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

When a typical jumper skips: itineraries and staging habitats used by Red Knots ( Calidris canutus piersmai ) migrating between northwest Australia and the New Siberian Islands

(2021) Theunis Piersma et al.   IBIS

Extreme altitude changes between night and day during marathon flights of great snipes

(2021) Åke Lindström et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Diverse patterns of migratory timing, site use, and site fidelity by Alaska‐breeding Whimbrels

(2021) Daniel R. Ruthrauff et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Advancement in long-distance bird migration through individual plasticity in departure

(2021) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   Nature Communications

Whimbrel populations differ in trans-atlantic pathways and cyclone encounters

(2021) Bryan D. Watts et al.   Scientific Reports

Physiomorphic Transformation in Extreme Endurance Migrants: Revisiting the Case of Bar-Tailed Godwits Preparing for Trans-Pacific Flights

(2021) Theunis Piersma et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird

(2021) Mo A. Verhoeven et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Rethinking classic starling displacement experiments: evidence for innate or for learned migratory directions?

(2020) Theunis Piersma et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Infrasonic hearing in birds: a review of audiometry and hypothesized structure-function relationships

(2020) Jeffrey N. Zeyl et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Seasonal survival and reversible state effects in a long‐distance migratory shorebird

(2020) Rose J. Swift et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

A red knot as a black swan: how a single bird shows navigational abilities during repeat crossings of the Greenland Icecap

(2020) Eva M. A. Kok et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Migration of black-naped terns in contrasted cyclonic conditions

(2020) Jean-Baptiste Thiebot et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Interacting Roles of Breeding Geography and Early-Life Settlement in Godwit Migration Timing

(2020) Phil F. Battley et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain

(2020) Emily L Weiser et al.   CONDOR

Measuring power input, power output and energy conversion efficiency in un-instrumented flying birds

(2020) Linus Hedh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Divergence, gene flow, and speciation in eight lineages of trans‐Beringian birds

(2020) Jessica F. McLaughlin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Seasonal and population differences in migration of Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway

(2020) Fenliang Kuang et al.   Avian Research

Linking Weather and Phenology to Stopover Dynamics of a Long-Distance Migrant

(2020) Camilo Carneiro et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Dunlin subspecies exhibit regional segregation and high site fidelity along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway

(2020) Benjamin J Lagassé et al.   CONDOR

Migration route, stopping sites, and non-breeding destinations of adult Black-tailed Godwits breeding in southwest Fryslân, The Netherlands

(2020) Mo A. Verhoeven et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Morphological and digestive adjustments buffer performance: How staging shorebirds cope with severe food declines

(2019) Shou-Dong Zhang et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Faster fuelling is the key to faster migration

(2019) Åke Lindström et al.   Nature Climate Change

Flight muscle protein damage during endurance flight is related to energy expenditure but not dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids in a migratory bird

(2019) Morag F. Dick et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Filling knowledge gaps in a threatened shorebird flyway through satellite tracking

(2019) Ying‐Chi Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Mechanisms driving phenological and range change in migratory species

(2019) Jennifer A. Gill et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cyclone avoidance behaviour by foraging seabirds

(2019) Henri Weimerskirch et al.   Scientific Reports

High Migratory Survival and Highly Variable Migratory Behavior in Black-Tailed Godwits

(2019) Nathan R. Senner et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Individual diet differences in a molluscivore shorebird are associated with the size of body instruments for internal processing rather than for feeding

(2019) Shou‐Dong Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Factors promoting the recolonization of Oahu, Hawaii, by Bristle-thighed Curlews

(2019) T. Lee Tibbitts et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

No evidence for an association between Clock gene allelic variation and migration timing in a long-distance migratory shorebird (Limosa lapponica baueri)

(2019) Ángela M. Parody-Merino et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ornithology from the Flatlands

(2018)   ARDEA

Generational shift in spring staging site use by a long-distance migratory bird

(2018) Mo A. Verhoeven et al.   Biology Letters

Persistent use of a shorebird staging site in the Yellow Sea despite severe declines in food resources implies a lack of alternatives

(2018) SHOU-DONG ZHANG et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Annual chronotypes functionally link life histories and life cycles in birds

(2018) Julia Karagicheva et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals

(2018) Henrik Mouritsen   NATURE

Māori oral traditions record and convey indigenous knowledge of marine and freshwater resources

(2018) Hēmi Whaanga et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

High-altitude shorebird migration in the absence of topographical barriers: avoiding high air temperatures and searching for profitable winds

(2018) Nathan R. Senner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary transitions in controls reconcile adaptation with continuity of evolution

(2018) Alexander V. Badyaev   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Population trends, threats, and conservation recommendations for waterbirds in China

(2018) Xiaodan Wang et al.   Avian Research

A long winter for the Red Queen: rethinking the evolution of seasonal migration

(2018) Benjamin M. Winger et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

rWind: download, edit and include wind data in ecological and evolutionary analysis

(2018) Javier Fernández‐López et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats

(2018) Nicholas J. Murray et al.   NATURE

Fuelling conditions at staging sites can mitigate Arctic warming effects in a migratory bird

(2018) Eldar Rakhimberdiev et al.   Nature Communications

An experimental test of state-behaviour feedbacks: gizzard mass and foraging behaviour in red knots

(2017) Kimberley J. Mathot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Energetic solutions of Rock Sandpipers to harsh winter conditions rely on prey quality

(2017) Daniel R. Ruthrauff et al.   IBIS

Extreme migration and the individual quality spectrum

(2017) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Food web consequences of an evolutionary arms race: Molluscs subject to crab predation on intertidal mudflats in Oman are unavailable to shorebirds

(2017) Roeland A. Bom et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Atmospheric conditions create freeways, detours and tailbacks for migrating birds

(2017) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Orientation of native versus translocated juvenile lesser spotted eagles (Clanga pomarina) on the first autumn migration

(2017) Bernd-U. Meyburg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Timing avian long-distance migration: from internal clock mechanisms to global flights

(2017) Susanne Åkesson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sleep research goes wild: new methods and approaches to investigate the ecology, evolution and functions of sleep

(2017) Niels C. Rattenborg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Two sides of a coin: ecological and chronobiological perspectives of timing in the wild

(2017) Barbara Helm et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites

(2017) Colin E. Studds et al.   Nature Communications

Glaciation as a migratory switch

(2017) Robert M. Zink et al.   Science Advances

Movement patterns of Sanderling (Calidris alba) in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and a comparison of methods for identification of crucial areas for conservation

(2016) Simeon Lisovski et al.   EMU

Declining adult survival of New Zealand Bar-tailed Godwits during 2005–2012 despite apparent population stability

(2016) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   EMU

Shorebirds along the Yellow Sea coast of China face an uncertain future—a review of threats

(2016) David S. Melville et al.   EMU

Rapid climate-driven loss of breeding habitat for Arctic migratory birds

(2016) Hannah S. Wauchope et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seasonal migration strategies of Common Ringed PloversCharadrius hiaticula

(2016) Terje Lislevand et al.   IBIS

Simultaneous declines in summer survival of three shorebird species signals a flyway at risk

(2016) Theunis Piersma et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Seasonal Time Keeping in a Long-Distance Migrating Shorebird

(2016) Julia Karagicheva et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds

(2016) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Understanding spatial distributions: negative density-dependence in prey causes predators to trade-off prey quantity with quality

(2016) Allert I. Bijleveld et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The evolution of sensitive periods in a model of incremental development

(2016) Karthik Panchanathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Body shrinkage due to Arctic warming reduces red knot fitness in tropical wintering range

(2016) J. A. van Gils et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight

(2016) Niels C Rattenborg et al.   Nature Communications

Sleeping on the wing

(2016) Niels C. Rattenborg   Interface Focus

Assessing vector navigation in long-distance migrating birds

(2015) Susanne Åkesson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling

(2015) B. Kranstauber et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Seasonal mortality and sequential density dependence in a migratory bird

(2015) Eldar Rakhimberdiev et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Polymorphism at theClockgene predicts phenology of long-distance migration in birds

(2015) Nicola Saino et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

An ontogenetic perspective on individual differences

(2015) Nathan R. Senner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Clock gene polymorphism and scheduling of migration: a geolocator study of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica

(2015) Gaia Bazzi et al.   Scientific Reports

Extreme variation in migration strategies between and within wandering albatross populations during their sabbatical year and their fitness consequences

(2015) Henri Weimerskirch et al.   Scientific Reports

Migrating songbirds on stopover prepare for, and recover from, oxidative challenges posed by long-distance flight

(2015) Megan M. Skrip et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Hemispheric-scale wind selection facilitates bar-tailed godwit circum-migration of the Pacific

(2014) Robert E. Gill et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

(2014) Colleen M. Handel et al.   ARCTIC

Coping with the Cold: An Ecological Context for the Abundance and Distribution of Rock Sandpipers during Winter in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska

(2014) Daniel R. Ruthrauff et al.   ARCTIC

Marbled Godwit migration characterized with satellite telemetry

(2014) Bridget E. Olson et al.   CONDOR

Spatial genetic structure of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis): breeding area differentiation not reflected on the non-breeding grounds

(2014) Sarah A. Sonsthagen et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea

(2014) Nicholas J Murray et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Geomorphology of the oceans

(2014) P.T. Harris et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance

(2014) Fabrizio Sergio et al.   NATURE

Narrow-Front Loop Migration in a Population of the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, as Revealed by Satellite Telemetry

(2014) Mikkel Willemoes et al.   PLoS One

An Exception to the Rule: Carry-Over Effects Do Not Accumulate in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird

(2014) Nathan R. Senner et al.   PLoS One

Personality drives physiological adjustments and is not related to survival

(2014) A. I. Bijleveld et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rethinking China's new great wall

(2014) Z. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Madden–Julian Oscillation: Bridging Weather and Climate

(2013) Chidong Zhang   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Economic design in a long-distance migrating molluscivore: how fast-fuelling red knots in Bohai Bay, China, get away with small gizzards

(2013) H.-Y. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Atmospheric propagation modeling indicates homing pigeons use loft-specific infrasonic 'map' cues

(2013) J. T. Hagstrum   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Absolute Consistency: Individual versus Population Variation in Annual-Cycle Schedules of a Long-Distance Migrant Bird

(2013) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   PLoS One

Three-Phase Fuel Deposition in a Long-Distance Migrant, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus piersmai), before the Flight to High Arctic Breeding Grounds

(2013) Ning Hua et al.   PLoS One

Migratory connectivity magnifies the consequences of habitat loss from sea-level rise for shorebird populations

(2013) T. Iwamura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social Learning of Migratory Performance

(2013) T. Mueller et al.   SCIENCE

Where on earth can animals use a geomagnetic bi-coordinate map for navigation?

(2012) Jannika E. Boström et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Variable and complex food web structures revealed by exploring missing trophic links between birds and biofilm

(2012) Tomohiro Kuwae et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phenotypic compromises in a long-distance migrant during the transition from migration to reproduction in the High Arctic

(2012) François Vézina et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting extreme long-distance migration patterns in bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica

(2012) Phil F. Battley et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Carry-over effects and compensation: late arrival on non-breeding grounds affects wing moult but not plumage or schedules of departing bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica baueri

(2012) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Large-scale circulation features in the tropical western Pacific and their representation in climate models

(2012) Ian N. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Adaptive Sleep Loss in Polygynous Pectoral Sandpipers

(2012) J. A. Lesku et al.   SCIENCE

Carryover Effects Associated with Winter Location Affect Fitness, Social Status, and Population Dynamics in a Long-Distance Migrant

(2011) James S. Sedinger et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Impacts of wind on individual migration schedules of New Zealand bar-tailed godwits

(2011) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

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

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

(2011) Åke Lindström et al.   CONDOR

Animal Orientation Strategies for Movement in Flows

(2011) Jason W. Chapman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Flyway evolution is too fast to be explained by the modern synthesis: proposals for an ‘extended’ evolutionary research agenda

(2011) Theunis Piersma   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Influence of ENSO on Tropical Cyclone Intensity in the Fiji Region

(2011) Savin S. Chand et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

(2011) B. A. Block et al.   NATURE

Balancing sampling and specialization: an adaptationist model of incremental development

(2011) W. E. Frankenhuis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Manipulating individual state during migration provides evidence for carry-over effects modulated by environmental conditions

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

Identification of a gene associated with avian migratory behaviour

(2011) J. C. Mueller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cause and Effect in Biology Revisited: Is Mayr's Proximate-Ultimate Dichotomy Still Useful?

(2011) K. N. Laland et al.   SCIENCE

Flight at Low Ambient Humidity Increases Protein Catabolism in Migratory Birds

(2011) A. R. Gerson et al.   SCIENCE

RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips

(2011) Michael U. Kemp et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Evolution of Personality: Developmental Constraints on Behavioral Flexibility

(2010) Renée A. Duckworth   AUK

Move That Fatty Acid: Fuel Selection and Transport in Migratory Birds and Bats

(2010) C. G. Guglielmo   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Carry-over effects reveal reproductive costs in a long-distance migrant

(2010) Richard Inger et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Carry-over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals

(2010) Xavier A. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Endogenous Rhythms of Seasonal Migratory Body Mass Changes and Nocturnal Restlessness in Different Populations of Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

(2010) Ivan Maggini et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Why marathon migrants get away with high metabolic ceilings: towards an ecology of physiological restraint

(2010) T. Piersma   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Zostera muelleri as a structuring agent of benthic communities in a large intertidal sandflat in New Zealand

(2010) P.F. Battley et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Cultural inheritance drives site fidelity and migratory connectivity in a long-distance migrant

(2010) XAVIER A. HARRISON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Central Pacific El Niño and decadal climate change in the North Pacific Ocean

(2010) E. Di Lorenzo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Current selection for lower migratory activity will drive the evolution of residency in a migratory bird population

(2010) F. Pulido et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird

(2010) Jesse R. Conklin et al.   Nature Communications

Extreme Endurance Migration: What Is the Limit to Non-Stop Flight?

(2010) Anders Hedenström   PLOS BIOLOGY

Diet selection in a molluscivore shorebird across Western Europe: does it show short- or long-term intake rate-maximization?

(2009) Gwenael Quaintenne et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Characteristics and Variability of Storm Tracks in the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Alaska*

(2009) Micheld S. Mesquita et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

The bird GPS - long-range navigation in migrants

(2009) K. Thorup et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary significance of phenotypic accommodation in novel environments: an empirical test of the Baldwin effect

(2009) A. V Badyaev   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Observation of Daytime Sleep-like Behavior in a Migratory Songbird during Stopover

(2009) Zoltán Németh   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

APPLICATION OF TRACKING AND DATA-LOGGING TECHNOLOGY IN RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION OF SEABIRDS

(2008) ALAN E. BURGER et al.   AUK

Daytime micro-naps in a nocturnal migrant: an EEG analysis

(2008) T Fuchs et al.   Biology Letters

BIOFILM GRAZING IN A HIGHER VERTEBRATE: THE WESTERN SANDPIPER,CALIDRIS MAURI

(2008) Tomohiro Kuwae et al.   ECOLOGY

The role of behavior in evolution: a search for mechanism

(2008) Renée A. Duckworth   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Multilocus phylogeography and phylogenetics using sequence-based markers

(2008) Patrícia H. Brito et al.   GENETICA

MIGRATION ACROSS THE SEA

(2008) David Lack   IBIS

A Global Climatology of Surface Wind and Wind Stress Fields from Eight Years of QuikSCAT Scatterometer Data

(2008) Craig M. Risien et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

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