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Chan, Y-C. (2021). Struggles ashore: Migration ecology of threatened shorebirds in the East
Asian−Australasian Flyway. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.170156504
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Migration Ecology of Threatened Shorebirds
in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway
The research presented in this thesis was conducted at the Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen and the Department of Coastal Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, the Netherlands, according to the requirements of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. Printing of this thesis was supported by the University of Groningen. The PhD position was initially funded by the Spinoza Premium 2014 of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) to Theunis Piersma, supplemented by the Ubbo Emmius Fund and the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen. The following entities contributed to the operational costs: MAVA Foundation, Switzerland, KNAW China Exchange Programme, NWO-ALW TOP-grant ‘Shorebirds in space’ to Theunis Piersma, WWF Netherlands, WWF China and BirdLife Netherlands. The preferred citation for this thesis is:
Chan, Y.-C. 2021. Struggles ashore: Migration ecology of threatened shorebirds in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
COLOFON Lay-out: Dick Visser Cover: Carmen Or
Photographs: Ying-Chi Chan, except Xue Chen (p. 174, 175)
Artwork: Vivienne Kan (p. 6), Carmen Or (p. 19), Ka Chun Cheung (p. 131), Meng-chieh Feng (p. 216) From the Overwintering Project (https://www.theoverwinteringproject.com):
Lisa Marshall, Godwits Soaring Above, 2018, Stencilled monoprint with embossing (p. 37) Kate Gorringe-Smith, Memories of Flight, 2011, Linocut. (p. 75);
Flocks of Godwits, 2012, Linocut (p. 207)
Susan Rushforth, Seasonal Journey, 2018, Woodblock print (p. 145) Printed by: GVO Drukkers & Vormgevers
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t r u g g l e S
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Sh o r e
Migration Ecology of Threatened Shorebirds
in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. C. Wijmenga
en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op
vrijdag 28 mei 2021 om 9.00 uur
door
Ying Chi Chan
external supervisor
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 8
Part I Methodological development
Chapter 2 Testing an attachment method for solar-powered tracking devices on 20 a long-distance migrating shorebird
Published in Journal of Ornithology, (2016) 157: 277–287
Part II Migration patterns
Chapter 3 Hidden in plain sight: migration routes of the elusive Anadyr Bar-tailed Godwit 38
Limosa lapponica anadyrensis revealed by satellite tracking
Chapter 4 When a typical jumper skips: itineraries and staging habitats used by Red Knots 52
Calidris canutus piersmai migrating between northwest Australia and the
New Siberian Islands
Accepted for publication in Ibis
Part III Applications for conservation
Chapter 5 Filling knowledge gaps in a threatened shorebird flyway through satellite tracking 76
Published in Journal of Applied Ecology, (2019) 56: 2305-2315
Box A Bird-guided explorations of the Chinese coast: surveying sites used by 100 satellite-tracked shorebirds
Chapter 6 Conserving unprotected important coastal habitats in the Yellow Sea: shorebird 110 occurrence, distribution and food resources at Lianyungang
Published in Global Ecology and Conservation, (2019) 20: e00724
Box B Loss of habitat leads to loss of birds: reflections on the Jiangsu, China, coastal 132 development plans
Published in Wader Study, (2017) 124: 93–98
Box C Incorporating shorebird movement information into ecological impact assessment 138 and ‘Building with Nature’ port design
Part IV Coping with habitat loss and deterioration
Chapter 7 Site fidelity of two shorebird species in an imperiled flyway 146 Chapter 8 More explorative individuals of a long-distance migrant shorebird respond more 162
quickly to collapse in prey stock and have higher breeding success
Chapter 9 General discussion: on the ways that migratory birds cope with a 174 deteriorating flyway
References 188
Summary/ Samenvatting 208
Author affiliations and addresses 217
List of publications 218
