Correction to: Feather stable isotopes (δ2 Hf and δ13Cf) identify the Sub-Saharan wintering grounds of turtle doves from Europe

Correction to: European Journal of Wildlife Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-022-01567-w

The original version of this article contained a mistake. The equation used to convert the precipitation δ²H (δ²H_p) isoscape into a feather δ²H (δ²H_f) isoscape was: δ²H_f = 4.73 + 0.78*δ²H_p. However, the original equation from Hobson et al. (2009) converted δ²H_f to δ²H_p values (δ²H_p = 4·73 + 0·78*(δ²H_f)) to estimate probable origins based on the δ²H_p isoscape surface. Here, we converted the Hobson et al. (2009) equation to derive a δ²H_f isoscape and incorporated it into a multivariate assignment to origin analysis with δ¹³C_f as described in Marx et al. (2022) to determine possible regions of moult origin of turtle doves. The corrected assignment to origin analysis results, the original assignment in Marx et al. (2022) and the difference between the two origin rasters are shown in Fig. 1. Due to minimal differences between the two assignment rasters, we did not undertake additional analyses as in Marx et al. (2022) and have not changed interpretations of our data.

Fig. 1

Revised (A) and original (B) assignment to likely wintering origin (moulting areas of winter-grown primary feathers) of European turtle doves (n = 181) sampled in seven different European countries (see Fig. 1 in original paper) predicted from a multivariate normal probability distribution function based on tenth primary feather (P10) δ²H and δ¹³C isotope assignments of individual birds, and the difference between the proportions of revised and original assignments (C). See the original text of Marx et al. (2022) for the assignment methods

The original article has been corrected.