Data from: Ontogenetic shifts from social to experiential learning drive avian migration timing
When using this dataset, please cite the original article.
Abrahms B, Teitelbaum CS, Mueller T, Converse SJ. 2021. Ontogenetic shifts from social to experiential learning drive avian migration timing. Nat Commun. 12:7326. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27626-5 |
Additionally, please cite the Movebank data package:
Abrahms B, Teitelbaum CS, Mueller T, Converse SJ (2022) Data from: Ontogenetic shifts from social to experiential learning drive avian migration timing. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.t23vm852
| Package Identifier | doi:10.5441/001/1.t23vm852 |
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| Abstract | Migrating animals may benefit from social or experiential learning, yet whether and how these learning processes interact or change over time to produce observed migration patterns remains unexplored. Using 16 years of satellite-tracking data from 105 reintroduced whooping cranes, we reveal an interplay between social and experiential learning in migration timing. Both processes dramatically improved individuals’ abilities to dynamically adjust their timing to track environmental conditions along the migration path. However, results revealed an ontogenetic shift in the dominant learning process, whereby subadult birds relied on social information, while mature birds primarily relied on experiential information. These results indicate that the adjustment of migration phenology in response to the environment is a learned skill that depends on both social context and individual age. Assessing how animals successfully learn to time migrations as environmental conditions change is critical for understanding intraspecific differences in migration patterns and for anticipating responses to global change. |
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| Keywords | animal movement, animal tracking, Argos, avian migration, conservation biology, Grus americana, ontogeny, satellite telemetry, whooping crane, | ||
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