Kaatz; Maxim Mitropolsky; Karen Aghababyan; Ioannis Fakriadis; Eleni Makrigianni; Leszek Jerzak; Hichem Azafzaf; Claudia Feltrup-Azafzaf; Shay Rotics; Thabiso M. Mokotjomela; Ran Nathan; Martin Wikelski

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500931

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Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations

Andrea Flack¹,²,*,
Wolfgang Fiedler¹,²,
Julio Blas³,
Ivan Pokrovsky¹,²,
Michael Kaatz⁴,
Maxim Mitropolsky⁵,
Karen Aghababyan⁶,
Ioannis Fakriadis⁷,
Eleni Makrigianni⁷,
Leszek Jerzak⁸,
Hichem Azafzaf⁹,
Claudia Feltrup-Azafzaf⁹,
Shay Rotics¹⁰,
Thabiso M. Mokotjomela¹¹,
Ran Nathan¹⁰ and
Martin Wikelski¹,²

¹Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany.
²Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
³Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain.
⁴Vogelschutzwarte Storchenhof Loburg e.V., 39279 Loburg, Germany.
⁵Tyumen State University, 625003 Tyumen, Russia.
⁶Acopian Center for the Environment, American University of Armenia, Yerevan 0019, Armenia.
⁷Evros Delta Management Authority, Alexandroupoli 68100, Greece.
⁸Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Institute of Biotechnology and Environment Protection, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland.
⁹Association Les Amis des Oiseaux–BirdLife Tunisia, Aryanah 2080, Tunisia.
¹⁰Movement Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
¹¹School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: aflack{at}orn.mpg.de

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Science Advances 22 Jan 2016:
Vol. 2, no. 1, e1500931
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500931

Andrea Flack

Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany.

Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.

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Wolfgang Fiedler

Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany.

Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.

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Julio Blas

Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41092 Seville, Spain.

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Ivan Pokrovsky

Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany.

Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.

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Michael Kaatz

Vogelschutzwarte Storchenhof Loburg e.V., 39279 Loburg, Germany.

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Maxim Mitropolsky

Tyumen State University, 625003 Tyumen, Russia.

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Karen Aghababyan

Acopian Center for the Environment, American University of Armenia, Yerevan 0019, Armenia.

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Ioannis Fakriadis

Evros Delta Management Authority, Alexandroupoli 68100, Greece.

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Eleni Makrigianni

Evros Delta Management Authority, Alexandroupoli 68100, Greece.

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Leszek Jerzak

Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Institute of Biotechnology and Environment Protection, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland.

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Hichem Azafzaf

Association Les Amis des Oiseaux–BirdLife Tunisia, Aryanah 2080, Tunisia.

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Claudia Feltrup-Azafzaf

Association Les Amis des Oiseaux–BirdLife Tunisia, Aryanah 2080, Tunisia.

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Shay Rotics

Movement Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.

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Thabiso M. Mokotjomela

School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Ran Nathan

Movement Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.

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Martin Wikelski

Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany.

Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.

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