Tracking Changes and Shifting Homes: Within-Season Displacement of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus between Mediterranean Colonies
Abdennour Boucheker,
Riad Nedjah,
Mouloud Boulkhssaïm
et al.
Abstract:SummaryVariations in habitat quality in space and time prompt birds to track these changes to optimise their fitness. We investigated movements of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus between long-established North Mediterranean breeding colonies and a new, fairly unpredictable, intermittently suitable South Mediterranean breeding colony (Ezzemoul, Algeria). Among the flamingos observed as breeders at Ezzemoul in 2006 and 2009, 59 and 26 ringed individuals, respectively, were observed earlier during the sam… Show more
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