About the Authors

Mitra Shariatinajafabadi

m.shariatinajafabadi@utwente.nl

Affiliation Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Tiejun Wang

Affiliation Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Andrew K. Skidmore

Affiliation Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Albertus G. Toxopeus

Affiliation Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Andrea Kölzsch

Affiliations Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Animal Ecology and Project group Movement Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

Bart A. Nolet

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Project group Movement Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

Klaus-Michael Exo

Affiliation Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Larry Griffin

Affiliation Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Julia Stahl

Affiliation Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

David Cabot

Affiliation Environmental Consultancy Services, Carrigskeewaun, Carrowniskey, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland

Competing Interests

David Cabot is an employee of Environmental Consultancy Services. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS TW AS AT AK BN. Performed the experiments: MS TW AS. Analyzed the data: MS TW AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KE LG DC. Wrote the paper: MS TW AS AT KE AK BN LG JS DC.