Experience and motivation shape the flight performance of white storks migrating long-distance

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This balance can be affected by experiences gained with age but also by breeding pressure. Bronnvik and Flack show that age reduces soaring performance in white storks. This demonstrates one way that age can rebalance a trade-off by changing the costs and payoffs to an individual.