The decline of A fro‐P alaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes

JA Vickery, SR Ewing, KW Smith, DJ Pain, F Bairlein… - Ibis, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
There is compelling evidence that A fro‐P alaearctic (A‐P) migrant bird populations have
declined in E urope in recent decades, often to a greater degree than resident or short …

Endogenous programs and flexibility in bird migration

S Åkesson, B Helm - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Endogenous programs that regulate annual cycles have been shown for many taxa,
including protists, arthropods, fish, mammals and birds. In migration biology, these programs …

Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light‐level geolocation

ES Bridge, JF Kelly, A Contina… - Journal of Field …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Light‐level geolocation data loggers, or geologgers, have recently been miniaturized to the
extent that they can be deployed on small songbirds, allowing us to determine many …

New discoveries in landbird migration using geolocators, and a flight plan for the future

EA McKinnon, KC Fraser, BJM Stutchbury - The Auk, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Geolocator accuracy varies, depending on bird behavior, geographic location, habitat, and
weather (Fudickar et al. 2012, Lisovski et al. 2012). Ground truthing at multiple sites prior to …

The conservation of Afro‐Palaearctic migrants: what we are learning and what we need to know?

JA Vickery, JW Mallord, WM Adams, AE Beresford… - Ibis, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The global long‐term decline of migrant birds represents an important and challenging issue
for conservation scientists and practitioners. This review draws together recent research …

First records of adult Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Sweden

G Grandi, L Chitimia-Dobler, P Choklikitumnuey… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract From July 2018 to January 2019 we recorded 41 specimens of adult Hyalomma
ticks, which had been found on horses, cattle or humans in 14 Swedish provinces. In 20 …

Timing avian long-distance migration: from internal clock mechanisms to global flights

S Åkesson, M Ilieva, J Karagicheva… - … of the Royal …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Migratory birds regularly perform impressive long-distance flights, which are timed relative to
the anticipated environmental resources at destination areas that can be several thousand …

Towards a new understanding of migration timing: slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure

A Kölzsch, GJDM Müskens, H Kruckenberg, P Glazov… - Oikos, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
According to migration theory and several empirical studies, long‐distance migrants are
more time‐limited during spring migration and should therefore migrate faster in spring than …

Opportunities for the application of advanced remotely-sensed data in ecological studies of terrestrial animal movement

W Neumann, S Martinuzzi, AB Estes, AM Pidgeon… - Movement ecology, 2015‏ - Springer
Animal movement patterns in space and time are a central aspect of animal ecology.
Remotely-sensed environmental indices can play a key role in understanding movement …

[HTML][HTML] Annual 10-month aerial life phase in the common swift Apus apus

A Hedenström, G Norevik, K Warfvinge, A Andersson… - Current Biology, 2016‏ - cell.com
The common swift (Apus apus) is adapted to an aerial lifestyle, where food and nest material
are captured in the air. Observations have prompted scientists to hypothesize that swifts stay …