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Migration Patterns and Characteristics of Eurasian Wigeons (Mareca Penelope) Wintering in Southwestern Japan Based on Satellite Tracking See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337841397 Migration Patterns and Characteristics of Eurasian Wigeons (Mareca penelope) Wintering in Southwestern Japan Based on Satellite Tracking Article in ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE · December 2019 DOI: 10.2108/zs180207 CITATIONS READS 4 373 9 authors, including: Tomoko Doko Wenbo Chen Keio University Keio University 24 PUBLICATIONS 136 CITATIONS 18 PUBLICATIONS 117 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Noriyuki M Yamaguchi M. 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Source: Zoological Science, 36(6) : 490-503 Published By: Zoological Society of Japan URL: https://doi.org/10.2108/zs180207 BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Complete website, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/terms-o-use. Usage of BioOne Complete content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non - commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. 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Doko et al. © 2019 Zoological Society of Japan Migration Patterns and Characteristics of Eurasian Wigeons (Mareca penelope) Wintering in Southwestern Japan Based on Satellite Tracking Tomoko Doko1,2*†, Wenbo Chen1,2*†, Naoya Hijikata3, Noriyuki Yamaguchi4, Emiko Hiraoka5, Masaki Fujita6, Kiyoshi Uchida5, Tetsuo Shimada7, and Hiroyoshi Higuchi8 1Nature & Science Consulting Co., Ltd., Room 302, 3F, Chuo-dairoku-kannai Bld., 1-2-1 Furocho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0032, Japan 2Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322 Endoh, Fujisawa 252-0082, Japan 3Hijikata Office, Prier Sanbankan 102, Sekido 5-11-12, Tama 206-0011, Japan 4Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan 5Satoyama Natural History Research Group, 1-11-11 Midori, Abiko, Chiba 270-1153, Japan 6Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 5-21-5, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan 7The Miyagi Prefectural Izunuma-Uchinuma Environmental Foundation, 17-2 Shikimi, Wakayanagi, Kurihara, Miyagi 989-5504, Japan 8Research and Education Center for Natural Sciences, Keio University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8521, Japan Understanding migration ecology of Eurasian wigeons (Mareca penelope) is crucial for effective population management, mitigating conflicts with human, and habitat conservation. The objectives of the present study were 1) to determine their migration patterns of Eurasian wigeons in the East Asian flyway, and 2) to identify the key breeding and stopover sites. From 2007 to 2016, a total of the 64 wigeons, which wintered in Japan, were equipped with satellite transmitters. Most Eurasian wigeons migrated to breeding sites in Russia either (a) via a continental route through China, (b) via the Kamchatka Peninsula, or (c) via Sakhalin Island. In spring, many of the Eurasian wigeons (60.98%) migrated via the continental route. In autumn, most Eurasian wigeons (57.14%) migrated through Kamchatka. These differences may be attributable to the influence of Okhotsk Sea air mass on migration decisions due to loop migration. Similarly to the migration of Mallards, Eurasian wigeons employed a “long-stay and short-travel” migration strategy. Eurasian wigeons mainly nested between latitude between 43° to 75°N. From the present findings and the published literature, Eur- asian wigeons that winter in Japan are considered to migrate to Russia, China, and the United States during the breeding season, although the main breeding area is in northeastern Russia. A total of 296 important sites to Eurasian wigeons were mapped, and 118 location names with geographic coordinates, and the top five most frequently used sites were identified in each season. Key words: breeding sites, Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope, migration pattern, stopover sites 50° and 75° N across northern Europe and Asia, from Iceland INTRODUCTION and northern Britain across Scandinavia and northern Eurasian wigeons (Mareca penelope) breed between Russia to the Pacific coast (Kear, 2005). The species is strongly migratory, leaving its breeding grounds in late sum- mer to winter across almost the entire temperate zone of * Corresponding authors. E-mail: doko@nature-science-consulting. co.jp (TD); Europe and Asia, with concentrations in coastal areas chen@nature-science-consulting. including Japan and China (Kear, 2005). The wintering sites co.jp (WC) in Far East are Japan, Korea, China, and South Asia, and † These authors contributed equally to this work. Southeast Asia (Nechaev and Gamova, 2009). Wintering doi:10.2108/zs180207 populations likely mix in the breeding grounds and the major Downloaded From: https://bioone.org/journals/Zoological-Science on 12 Dec 2019 Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use Migration patterns of Eurasian wigeons 491 moulting areas (Kear, 2005). The population trend for tion of Eurasian wigeons used in that analysis was not Eurasian wigeons that winter in Eastern Asia is declining Japan, and (2) Eurasian wigeons that winter in Japan may (Miyabayashi and Mundkur, 1999; BirdLife International, have different migration routes compared to other wintering 2017). Yet, ducks have been heavily hunted in Russia, a areas, as suggested in Boere et al. (2007). major breeding ground (Panov, 1973), and there are increas- The objectives of the present study were 1) to determine ing potential conflicts with humans, as Eurasian wigeons the migration patterns and characteristics of Eurasian may facilitate the transmission of highly pathogenic avian wigeons along the East Asian Flyway, and 2) to identify key influenza virus during their migration (World Organisation for sites for breeding and stopovers. These characteristics and Animal Health, 2014), feed on agricultural crops (Lane et al., trends are discussed with reference to the existing literature 1998) or other economically important food products, such and in comparison to other duck species, including Northern as seaweed (Kodama et al., 2014), and increase the poten- pintails (Anas acuta), and mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) tial for aircraft strikes (Ministry of Land Infrastructure and that winter in Japan. Tourism, 2012). Thus, migration studies are needed for MATERIALS AND METHODS effective population management, mitigation of conflict with humans, and habitat conservation for this duck species. Satellite tracking However, the migration pathways of Eurasian wigeons in Eurasian wigeons were captured using net traps or hands each East Asia are almost completely unknown. There are only a few detailed studies on the migration of Eurasian wigeons in Europe (Owen and Mitchell, 1988; Donker, 1959; Boyd, 1956). Through intensive bird banding conducted in Japan from 1961 to 1995, 194 recoveries of Eurasian wigeons were obtained from eastern Russia, con- centrated especially from Sakhalin and Kamchatka (Yamashina Institute for Orni- thology, 2002). On the other hand, 2829 recoveries of wigeons collected through Bird Ringing Centre of Russia demon- strated that Eurasian wigeons wintering in Japan exhibit a different migration pattern, which likely involves migration to Far East Russia during breeding seasons, com- pared to all other wintering populations (Boere et al., 2007). These ringing studies can provide data on released and recov- ered point localities, but cannot explain their migration routes, unlike satellite telemetry. Within Asia, two major flyways—the Central-South Asian Flyway and the East Asian Flyway—are recognized for Anati- dae (Miyabayashi and Mundkur, 1999). Based on this information, Eurasian wigeons wintering in Japan belong to the East Asian Flyway. Palm et al. (2015) attempted to visualize the East Asian- Australasian Flyway (which is the same as the East Asian Flyway), based on satellite and GPS telemetry data and dynamic Brownian bridge movement models. The East Asian-Australasian Flyway in Palm et al. (2015) described waterfowl space use probabilistically.
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