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Body stores persist as fitness correlate in a long-distance migrant released from food constraints

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  • Adriaan M Dokter
  • Wimke Fokkema
  • Steven K Bekker
  • Willem Bouten
  • Barwolt S Ebbinge
  • Gerard Müskens
  • Han Olff
  • Henk P van der Jeugd
  • Bart A Nolet

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For geese preparing to fly to the Arctic, the motto is “the fatter the better.†But, why do not all geese get fat when food is abundant? For brent geese, modern-day agricultural pastures turn out to be a land of plenty, where food harvesting is quick and leaves free time. But to enter the top tier of birds that produce offspring, other aspects like a good health may be more important than a pile of food.

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  • Adriaan M Dokter & Wimke Fokkema & Steven K Bekker & Willem Bouten & Barwolt S Ebbinge & Gerard Müskens & Han Olff & Henk P van der Jeugd & Bart A Nolet, 2018. "Body stores persist as fitness correlate in a long-distance migrant released from food constraints," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(5), pages 1157-1166.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:5:p:1157-1166.
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    1. Baveco, Johannes M. & Kuipers, Harold & Nolet, Bart A., 2011. "A large-scale multi-species spatial depletion model for overwintering waterfowl," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 222(20), pages 3773-3784.
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