Time versus energy minimization migration strategy varies with body size and season in long-distance migratory shorebirds

Table 2 Details of the six EAAF migratory sandpipers that were tracked using geolocators

Species	Lean body mass (g)^a	Wintering site	Breeding grounds	n	Year
Sanderling Calidris alba	50^b	South Australia	Arctic Russia	12^c	2012
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	93^b	Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia	Arctic Russia	60^d	2009–2014
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	108^e	Queensland	Russia’s far east	3^f	2011
Red Knot Calidris canutus	113^g	New Zealand	Arctic Russia	2^h	2011–2012
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	135^b	North Western Australia	Arctic Russia	7ⁱ	2013
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	743^b	Victoria	sub-Arctic between northeast China and Russia	9^j	2011–2012

^alean body mass obtained from the literature or ^bcalculated as the median body mass of individuals captured during November–December on their wintering grounds in Australia (unpubl. Data Victorian Wader Study Group and Australasian Wader Studies Group) and multiplied by 0.94 [41]. ^cTracks were extracted from Lisovski S, et al. [40]. ^dUnpubl. tracks from Victorian Wader Study Group, Australia. ^eTracks were extracted from Johnsgard PA [76]. ^fUnpubl. tracks from Queensland Wader Study Group, Australia. ^gTracks were extracted from Battley PF [77]. ^hTracks were extracted from Tomkovich PS, et al. [78]. ⁱTracks were extracted from Lisovski S, et al. [68]. ^jUnpubl. tracks from Victorian Wader Study Group, Australia, and extracted tracks from Minton C and Gosbell K [79]

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