Bird migration is one of the greatest wildlife spectacles, producing massive global changes
in the distributions of birds twice each year. To understand the evolution of this …

Migration conveys an immense challenge, especially for juvenile birds co** with enduring
and risky journeys shortly after fledging. Accordingly, juveniles exhibit considerably lower …

Massive bird migration across continents and seas is one of the most spectacular
phenomena in nature, involving billions of birds annually. In the autumn, most birds on …

Billions of nocturnally migrating songbirds fly across oceans and deserts on their annual
journeys. Using multisensor data loggers, we show that great reed warblers (Acrocephalus …

Technological innovations have led to exciting fast-moving developments in science. Today,
we are living in a technology-driven era of biological discovery. Consequently, tracking …

Aim Avian migration strategies balance the costs and benefits of annual movements
between breeding and wintering grounds. If similar constraints affect a large numbers of …

For decades, studies have highlighted links between wind patterns and the behavior,
ecology, distribution, energetics and life history of seabirds. However, only relatively recently …

Satellite-tracking technology has allowed scientists to make a quantum leap in the field of
migration ecology. Nowadays, the basic description of migratory routes of many species of …

Raptors are limited by suitable breeding habitat, and they have specific nest-site
requirements. Habitats of high quality presumably have the resources required to sustain …

Juvenile songbirds on spring migration travel from tropical wintering sites to temperate
breeding destinations thousands of kilometres away with no prior experience to guide them …