Global movement patterns of migratory birds illustrate their fascinating physical and
physiological abilities to cross continents and oceans. During their voyages, most birds land …

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 …

Although many recent tracking studies have uncovered considerable variation in the
migratory routines of birds, 1, 2 the source of this variation is surprisingly poorly discussed. 3 …

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 …

Each year, billions of flying and swimming migrants negotiate the challenging displacement
imposed by travelling through a flowing medium. However, little is known about how the …

Conditions experienced by an individual during migration have the potential to shape
migratory tactic and in turn fitness. For large birds, environmental conditions encountered …

Stopovers comprise a significant proportion of the time that many birds spend migrating, and
researchers have long relied on these events to define and classify broader migratory …

Why and how new migration routes emerge remain fundamental questions in ecology,
particularly in the context of current global changes. In its early stages, when few individuals …

Background Weather can have both delayed and immediate impacts on animal populations,
and species have evolved behavioral adaptions to respond to weather conditions. Weather …

Intermittent breeding is an important tactic in long‐lived species that trade off survival and
reproduction to maximize lifetime reproductive success. When breeding conditions are …