Performance of GPS/GPRS tracking devices improves with increased fix interval and is not affected by animal deployment

M Acácio, PW Atkinson, JP Silva, AMA Franco - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The use of GPS tracking technologies has revolutionized the study of animal movement
providing unprecedentedly detailed information. The characterization of GPS accuracy and …

Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant

M Acácio, I Catry, A Soriano-Redondo, JP Silva… - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Migration phenology is shifting for many long-distance migrants due to global
climate change, however the timing and duration of migration may influence the …

Carry‐over effects of weather and decision‐making on nest success of a migratory shorebird

SJ Clements, JP Loghry, BM Ballard… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Weather conditions experienced by birds can influence their migration decision‐making and
strategy both within and across seasons. Additionally, decision‐making during migration …

Fitness, behavioral, and energetic trade‐offs of different migratory strategies in a partially migratory species

A Soriano‐Redondo, AMA Franco, M Acácio… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alternative migratory strategies can coexist within animal populations and species.
Anthropogenic impacts can shift the fitness balance between these strategies leading to …

ExMove: An open‐source toolkit for processing and exploring animal‐tracking data in R

LP Langley, SDJ Lang… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing technological advances have led to a rapid increase in the number, type and scope
of animal‐tracking studies. In response, many software tools have been developed to …

Sex, landscape diversity and primary productivity shape the seasonal space use of a migratory European raptor

T Spatz, J Katzenberger, N Friess… - Journal of Avian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers shape the space use of wide‐ranging raptors. A large
proportion of raptors are migrants that shift their activity ranges between summer and winter …

The Gap of Chad, a dearth of migratory birds in the central Sahel

L Zwarts, RG Bijlsma, J van der Kamp - Ardea, 2023 - BioOne
Many migratory bird species cross the Mediterranean during autumn migration, but most do
so either at the western or eastern ends where they can avoid, or minimise, sea crossings …

Using piecewise regression to identify biological phenomena in biotelemetry datasets

DW Wolfson, DE Andersen… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Technological advances in the field of animal tracking have greatly expanded the potential
to remotely monitor animals, opening the door to exploring how animals shift their behaviour …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic food subsidies reshape the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migrant

J Marcelino, AMA Franco, M Acácio… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bird migratory journeys are often long and hostile, requiring high energetic expenditure, and
thus forcing birds to pause between migratory flights. Stopover sites allow migrants to …

Simultaneous estimation of the temporal and spatial extent of animal migration using step lengths and turning angles

PR Thompson, PD Harrington, CD Mallory, SR Lele… - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Animals of many different species, trophic levels, and life history strategies
migrate, and the improvement of animal tracking technology allows ecologists to collect …