Exploring potential environmental drivers of migration phenology in two Mongolian Plateau-nesting goose species
Two goose species follow behind the daily 0 °C and before the green-up of plants in spring, allowing the time of hatching of goslings to coincide with the plant growth peak, ensuring a predictable food supply for the nidifugous juveniles. Vegetation and snow metrics were not appropriate indicators to predict the migration process of either species, due to the lack of strong latitudinal gradients in plant growth and long-term snow cover.
Authors
- Yong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9595-010X)
- Xianghuang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1406-292X)
- Nyambayar Batbayar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9138-9626)
- Iderbat Damba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-3960)
- Zhenggang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7401-5163)
- Anthony David Fox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8083-7633)
- Lei Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-0303)
- Xueqin Deng
- Junjian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0643-6579)
Institutions
- Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MN)
- Nanjing Forestry University (CN)
- Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment (CN)
- Hunan City University (CN)
- Ministry of Natural Resources (RW)
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Movement Ecology
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00583-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.43
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft