Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration

MJ Kauffman, EO Aikens, S Esmaeili… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Our understanding of ungulate migration is advancing rapidly due to innovations in modern
animal tracking. Herein, we review and synthesize nearly seven decades of work on …

Emerging perspectives on resource tracking and animal movement ecology

B Abrahms, EO Aikens, JB Armstrong… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Resource tracking, where animals increase energy gain by moving to track phenological
variation in resources across space, is emerging as a fundamental attribute of animal …

Animal migration: An overview of one of nature's great spectacles

AM Fudickar, AE Jahn… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion in research on animal migration, in
large part due to a technological revolution in tracking and remote-sensing technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in movement strategies: capital versus income migration

SR Evans, S Bearhop - The Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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The ephemeral resource patch concept

NJ Butterworth, ME Benbow, PS Barton - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ephemeral resource patches (ERPs)–short lived resources including dung, carrion,
temporary pools, rotting vegetation, decaying wood, and fungi–are found throughout every …

The influence of social cues on timing of animal migrations

WK Oestreich, KM Aiu, LB Crowder… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Animal migration plays a central role in many ecological and evolutionary processes, yet
migratory populations worldwide are increasingly threatened. Adjusting migration timing to …

Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross‐taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis

S Esmaeili, BR Jesmer, SE Albeke, EO Aikens… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The forage maturation hypothesis (FMH) states that energy intake for ungulates is
maximised when forage biomass is at intermediate levels. Nevertheless, metabolic allometry …

Wherever I may roam—Human activity alters movements of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and elk (Cervus canadensis) across two continents

S Mumme, AD Middleton, P Ciucci… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity and associated landscape modifications alter the movements of animals with
consequences for populations and ecosystems worldwide. Species performing long …

A test of the green wave hypothesis in omnivorous brown bears across North America

NR Bowersock, LM Ciarniello, WW Deacy… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivorous animals tend to seek out plants at intermediate phenological states to improve
energy intake while minimizing consumption of fibrous material. In some ecosystems, the …

How ecological characteristics of seasonal migratory species influence conservation threats and policy needs

HJ Albers, KD Lee, A Martínez-Salinas… - Review of …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Compared to nonmigratory species, seasonal migratory species face different
anthropogenic threats and respond differently to such threats. Protecting seasonal migratory …