Speaker
Jan von Rönn
(Swiss Ornithological Institute)
Description
Migratory divides are contact zones where individuals with divergent migration behaviour meet and potentially interbreed. We tracked barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) within and on either side of a migratory divide in Northern Germany, Switzerland and Finland to study various consequences and correlates of divergent migration routes and non-breeding areas. Furthermore, capitalizing on the migratory divide setup and individual tracking, we study the genetic basis of migration of barn swallows in Europe.
