Merkel, Benjamin; Descamps, Sebastien; Yoccoz, Nigel; Grémillet, David; Daunt, Francis; Erikstad, Kjell E; Ezhov, Aleksey V.; Harris, Mike P.; Gavrilo, Maria; Lorentsen, Svein Håkon; Reiertsen, Tone Kristin; Steen, Harald; Systad, Geir Helge Rødli; Þórarinsson, Þorkell Lindberg; Wanless, Sarah; Strøm, Hallvard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-30)
Aim: In migratory species, individuals often use fixed and individual-specific migration
strategies, which we term individual migration strategy fidelity (IMSF). Our goal
was to test if guillemots have flexible or fixed individual migration strategies (i.e.
IMSF), if this behaviour is consistent across large parts of the genus’ range and if they
were philopatric to geographical sites or a habitat ...