Migration mortality in birds

I Newton - Ibis, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Assessing the evidence for treating developmental plasticity and phenotypic flexibility as different phenomena

M Stager, JP Velotta, ZA Cheviron… - Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity has long played a central role in eco‐evolutionary theory, but it was not
until 20 years ago that it was proposed that the term encompasses two distinct phenomena …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale

J Serratosa, S Oppel, S Rotics, A Santangeli… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening
hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to …

Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life‐history trade‐off

ER Buechley, S Oppel, R Efrat… - Journal of Animal …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Long‐distance migrations are among the most physically demanding feats animals perform.
Understanding the potential costs and benefits of such behaviour is a fundamental question …

Migration distance is a fundamental axis of the slow-fast continuum of life history in boreal birds

BM Winger, TM Pegan - The Auk, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Seasonal migration is intrinsically connected to the balance of survival and reproduction, but
whether migratory behavior influences species' position on the slow-fast continuum of life …

The Pacific as the world's greatest theater of bird migration: Extreme flights spark questions about physiological capabilities, behavior, and the evolution of migratory …

T Piersma, RE Gill Jr, DR Ruthrauff, CG Guglielmo… - …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Pacific Basin, by virtue of its vastness and its complex aeroscape, provides
unique opportunities to address questions about the behavioral and physiological …

Compensation for wind drift prevails for a shorebird on a long-distance, transoceanic flight

JA Linscott, JG Navedo, SJ Clements, JP Loghry… - Movement Ecology, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Conditions encountered en route can dramatically impact the energy that
migratory species spend on movement. Migratory birds often manage energetic costs by …

Relationship between wintering site and survival in a migratory waterbird using different migration routes

HRS Ferreira, J Champagnon, JA Alves, T Lok - Oecologia, 2024‏ - Springer
When wintering at different sites, individuals from the same breeding population can
experience different conditions, with costs and benefits that may have implications …

GPS tracking analyses reveal finely-tuned shorebird space use and movement patterns throughout the non-breeding season in high-latitude austral intertidal areas

E Basso, J Horstmann, E Rakhimberdiev… - Movement Ecology, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Long-distance migratory birds spend most of their annual cycle in non-breeding
areas. During this period birds must meet their daily nutritional needs and acquire additional …

Movement ecology during non-breeding season in a long-distance migratory shorebird: are space use and movement patterns sex-biased?

E Basso, J Ruiz, JA Linscott, NR Senner… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Springer
In many gregarious species, sex-specific differences can lead to significant variation in
movement patterns and, consequently, to social and spatial segregation by sex within the …