MIGRATE

Where do the birds go? Multi-isotopic tracing of European-breeding migratory birds

Coordinatore	VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG    more  Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Hetty Cognome: De Wilde Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 598 7250 Fax: +31 20 598 9950
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Netherlands [NL]
Totale costo	158˙300 €
EC contributo	158˙300 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-02-15   -   2010-02-14

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG  Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1081 HV contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Hetty Cognome: De Wilde Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 598 7250 Fax: +31 20 598 9950	NL (AMSTERDAM)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In order to quantify the effects of climate change and habitat destruction on bird migration routes, we require a reliable and non-fatal method of locating the end-points of migratory birds. There is also a vital need to accurately establish the origins of migratory birds to better monitor and control the dispersion of zoonotic diseases, such as avian flu. Traditional bird ringing methods have very low recovery rates and radio-satellite transmitters are only suitable for large-size bird species. This multi-disciplinary project is designed to test the veracity of combined state-of-the-art radiogenic (Sr-Pb) and stable (δD-δ18O- δ13C-δ15N) isotope analysis of bird feathers to monitor migration. Feathers are keratine-based tissues that are inert after growth and their isotopic signature will record a signal indicative of the environment of their production. We will study European-breeding Pied and Collared Flycatchers that migrate to Africa in winter. Feathers have been collected from 23 different sites across Europe during the breeding season and by sampling different parts of the plumage, feathers produced on both breeding and wintering grounds are collected simultaneously. To ground-truth the multi-isotope approach, we will undertake a detailed study of feathers from the island of Gotland (Sweden), which has a varied but well mapped geology. The isotopic signatures of feathers will be compared to environment indicators such as rainwater, soils, bird prey and vegetation. This will determine which environmental proxies best correlate with the bird feathers and the spatial/geographical resolution of Sr-Pb isotope ratios. Subsequently, studies of feathers from Europe will establish if the technique can distinguish breeding European locations and constrain the wintering locations in Africa. This will allow future study of the extent of climate change induced variation in migration routes by comparing the isotopic composition of new and existing feather collections.'