University of Groningen
On the behaviour and ecology of the Black-tailed Godwit
Verhoeven, Mo; Loonstra, Jelle
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10.33612/diss.147165577
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the Behaviour and Ecology of
The research presented in this thesis was carried out at the Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, The Netherlands, according to the requirements of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering (GSSE). Printing of this thesis was supported by the University of Groningen. The research in this thesis was funded by the Spinoza Premium 2014 of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), with additional funding from an anonymous donor, the UbboEmmius Fund, the Gieskes Strijbis Fonds, NWO TOPgrant ‘Shorebirds in space’, Kenniskring Weidevogellandschappen of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Food Safety (2012, 2016), the Province of Fryslân (2013–2018), the Univ. of Groningen. Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (through It Fryske Gea), the Van der Hucht de Beukelaar Stichting, the Paul and Louise Cook Endowment Ltd., BirdLife-Netherlands and WWF-Netherlands.
The preferred citation for this thesis is: Verhoeven M.A. & Loonstra A.H.J. (2020). On the behaviour and ecology of the Black-tailed Godwit. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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On
the Behaviour and Ecology of
the
Black-tailed Godwit
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the
University of Groningen
on the authority of the
Rector Magnificus prof. C. Wijmenga
and in accordance with
the decision by the College of Deans.
This thesis will be defended in public on
Friday 18 December 2020 at 12:45 hours
by
Mo Alexander Verhoeven
born on 30 August 1989
in Woerden
On
the Behaviour and Ecology of
the
Black-tailed Godwit
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the
University of Groningen
on the authority of the
Rector Magnificus prof. C. Wijmenga
and in accordance with
the decision by the College of Deans.
This thesis will be defended in public on
Friday 18 December 2020 at 14:30 hours
by
Anno Harm Jelle Loonstra
born on 3 October 1989
in Winschoten
Supervisors
Prof. T. Piersma
Prof. C. Both
Assessment Committee
Prof. J. Gill
Prof. B. Kempenaers
Prof. B. Helm
Contents
Chapter 1 General Introduction 8
Chapter 2 Variation From an Unknown Source: Large Inter-individual Differences in Migrating 10 Black-Tailed Godwits
Chapter 3 Migration route, stopping sites, and non-breeding destinations of adult Black-tailed Godwits 22 breeding in southwest Fryslân,The Netherlands
Chapter 4 Individual Black-tailed Godwits do not stick to single routes: a hypothesis on how low 42 population densities might decrease social conformity
Chapter 5 Genetic parentage of the socially monogamous Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa limosa 50 Chapter 6 Geolocators lead to better measures of timing and renesting in Black-tailed Godwits and 54
reveal the bias of traditional observational methods
Chapter 7 Variation in egg size of Black-tailed Godwits 68
Chapter 8 High migratory survival and highly variable migratory behavior in Black-tailed Godwits 78 Chapter 9 Adverse wind conditions during northward Sahara crossings increase the in-flight mortality 90
of Black-tailed Godwits
Chapter 10 Natal habitat and sex-specific survival rates result in a male-biased adult sex ratio 98 Chapter 11 Generational shift in spring staging site use by a long-distance migratory bird 112 Chapter 12 Rethinking classic starling displacement experiments: evidence for innate or for learned 124
migratory directions?
Chapter 13 Sex-specific growth in chicks of the sexually dimorphic Black-tailed Godwit 146 Chapter 14 Age-dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long-distance 158
migratory bird
Chapter 15 Non-inherited factors shape adaptive potential in migratory routes and destination in 176 a long-distance migrant
Chapter 16 General discussion 192
References 198
Author affiliations & addresses 215
List of publications 216
Samenvatting 218
