Optimal bird migration revisited

Wayward Youth: Trans-Beringian Movement and Differential Southward Migration by Juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpipers

(2014) Colleen M. Handel et al.   ARCTIC

Daily Travel Schedules of Adult Eurasian HobbiesFalco subbuteo— Variability in Flight Hours and Migration Speed Along the Route

(2011) Roine Strandberg et al.   ARDEA

A Puzzling Migratory Detour: Are Fueling Conditions in Alaska Driving the Movement of Juvenile Sharp-Tailed Sandpipers?

(2011) Åke Lindström et al.   CONDOR

Animal Migration and Infectious Disease Risk

(2011) S. Altizer et al.   SCIENCE

Letters

(2010) Nikita Chernetsov   AUK

Do Red Knots (Calidris Canutus Islandica) Routinely Skip Iceland During Southward Migration?

(2010) Maurine W. Dietz et al.   CONDOR

Many routes lead to Rome: potential causes for the multi-route migration system of Red Knots,Calidris canutus islandica

(2010) Silke Bauer et al.   ECOLOGY

The Role of Wind-Tunnel Studies in Integrative Research on Migration Biology

(2010) S. Engel et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

How swift are swiftsApus apus?

(2010) Per Henningsson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Loop migration in adult marsh harriersCircus aeruginosus,as revealed by satellite telemetry

(2010) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

From the Mediterranean Sea to Madagascar: Are there ecological barriers for the long-distance migrant Eleonora’s falcon?

(2010) Pascual López-López et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Predation Danger Can Explain Changes in Timing of Migration: The Case of the Barnacle Goose

(2010) Rudy M. Jonker et al.   PLoS One

Stochastic atmospheric assistance and the use of emergency staging sites by migrants

(2010) J. Shamoun-Baranes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

What decision rules might pink-footed geese use to depart on migration? An individual-based model

(2009) Olivier Duriez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Trans-Sahara migrants select flight altitudes to minimize energy costs rather than water loss

(2009) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Adjustments of wingbeat frequency and air speed to air density in free-flying migratory birds

(2009) H. Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Optimal Migration Strategies in Bats

(2009) Anders Hedenström   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Flight by night or day? Optimal daily timing of bird migration

(2009) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Flight speeds of swifts (Apus apus): seasonal differences smaller than expected

(2009) P. Henningsson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sustained bird flights occur at temperatures far beyond expected limits

(2008) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Fuel stores, fuel accumulation, and the decision to depart from a migration stopover site

(2008) Michael Schaub et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Flexibility in daily travel routines causes regional variation in bird migration speed

(2008) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Optimal fat loads and long-distance flights by migrating Knots Calidris canutus, Sanderlings C. alba and Turnstones Arenaria interpres

(2008) GUDMUNDUR A. GUDMUNDSSON et al.   IBIS

THE MECHANICS OF BIRD MIGRATION

(2008) C. J. Pennycuick   IBIS

The consequences of climate-driven stop-over sites changes on migration schedules and fitness of Arctic geese

(2008) Silke Bauer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Skipping the Baltic: the emergence of a dichotomy of alternative spring migration strategies in Russian barnacle geese

(2008) Götz Eichhorn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Optimal management of a goose flyway: migrant management at minimum cost

(2008) Marcel Klaassen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ocean Surface Winds Drive Dynamics of Transoceanic Aerial Movements

(2008) Ángel M. Felicísimo et al.   PLoS One

All across Africa: highly individual migration routes of Eleonora's falcon

(2008) M. Gschweng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific Ocean: ecological corridor rather than barrier?

(2008) R. E Gill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds

(2007) Z. Barta et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptations to migration in birds: behavioural strategies, morphology and scaling effects

(2007) A. Hedenstrom   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES