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Satellite tracking of the migration of the red‐crowned crane Grus japonensis
Author(s) -
Higuchi Hiroyoshi,
Shibaev Yuri,
Minton Jason,
Ozaki Kiyoaki,
Surmach Sergey,
Fujita Go,
Momose Kunikazu,
Momose Yuria,
Ueta Mutsuyuki,
Andronov Vladimir,
Mita Nagahisa,
Kanai Yutaka
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00271.x
Subject(s) - flyway , geography , china , grus (genus) , peninsula , range (aeronautics) , east asia , ecology , fishery , habitat , biology , archaeology , materials science , composite material
Autumn migration routes of red‐crowned cranes, Grus japonensis , from two continental east Asian sites were documented in detail by satellite tracking. Two routes were identified: a 2200 km western route from Russia's Khingansky Nature Reserve to coastal Jiangsu Province, China; and a 900 km eastern route from Lake Khanka (Russia) to the Korean Peninsula and the Demilitarized Zone. The most important rest‐sites were identified as Panjin Marsh (China), coastal mudflats south‐east of Tangshan City (China), the Yellow River mouth (China), Tumen River mouth (North Korea/China/Russia), Kumya (North Korea) and Cholwon (Korean DMZ). Movements within the wintering range were also recorded, including complex commuting between sites by individual cranes and patterns of daily movements within sites. These data should prove useful for conservation of the flyway.