Ten years tracking the migrations of small landbirds: Lessons learned in the golden age of bio-logging

EA McKinnon, OP Love - The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In 2007, the first miniature light-level geolocators were deployed on small landbirds,
revolutionizing the study of migration. In this paper, we review studies that have used …

How do en route events around the Gulf of Mexico influence migratory landbird populations?

EB Cohen, WC Barrow Jr, JJ Buler… - The Condor …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Habitats around the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) provide critical resources for Nearctic–Neotropical
migratory landbirds, the majority of which travel across or around the GOM every spring and …

Habitat ecology of Nearctic–Neotropical migratory landbirds on the nonbreeding grounds

S Albert, JD Wolfe, J Kellerman, T Sherry… - The Condor, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Of the approximately 716 bird species that breed in North America, 386 (54%) are
considered Nearctic–Neotropical migrants by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. In the past …

Analysis of modular bioengineered antimicrobial lanthipeptides at nanoliter scale

S Schmitt, M Montalbán-López, D Peterhoff… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
The rise of antibiotic resistance demands the acceleration of molecular diversification
strategies to inspire new chemical entities for antibiotic medicines. We report here on the …

Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta‐analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias

V Brlík, J Koleček, M Burgess, S Hahn… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches
to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of light‐level geolocators …

Population trends in Vermivora warblers are linked to strong migratory connectivity

GR Kramer, DE Andersen… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Migratory species can experience limiting factors at different locations and during different
periods of their annual cycle. In migratory birds, these factors may even occur in different …

Miniaturized GPS tags identify non-breeding territories of a small breeding migratory songbird

MT Hallworth, PP Marra - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
For the first time, we use a small archival global positioning system (GPS) tag to identify and
characterize non-breeding territories, quantify migratory connectivity and identify population …

Quantifying the strength of migratory connectivity

EB Cohen, JA Hostetler, MT Hallworth… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Technological advancements have spurred rapid growth in the study of migratory
connectivity, the linkage of individuals and populations between seasons of the annual …

Constructing and evaluating a continent‐wide migratory songbird network across the annual cycle

SM Knight, DW Bradley, RG Clark… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Determining how migratory animals are spatially connected between breeding and non‐
breeding periods is essential for predicting the effects of environmental change and for …

Multipurpose habitat networks for short‐range and long‐range connectivity: a new method combining graph and circuit connectivity

B Rayfield, D Pelletier, M Dumitru… - Methods in Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity conservation in landscapes undergoing climate and land‐use changes requires
designing multipurpose habitat networks that connect the movements of organisms at …