The decline of Afro-Palaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes

Light-level geolocators reveal strong migratory connectivity and within-winter movements for a coastal California Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) population

(2013) Renée L. Cormier et al.   AUK

Migration of the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

(2013) Mikkel Willemoes Kristensen et al.   AUK

Recent population declines in Afro-Palaearctic migratory birds: the influence of breeding and non-breeding seasons

(2013) Catriona A. Morrison et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Density-dependent survival and recruitment in a long-distance Palaearctic migrant, the Sand MartinRiparia riparia

(2013) David Norman et al.   IBIS

Losing a staging area: Eastward redistribution of Afro-Eurasian ruffs is associated with deteriorating fuelling conditions along the western flyway

(2012) Yvonne I. Verkuil et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Cross-hemisphere migration of a 25 g songbird

(2012) F. Bairlein et al.   Biology Letters

Mortality of Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixnests in Welsh Oakwoods: predation rates and the identification of nest predators using miniature nest cameras

(2012) John W. Mallord et al.   BIRD STUDY

Declines in British-breeding populations of Afro-Palaearctic migrant birds are linked to bioclimatic wintering zone in Africa, possibly via constraints on arrival time advancement

(2012) Nancy Ockendon et al.   BIRD STUDY

Site- and species-specific fuel load of European–Afrotropical passerines on arrival at three oases of southeast Morocco during spring migration

(2012) Juan Arizaga et al.   BIRD STUDY

Density and behaviour of WhinchatsSaxicola rubetraon African farmland suggest that winter habitat conditions do not limit European breeding populations

(2012) Mark F. Hulme et al.   IBIS

A Palaearctic migratory raptor species tracks shifting prey availability within its wintering range in the Sahel

(2012) Christiane Trierweiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Migration Routes and Strategies in a Highly Aerial Migrant, the Common Swift Apus apus, Revealed by Light-Level Geolocators

(2012) Susanne Åkesson et al.   PLoS One

Continent-wide tracking to determine migratory connectivity and tropical habitat associations of a declining aerial insectivore

(2012) K. C. Fraser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Drought in Africa Caused Delayed Arrival of European Songbirds

(2012) A. P. Tottrup et al.   SCIENCE

Future productivity of fallow systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is the effect of demographic pressure and fallow reduction more significant than climate change?

(2011) Thomas Gaiser et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Long-Term Population Developments in Typical Marshland Birds in The Netherlands

(2011) C.A.M. van Turnhout et al.   ARDEA

Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

(2011) Endre Knudsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Great flights by great snipes: long and fast non-stop migration over benign habitats

(2011) R. H. G. Klaassen et al.   Biology Letters

Technology on the Move: Recent and Forthcoming Innovations for Tracking Migratory Birds

(2011) Eli S. Bridge et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Habitat selection by foraging WrynecksJynx torquilladuring the breeding season: identifying the optimal habitat profile

(2011) Nadja Weisshaupt et al.   BIRD STUDY

Climate change and the long-term northward shift in the African wintering range of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica

(2011) R Ambrosini et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge approaches in land degradation assessment in the Bawku East District, Ghana

(2011) G.A.B. Yiran et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Numbers, foraging and refuelling of passerine migrants at a stopover site in the western Sahara: diverse strategies to cross a desert

(2011) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Crossing the Sahara desert: migratory strategies of the Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia

(2011) Nicholas J. Bayly et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Assessment of charcoal driven deforestation rates in a fragile rangeland environment in North Eastern Somalia using very high resolution imagery

(2011) S.M. Oduori et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

High variation reduces the value of feather stable isotope ratios in identifying new wintering areas for aquatic warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in West Africa

(2011) Steffen Oppel et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Modelling biome shifts and tree cover change for 2050 in West Africa

(2011) Jonathan Heubes et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology

(2011) T. Guilford et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The annual cycle of a trans-equatorial Eurasian-African passerine migrant: different spatio-temporal strategies for autumn and spring migration

(2011) A. P. Tottrup et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Avifauna trends following changes in a Mediterranean upland pastoral system

(2010) Jocelyn Fonderflick et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Glorious past, uncertain present, bad future? Assessing effects of land-use changes on habitat suitability for a threatened farmland bird species

(2010) Mattia Brambilla et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Challenging conservation of migratory species: Sahelian rainfalls drive first-year survival of the vulnerable Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

(2010) Jean-Baptiste Mihoub et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic – The changing face of West African rainforests

(2010) Ken Norris et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Hypotheses to explain patterns of population change among breeding bird species in England

(2010) Chris B. Thaxter et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Timing of breeding and nestling diet of Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixin relation to changing food supply

(2010) Marta Maziarz et al.   BIRD STUDY

The hunting of migratory birds in Europe: a ringing recovery analysis

(2010) M.N. McCULLOCH et al.   IBIS

Mid-season shifts in the habitat associations of Yellow Wagtails Motacilla flava breeding in arable farmland

(2010) JAMES J. GILROY et al.   IBIS

Population changes in Czech passerines are predicted by their life-history and ecological traits

(2010) JIŘÍ REIF et al.   IBIS

Individual variation in migratory movements and winter behaviour of Iberian Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni revealed by geolocators

(2010) INÊS CATRY et al.   IBIS

Recent changes in precipitation, ITCZ convection and northern tropical circulation over North Africa (1979-2007)

(2010) Bernard Fontaine et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Impact of density and environmental factors on population fluctuations in a migratory passerine

(2010) Gilberto Pasinelli et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Ecological conditions in wintering and passage areas as determinants of timing of spring migration in trans-Saharan migratory birds

(2010) David Robson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

How important are climate-induced changes in host availability for population processes in an obligate brood parasite, the European cuckoo?

(2010) David J. T. Douglas et al.   OIKOS

The Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe in the Sahel of West Africa: distribution, seasonal variation in abundance and habitat associations

(2010) Jared M Wilson et al.   OSTRICH

Year-Round Tracking of Small Trans-Saharan Migrants Using Light-Level Geolocators

(2010) Erich Bächler et al.   PLoS One

Patches of Bare Ground as a Staple Commodity for Declining Ground-Foraging Insectivorous Farmland Birds

(2010) Michael Schaub et al.   PLoS One

Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration

(2010) C. Egevang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate warming, ecological mismatch at arrival and population decline in migratory birds

(2010) N. Saino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid change in host use of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus linked to climate change

(2010) A. P. Moller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Large scale risk-assessment of wind-farms on population viability of a globally endangered long-lived raptor

(2009) Martina Carrete et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Life-history and ecological correlates of population change in Dutch breeding birds

(2009) Chris A.M. Van Turnhout et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Potential impacts of climate change on the winter distribution of Afro-Palaearctic migrant passerines

(2009) M. Barbet-Massin et al.   Biology Letters

Long-term population declines in Danish trans-Saharan migrant birds

(2009) Henning Heldbjerg et al.   BIRD STUDY

Foraging habitat selection, diet and nestling condition in Yellow WagtailsMotacilla flavabreeding on arable farmland

(2009) James J. Gilroy et al.   BIRD STUDY

Population trends of breeding birds in British woodlands over a 32-year period: relationships with food, habitat use and migratory behaviour

(2009) CHRIS M. HEWSON et al.   IBIS

Habitat selection by Ortolan Buntings Emberiza hortulana in post-fire succession in Catalonia: implications for the conservation of farmland populations

(2009) MYLES H. M. MENZ et al.   IBIS

Spring passerine migrants stopping over in the Sahara are not fall-outs

(2009) Volker Salewski et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

The phenology mismatch hypothesis: are declines of migrant birds linked to uneven global climate change?

(2009) Tim Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Potential impacts of climatic change on the breeding and non-breeding ranges and migration distance of EuropeanSylviawarblers

(2009) Nathalie Doswald et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The natural link between Europe and Africa - 2.1 billion birds on migration

(2009) Steffen Hahn et al.   OIKOS

Niches, models, and climate change: Assessing the assumptions and uncertainties

(2009) J. A. Wiens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Avian population consequences of climate change are most severe for long-distance migrants in seasonal habitats

(2009) C. Both et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Tracking Long-Distance Songbird Migration by Using Geolocators

(2009) B. J. M. Stutchbury et al.   SCIENCE

Female biased mortality caused by anthropogenic nest loss contributes to population decline and adult sex ratio of a meadow bird

(2008) Martin U. Grüebler et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Broad-scale patterns in geographical and habitat distribution of migrant and resident passerines in Britain and Ireland

(2008) R.J. FULLER et al.   IBIS

Migration patterns and habitat use by passerine and near-passerine migrant birds in eastern Africa

(2008) DAVID J. PEARSON et al.   IBIS

Habitat use by Palaearctic migrant passerine birds in West Africa

(2008) GERARD J. MOREL et al.   IBIS

The impact of Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria swarms on pre-migratory fattening of Whitethroats Sylvia communis in the western Sahel

(2008) C. Stoate   IBIS

FACTORS AFFECTING THE FOOD SUPPLY AND BREEDING SEASON OF RESIDENT BIRDS AND MOVEMENTS OF PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS IN A TROPICAL AFRICAN SAVANNAH

(2008) A. R. E. SINCLAIR   IBIS

Population limitation in Palaearctic-African migrant passerines

(2008) STEPHEN R. BAILLIE et al.   IBIS

Survival of British Sedge Warblers Acrocephalus schoenobaenus in relation to west African rainfall

(2008) WILL PEACH et al.   IBIS

Lower annual fecundity in long-distance migrants than in less migratory birds of temperate Europe

(2008) Bruno Bruderer et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Trends in trappability and stop-over duration can confound interpretations of population trajectories from long-term migration ringing studies

(2008) Wesley M. Hochachka et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Mortality of Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa and Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus chicks in wet grasslands: influence of predation and agriculture

(2008) Hans Schekkerman et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Potential Impacts of Climatic Change on European Breeding Birds

(2008) Brian Huntley et al.   PLoS One

Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining

(2008) A. P. Moller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is land abandonment having an impact on biodiversity? A meta-analytical approach to bird distribution changes in the north-western Mediterranean

(2007) Clélia Sirami et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION