Upwind or downwind: the spring arrival of Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea at Troms, north Norway
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10853Date
2016-07-13Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
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Barrett, Robert T.Abstract
Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea have a record-long migration between their breeding grounds in the Arctic and wintering areas in the Antarctic. Nevertheless, return dtaes to north Norway were remarkably constant over a 35-y period (1981-2015), arriving in Troms within a 13-d time window in mid to late May. Since 1993, arrival dates have advanced by about four days. No relationships were found between arrival dates and large-scale weather proxies such as the North Atlantic Oscillation or sea temperatures, but when terns were approaching Troms, headwinds tended to delay arrivals whereas tailwinds advanced them.
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in "Ringing and Migration". Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2016.1190610.