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 …

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 …

Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants

K Thorup, AP Tøttrup, M Willemoes, RHG Klaassen… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Migratory birds track seasonal resources across and between continents. We propose a
general strategy of tracking the broad seasonal abundance of resources throughout the …

Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo

CM Hewson, K Thorup, JW Pearce-Higgins… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Migratory species are in rapid decline globally. Although most mortality in long-distance
migrant birds is thought to occur during migration, evidence of conditions on migration …

Individual-based tracking systems in ornithology: welcome to the era of big data

P López-López - Ardeola, 2016 - BioOne
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 …

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 …

Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling

B Kranstauber, R Weinzierl, M Wikelski, K Safi - Ecology letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Birds migrate over vast distances at substantial costs. The highly dynamic nature of the air
makes the selection of the best travel route difficult. We investigated to what extent migratory …

The role of atmospheric conditions in the seasonal dynamics of North American migration flyways

FA La Sorte, D Fink, WM Hochachka… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Light‐level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

J Ouwehand, MP Ahola, ANMA Ausems… - Journal of avian …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding what drives or prevents long‐distance migrants to respond to environmental
change requires basic knowledge about the wintering and breeding grounds, and the timing …

Tracking animal dispersal: from individual movement to community assembly and global range dynamics

KA Jønsson, AP Tøttrup, MK Borregaard… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
Dispersal is one of the key processes in sha** distributional ranges and community
assemblages, but we know little about animal dispersal at the individual, population, or …