Wader migration on the changing predator landscape
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We suggest that the spatial and temporal patterns of danger arising from the annual migration of birds of prey has important implications for patterns of habitat use and for the evolution of wader annual movement patterns and annual cycles. We discuss how waders might respond to danger by their choice of migration routes, the time of year they choose to migrate, the quantity of fuel they carry, the length of time they spend at staging and stop over sites, the duration of the breeding season and parental care, and the timing and location of feather moult.
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