Filling knowledge gaps in a threatened shorebird flyway through satellite tracking

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 56; no. 10; pp. 2305 - 2315
• Main Authors: Chan, Ying-Chi, Tibbitts, T. Lee, Lok, Tamar, Hassell, Chris J., Peng, He-Bo, Ma, Zhijun, Zhang, Zhengwang, Piersma, Theunis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.10.2019; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aquatic birds; Birds; Breeding seasons; Calidris tenuirostris; China; Coastal ecology; Coasts; Conservation; East Asian–Australasian Flyway; Endangered species; environmental knowledge; foraging; Foraging habitats; great knot; Habitats; intertidal mudflats; Knots; littoral zone; Mapping; migration; Remote regions; RESEARCH ARTICLE; Russia; satellite telemetry; Satellite tracking; satellites; South East Asia; Southeast Asia; stopover site; surveys; Transmitters; Yellow Sea; Southeast Asia; China; South East Asia; Yellow Sea; Russia

Satellite‐based technologies that track individual animal movements enable the mapping of their spatial and temporal patterns of occurrence. This is particularly useful in poorly studied or remote regions where there is a need for the rapid gathering of relevant ecological knowledge to inform manage...