Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations

A Dynamic State Model of Migratory Behavior and Physiology to Assess the Consequences of Environmental Variation and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Marine Vertebrates

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Wind, Circulation, and Topographic Effects on Alongshore Phytoplankton Variability in the California Current

(2018) Jerome Fiechter et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

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Common drivers of seasonal movements on the migration – residency behavior continuum in a large herbivore

(2018) Jodie Martin et al.   Scientific Reports

Submarine canyons represent an essential habitat network for krill hotspots in a Large Marine Ecosystem

(2018) Jarrod A. Santora et al.   Scientific Reports

Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals

(2018) Brett R. Jesmer et al.   SCIENCE

Phenological tracking associated with increased salmon consumption by brown bears

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Memory, not just perception, plays an important role in terrestrial mammalian migration

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Resource partitioning facilitates coexistence in sympatric cetaceans in the California Current

(2017) Sabrina Fossette et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants

(2017) Kasper Thorup et al.   Science Advances

Kodiak brown bears surf the salmon red wave: direct evidence from GPS collared individuals

(2016) William Deacy et al.   ECOLOGY

Resource waves: phenological diversity enhances foraging opportunities for mobile consumers

(2016) Jonathan B. Armstrong et al.   ECOLOGY

WhaleWatch: a dynamic management tool for predicting blue whale density in the California Current

(2016) Elliott L. Hazen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Large herbivores surf waves of green-up during spring

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Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

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Optimal Environmental Conditions and Anomalous Ecosystem Responses: Constraining Bottom-up Controls of Phytoplankton Biomass in the California Current System

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Climate change impacts on leatherback turtle pelagic habitat in the Southeast Pacific

(2015) Ellen Willis-Norton et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

How far to go? Determinants of migration distance in land mammals

(2015) Claire S. Teitelbaum et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Poleward displacement of coastal upwelling-favorable winds in the ocean's eastern boundary currents through the 21st century

(2015) Ryan R. Rykaczewski et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Humpback whale diets respond to variance in ocean climate and ecosystem conditions in the California Current

(2015) Alyson H. Fleming et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Memory Effects on Movement Behavior in Animal Foraging

(2015) Chloe Bracis et al.   PLoS One

Ocean fronts drive marine fishery production and biogeochemical cycling

(2015) C. Brock Woodson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elucidating the significance of spatial memory on movement decisions by African savannah elephants using state-space models

(2015) L. Polansky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

(2015) N. E. Hussey et al.   SCIENCE

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) optimize foraging efficiency by balancing oxygen use and energy gain as a function of prey density

(2015) E. L. Hazen et al.   Science Advances

Biogeography and phenology of satellite-measured phytoplankton seasonality in the California current

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A memory-based foraging tactic reveals an adaptive mechanism for restricted space use

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Spatial and Temporal Occurrence of Blue Whales off the U.S. West Coast, with Implications for Management

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Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems

(2014) W. J. Sydeman et al.   SCIENCE

Riding the crimson tide: mobile terrestrial consumers track phenological variation in spawning of an anadromous fish

(2013) D. E. Schindler et al.   Biology Letters

On the adaptive benefits of mammal migration

(2013) T. Avgar et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Assessing the Risk of Ships Striking Large Whales in Marine Spatial Planning

(2013) J. V. REDFERN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Spatial memory and animal movement

(2013) William F. Fagan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evidence for density-dependent changes in body condition and pregnancy rate of North Atlantic fin whales over four decades of varying environmental conditions

(2013) R. Williams et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Cumulative human impacts on marine predators

(2013) Sara M. Maxwell et al.   Nature Communications

A Migratory Northern Ungulate in the Pursuit of Spring: Jumping or Surfing the Green Wave?

(2012) Richard Bischof et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions

(2012) Helen Bailey et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Spatiotemporal associations between Pacific herring spawn and surf scoter spring migration: evaluating a ‘silver wave’ hypothesis

(2012) EK Lok et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

New approach for using remotely sensed chlorophyll a to identify seabird hotspots

(2012) RM Suryan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Predicted habitat shifts of Pacific top predators in a changing climate

(2012) Elliott L. Hazen et al.   Nature Climate Change

New Insights into Pelagic Migrations: Implications for Ecology and Conservation

(2011) Daniel P. Costa et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Stopover ecology of a migratory ungulate

(2011) Hall Sawyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Timing of migratory baleen whales at the Azores in relation to the North Atlantic spring bloom

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Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

(2011) B. A. Block et al.   NATURE

Mesoscale structure and oceanographic determinants of krill hotspots in the California Current: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation

(2011) Jarrod A. Santora et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Saiga antelope calving site selection is increasingly driven by human disturbance

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A model-driven approach to quantify migration patterns: individual, regional and yearly differences

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Mechanics, hydrodynamics and energetics of blue whale lunge feeding: efficiency dependence on krill density

(2010) J. A. Goldbogen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Blue whale habitat selection and within-season distribution in a regional upwelling system off southern Australia

(2010) PC Gill et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Social interactions, information use, and the evolution of collective migration

(2010) V. Guttal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Movements of pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) in the Eastern North Pacific revealed with archival tags

(2010) Andre M. Boustany et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Association Between Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Mortality and Ship Strikes Along the California Coast

(2010) Michelle Berman-Kowalewski et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Opposing Rainfall and Plant Nutritional Gradients Best Explain the Wildebeest Migration in the Serengeti

(2009) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Phenology of coastal upwelling in the California Current

(2009) Steven J. Bograd et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks

(2009) H Bailey et al.   Endangered Species Research

THE RELEVANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR DEPARTURE DECISION CHANGES EN ROUTE IN MIGRATING GEESE

(2008) Silke Bauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity of deep-water cetaceans in relation to temperature: implications for ocean warming

(2008) Hal Whitehead et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Search and navigation in dynamic environments – from individual behaviors to population distributions

(2008) Thomas Mueller et al.   OIKOS

Going, Going, Gone: Is Animal Migration Disappearing

(2008) David S Wilcove et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY