Combining techniques provides new insight into bird migration
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 12:12
in Biology & Nature
Two complementary methods work together in a study producing more refined estimates of where individual barn swallows spend the winter. Using the methods separately comes with tradeoffs -- one lets researchers precisely track a handful of birds, while the other provides data for larger numbers but with less detail -- but together, they provide a fuller picture of an intercontinental migration.
