Bird migrations are impressive behavioral phenomena, representing complex
spatiotemporal strategies to balance costs of living while maximizing fitness. The field of bird …

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 …

Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening
hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to …

Seasonal bird migration may provide energy benefits associated with moving to areas with
less physiologically challenging climates or increased food availability, but migratory …

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 …

The arrival‐time hypothesis of partial seasonal migration proposes that over‐winter
residence is driven by reproductive benefits of early presence on the breeding grounds …

The conservation of long‐distance migratory birds requires coordination between the
multiple countries connected by the movements of these species. The recent expansion of …

Two types of experience affect animals' behavioral proficiencies and, accordingly, their
fitness: early-life experience, an animal's environment during its early development, and …

Advances in tagging technologies are expanding opportunities to estimate survival of fish
and wildlife populations. Yet, capture and handling effects could impact survival outcomes …

Migration is one of the most physical and energetically demanding periods in an individual
bird's life. The composition of the bird's gut or cloacal microbiota can temporarily change …