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Contents
Preface 1
Resumen 3
Introduction 7
Generalities of avian migration 7
Markers for migration studies 7
MHC as a marker 9
Conservation of migratory species 9
The lesser Kestrel as a model species 10
Aims 12
Thesis outline 12
Glossary 13
References 14
Chapter 1: Geolocators map the wintering grounds of threatened lesser kestrels in Africa 17
Chapter 2: Effects of geolocator attachments on breeding parameters of Lesser Kestrels
Falco naumanni 35
Chapter 3: Using MHC markers to assign the geographic origin of migratory birds:
examples from the threatened lesser kestrel 53
Chapter 4: Sampling strategies for accurate computational inferences of gametic phase
across highly polymorphic Major Histocompatibility Complex loci 77
Chapter 5: Sources of variation for nutritional condition indices of the plasma of
migratory lesser kestrels in the breeding grounds 93
General discussion 119
Migration and wintering areas 119
Technical notes 121
Nutritional condition 121
Future research 122
References 123
Conclusions 125
Acknowledgments / Agradecimientos 127
Funding 131