TY - JOUR
T1 - Age-related changes in wing-length and body mass in the reed warbler acrocephalus scirpaceus and clamorous reed warbler a. Stentoreus
AU - Merom, Koby
AU - Mc Cleery, Robin
AU - Yom-Tov, Yoram
N1 - Funding Information:
We are indebted to Franz Bairlein, Andre Dhondt, Andy Gosler, Alex Kacelnik and Jon Wright for fruitful discussions, comments on the manuscript and other help. Y.Y.T. was supported by a grant from the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
PY - 1999/7/1
Y1 - 1999/7/1
N2 - We studied the wing-length and body mass of the two populations of Reed Warblers (summer breeders and transients), and that of the resident Clamorous Reed Warbler, which exist in Israel. We found that, in all three groups, wing-length increases significantly with age for several years. Body mass also increased slightly (but significantly) with age. These differences were not caused by differential survival of juveniles, but appear to be a general phenomenon, possibly related to better nutrition of the adults. The autumn migration of transient Reed Warblers lasted from August until November, but no adults were captured during October and November, while 29.3% of the first-year birds were captured during these months. This suggests that adults can afford to start migration earlier, perhaps due to their greater experience.
AB - We studied the wing-length and body mass of the two populations of Reed Warblers (summer breeders and transients), and that of the resident Clamorous Reed Warbler, which exist in Israel. We found that, in all three groups, wing-length increases significantly with age for several years. Body mass also increased slightly (but significantly) with age. These differences were not caused by differential survival of juveniles, but appear to be a general phenomenon, possibly related to better nutrition of the adults. The autumn migration of transient Reed Warblers lasted from August until November, but no adults were captured during October and November, while 29.3% of the first-year birds were captured during these months. This suggests that adults can afford to start migration earlier, perhaps due to their greater experience.
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U2 - 10.1080/00063659909461137
DO - 10.1080/00063659909461137
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AN - SCOPUS:0032842136
SN - 0006-3657
VL - 46
SP - 249
EP - 255
JO - Bird Study
JF - Bird Study
IS - 2
ER -