Seabird Migration Strategies: Flight Budgets, Diel Activity Patterns, and Lunar Influence

Flying to the moon: Lunar cycle influences trip duration and nocturnal foraging behavior of the wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica

(2020) Andreas Ravache et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Antarctic petrels ‘on the ice rocks’: wintering strategy of an Antarctic seabird

(2020) K. Delord et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Lunar synchronization of daily activity patterns in a crepuscular avian insectivore

(2020) Ruben Evens et al.   Ecology and Evolution

A Migratory Divide Among Red-Necked Phalaropes in the Western Palearctic Reveals Contrasting Migration and Wintering Movement Strategies

(2019) Rob S. A. van Bemmelen et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Year-round distribution, activity patterns and habitat use of a poorly studied pelagic seabird, the fluttering shearwater Puffinus gavia

(2019) Martin Berg et al.   PLoS One

The lunar cycle drives migration of a nocturnal bird

(2019) Gabriel Norevik et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Spatial ecology, phenological variability and moulting patterns of the Endangered Atlantic petrel Pterodroma incerta

(2019) M Pastor-Prieto et al.   Endangered Species Research

At-sea movements of wedge-tailed shearwaters during and outside the breeding season from four colonies in New Caledonia

(2019) H Weimerskirch et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Escaping the oligotrophic gyre? The year-round movements, foraging behaviour and habitat preferences of Murphy’s petrels

(2017) TA Clay et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

(2017) RA Phillips et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Escaping the oligotrophic gyre? The year-round movements, foraging behaviour and habitat preferences of Murphy’s petrels

(2017) TA Clay et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

(2017) RA Phillips et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Drivers and fitness consequences of dispersive migration in a pelagic seabird

(2016) Annette L. Fayet et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The moon orientation of the equatorial sandhopper Talorchestia martensii Weber

(2016) Alberto Ugolini   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Distribution and at-sea activity of a nocturnal seabird, the Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii , during the incubation period

(2016) Maria P. Dias et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Niche partitioning by three Pterodroma petrel species during non-breeding in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

(2016) MJ Rayner et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight

(2016) Niels C Rattenborg et al.   Nature Communications

Niche partitioning by three Pterodroma petrel species during non-breeding in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

(2016) MJ Rayner et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy

(2016) Peter Adamík et al.   Scientific Reports

The Effect of Moonlight on Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaColony Attendance Patterns and Nocturnal Foraging: A Test of the Foraging Efficiency Hypothesis

(2014) Diego Rubolini et al.   ETHOLOGY

Oxidative Stress in Endurance Flight: An Unconsidered Factor in Bird Migration

(2014) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   PLoS One

Daily activity budgets reveal a quasi-flightless stage during non-breeding in Hawaiian albatrosses

(2014) Sarah E Gutowsky et al.   Movement Ecology

Heart rate and estimated energy expenditure of flapping and gliding in black-browed albatrosses

(2013) K. Q. Sakamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Responses of a top and a meso predator and their prey to moon phases

(2013) Vincenzo Penteriani et al.   OECOLOGIA

At–Sea Behavior Varies with Lunar Phase in a Nocturnal Pelagic Seabird, the Swallow-Tailed Gull

(2013) Sebastian M. Cruz et al.   PLoS One

Ecological Segregation in Space, Time and Trophic Niche of Sympatric Planktivorous Petrels

(2013) Joan Navarro et al.   PLoS One

Annual Cycle and Migration Strategies of a Trans-Saharan Migratory Songbird: A Geolocator Study in the Great Reed Warbler

(2013) Hilger W. Lemke et al.   PLoS One

Working the day or the night shift? Foraging schedules of Cory’s shearwaters vary according to marine habitat

(2012) MP Dias et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Year-round distribution and habitat preferences of the Bugio petrel

(2012) I Ramírez et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Do Seabirds Differ from Other Migrants in Their Travel Arrangements? On Route Strategies of Cory’s Shearwater during Its Trans-Equatorial Journey

(2012) Maria P. Dias et al.   PLoS One

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

(2011) Roine Strandberg et al.   ARDEA

Dynamics of Seasonal Movements by a Trans-Pacific Migrant, the Westland Petrel

(2011) Todd J. Landers et al.   CONDOR

Trans-equatorial migration and habitat use by sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus from the South Atlantic during the nonbreeding season

(2011) A Hedd et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

How dim is dim? Precision of the celestial compass in moonlight and sunlight

(2011) M. Dacke et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Celestial Moderation of Tropical Seabird Behavior

(2011) Patrick Pinet et al.   PLoS One

Fishing in the Dark: A Pursuit-Diving Seabird Modifies Foraging Behaviour in Response to Nocturnal Light Levels

(2011) Paul M. Regular et al.   PLoS One

Lunar Influence on the Fall Migration of Northern Saw-whet Owls

(2011) Jackie Speicher et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

At-Sea Distribution and Behavior of Streaked Shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) During the Nonbreeding Period

(2010) Takashi Yamamoto et al.   AUK

At-sea activity patterns of breeding and nonbreeding white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis from South Georgia

(2010) Elizabeth K. Mackley et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Free as a bird? Activity patterns of albatrosses during the nonbreeding period

(2010) EK Mackley et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

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

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

(2009) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Zoltán Németh   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

The lunar cycle affects at-sea behaviour in a pelagic seabird, the streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas

(2008) Takashi Yamamoto et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

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

Strategies of passerine migration across the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert: a radar study

(2008) HERBERT BIEBACH et al.   IBIS

Moulting strategies of a long-distance migratory seabird, the Mediterranean Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea diomedea

(2008) RAÜL RAMOS et al.   IBIS

Ocean Surface Winds Drive Dynamics of Transoceanic Aerial Movements

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

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