1. Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering College of Life Sciences Beijing Normal University Beijing100875China
2. Conservation Ecology Group Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences University of Groningen PO Box 11103 Groningen9700 CCThe Netherlands
3. Department of Biology and CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies University of Aveiro Campus de Santiago Aveiro3810‐193Portugal
4. South Iceland Research Centre University of Iceland Lindarbraut 4 LaugarvatnIS‐840Iceland
5. Global Flyway NetworkAustralasian Wader Studies Group PO Box 101 Curtin, ACT 2605 Broome WA6725Australia
6. All‐Russian Research Institute for Environmental Protection 36 km MKAD 1 str 4 Moscow117628Russia
7. Department of Coastal Systems NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea ResearchUtrecht University PO Box 59 Texel1790 AB Den BurgThe Netherlands
8. CEAAF Center for East Asian‐Australasian Flyway Studies Beijing Forestry University Qinghua East Road 35, Haidian District Beijing100083China