Animals often travel in groups, and their navigational decisions can be influenced by social
interactions. Both theory and empirical observations suggest that such collective navigation …

Cognition, defined as the processes concerned with the acquisition, retention and use of
information, underlies animals' abilities to navigate their local surroundings, embark on long …

Contemporary tracking studies reveal that low migratory connectivity between breeding and
non-breeding ranges is common in migrant landbirds. It is unclear, however, how internal …

Choosing the right migration timing is critical for migrants because conditions encountered
en route influence movement costs, survival, and, in social migrants, the availability of social …

The ontogeny of migration routines used by wild birds remains unresolved. Here we
investigated the migratory orientation of juvenile lesser spotted eagles (LSE; Clanga …

The relative contributions of genetic and social factors in sha** the living world are a
crucial question in ecology. The annual migration of birds to their wintering grounds and …

Migration counts can offer a cost‐effective method for monitoring the state of migrant raptor
populations. However, differential migration strategies between inexperienced juveniles and …

Abstract In Focus Santos, CD, Silva, JP, Muñoz, A.‐R., Onrubia, A., & Wikelski, M.(2020). The
gateway to Africa: What determines sea crossing performance of a migratory soaring bird at …

Thermal soaring conditions above the sea have long been assumed absent or too weak for
terrestrial migrating birds, forcing obligate soarers to take long detours and avoid sea …

Afro-Palearctic migrants move between breeding and wintering grounds along flyways
determined by several factors (bird morphology, geography, behavioural adaptations) and …