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Examining the limits of flight and orientation performance: satellite tracking of brent geese migrating across the Greenland ice-cap

1995; Royal Society; Volume: 261; Issue: 1360 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspb.1995.0119

1471-2954

Guðmundur A. Guðmundsson, Silvano Benvenuti, Thomas Alerstam, Floriano Papi, Kristján Lilliendahl, Susanne Åkesson,

Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Gudmundsson Gudmundur A. , Benvenuti Silvano , Alerstam Thomas , Papi Floriano , Lilliendahl Kristjan and Åkesson Susanne 1995Examining the limits of flight and orientation performance: satellite tracking of brent geese migrating across the Greenland ice-capProc. R. Soc. Lond. B.26173–79http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0119SectionRestricted accessArticleExamining the limits of flight and orientation performance: satellite tracking of brent geese migrating across the Greenland ice-cap Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , Silvano Benvenuti Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , Thomas Alerstam Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , Floriano Papi Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , Kristjan Lilliendahl Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Susanne Åkesson Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed , Silvano Benvenuti Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed , Thomas Alerstam Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed , Floriano Papi Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed , Kristjan Lilliendahl Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed and Susanne Åkesson Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Published:22 July 1995https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0119AbstractBrent geese, Branta bernicla hrota, were equipped with satellite transmitters on a spring stop-over site in Iceland. The brent geese deposit heavy fuel reserves for long-distance flights across the high Greenland ice-cap to breeding destinations in north Canada. Satellite tracking of brent geese on this journey serves the twofold purpose of testing specific predictions about: (i) size-dependent power constraints in bird flight (severe restrictions in climbing capacity with heavy payloads); and (ii) orientation constraints at northerly geographic and magnetic latitudes (different routes depending on which celestial or geomagnetic cues are used). Five individuals were successfully tracked to west Greenland, and they traversed the Greenland ice-cap where it reaches > 2500 m above sea level (ASI). Their climbing rates were exceedingly small, 0.01-0.06 m s-1, indicating critical size-dependent power limitations on flight. The movement up the ice slope was very slow, and the most plausible interpretation is that the geese paused frequently between partly anaerobic flights. The flight tracks were surprisingly irregular, although departure directions from Iceland and across Greenland were similar. The geese's orientation is probably based on a combination of landmark piloting and a compass mechanism giving a constant geographic course irrespective of longitudinal time and geomagnetic declination (variation) differences along the route.FootnotesThis text was harvested from a scanned image of the original document using optical character recognition (OCR) software. As such, it may contain errors. Please contact the Royal Society if you find an error you would like to see corrected. Mathematical notations produced through Infty OCR. Previous ArticleNext Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Frederiksen M, Gilg O and Yannic G (2020) Cross‐icecap spring migration confirmed in a high‐Arctic seabird, the Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea , Ibis, 10.1111/ibi.12903, 163:2, (706-714), Online publication date: 1-Apr-2021. 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