New frontiers in bird migration research

Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds

(2022) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Stakeholder perceptions of bird-window collisions

(2022) Georgia J. Riggs et al.   PLoS One

Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird’s arrival at the breeding site after migration

(2022) Joe Wynn et al.   SCIENCE

The effects of defaunation on plants’ capacity to track climate change

(2022) Evan C. Fricke et al.   SCIENCE

The role of artificial light at night and road density in predicting the seasonal occurrence of nocturnally migrating birds

(2022) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa

(2022) Jethro G. Gauld et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Biological Earth observation with animal sensors

(2022) Walter Jetz et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Paternal transmission of migration knowledge in a long-distance bird migrant

(2022) Patrik Byholm et al.   Nature Communications

Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea

(2022) James A. Kempton et al.   Science Advances

Spatially explicit risk mapping reveals direct anthropogenic impacts on migratory birds

(2022) Claire Buchan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Viewing animal migration through a social lens

(2022) Ellen O. Aikens et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021

(2022) V. Caliendo et al.   Scientific Reports

MoveApps: a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data

(2022) Andrea Kölzsch et al.   Movement Ecology

Modeling Complex Seasonal Avian Migration: Predictions From the Thermal Environment and Resource Availability

(2022) Katherine R. S. Snell et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

The evolution of wood warbler flight calls: Species with similar migrations produce acoustically similar calls

(2021) Zach G. Gayk et al.   EVOLUTION

Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird

(2021) Dmitry Kishkinev et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Population turnover facilitates cultural selection for efficiency in birds

(2021) Michael Chimento et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life‐history trade‐off

(2021) Evan R. Buechley et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Extreme altitudes during diurnal flights in a nocturnal songbird migrant

(2021) Sissel Sjöberg et al.   SCIENCE

Migratory strategy drives species-level variation in bird sensitivity to vegetation green-up

(2021) Casey Youngflesh et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Absence of “selfish herd” dynamics in bird flocks under threat

(2021) Daniel W.E. Sankey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A songbird adjusts its heart rate and body temperature in response to season and fluctuating daily conditions

(2021) Nils Linek et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Certainty and integration of options in animal movement

(2021) Hannah J. Williams et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

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

Differential spatial migration programmes are both sex and age specific for migratory great cormorants

(2021) Katherine R. S. Snell et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

A new westward migration route in an Asian passerine bird

(2021) Paul Dufour et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

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

Response of an Afro-Palearctic bird migrant to glaciation cycles

(2021) Kasper Thorup et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats

(2021) Vojtěch Kubelka et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ontogenetic shifts from social to experiential learning drive avian migration timing

(2021) Briana Abrahms et al.   Nature Communications

Internet on animals: Wi‐Fi‐enabled devices provide a solution for big data transmission in biologging

(2021) Timm A. Wild et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography

(2021) Roland Kays et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing

(2021) Nils Linek et al.   Movement Ecology

Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds

(2020) E. Nourani et al.   Biology Letters

Goose parents lead migration V

(2020) A. Kölzsch et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Simulation-based reconstruction of global bird migration over the past 50,000 years

(2020) Marius Somveille et al.   Nature Communications

‘Chancing on a spectacle:’ co-occurring animal migrations and interspecific interactions

(2020) Emily B. Cohen et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Disconnects between ecological theory and data in phenological mismatch research

(2020) Heather M. Kharouba et al.   Nature Climate Change

Flying on their own wings: young and adult cuckoos respond similarly to long-distance displacement during migration

(2020) Kasper Thorup et al.   Scientific Reports

Physical limits of flight performance in the heaviest soaring bird

(2020) H. J. Williams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regional wind patterns likely shape a seasonal migration detour

(2020) R. Patchett et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality

(2020) J. Ryan Shipley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deep learning-assisted comparative analysis of animal trajectories with DeepHL

(2020) Takuya Maekawa et al.   Nature Communications

The genetics and epigenetics of animal migration and orientation: birds, butterflies and beyond

(2019) Christine Merlin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The frost wave hypothesis: How the environment drives autumn departure of migratory waterfowl

(2019) Fei Xu et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

An ontogenetic perspective on migratory strategy of a long‐lived pelagic seabird: Timings and destinations change progressively during maturation

(2019) Letizia Campioni et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Filling knowledge gaps in a threatened shorebird flyway through satellite tracking

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

Stochastic simulations reveal few green wave surfing populations among spring migrating herbivorous waterfowl

(2019) Xin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

“Closer‐to‐home” strategy benefits juvenile survival in a long‐distance migratory bird

(2019) Yachang Cheng et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Northward range expansion in spring‐staging barnacle geese is a response to climate change and population growth, mediated by individual experience

(2019) Ingunn M. Tombre et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research

(2019) Hannah J. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Navigating through the r packages for movement

(2019) Rocío Joo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Phenology of nocturnal avian migration has shifted at the continental scale

(2019) Kyle G. Horton et al.   Nature Climate Change

Arctic Geese Tune Migration to a Warming Climate but Still Suffer from a Phenological Mismatch

(2018) Thomas K. Lameris et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

From local collective behavior to global migratory patterns in white storks

(2018) Andrea Flack et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic signals of selection predict climate-driven population declines in a migratory bird

(2018) Rachael A. Bay et al.   SCIENCE

Feasibility of sun and magnetic compass mechanisms in avian long-distance migration

(2018) Rachel Muheim et al.   Movement Ecology

Spatiotemporal Group Dynamics in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird

(2018) Kiran L. Dhanjal-Adams et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Collective animal migration

(2018) Iain D. Couzin   CURRENT BIOLOGY

From Svalbard to Siberia: Passerines breeding in the High Arctic also endure the extreme cold of the Western Steppe

(2018) Katherine R. S. Snell et al.   PLoS One

A continental system for forecasting bird migration

(2018) Benjamin M. Van Doren et al.   SCIENCE

Social eavesdropping allows for a more risky gliding strategy by thermal-soaring birds

(2018) Hannah J. Williams et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds

(2018) Vojtěch Kubelka et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2018) Eldar Rakhimberdiev et al.   Nature Communications

Long-distance migratory birds threatened by multiple independent risks from global change

(2018) Damaris Zurell et al.   Nature Climate Change

Extreme migration and the individual quality spectrum

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

Climate change: As the ice melts

(2017) Elie Dolgin   NATURE

The Motus Wildlife Tracking System: a collaborative research network to enhance the understanding of wildlife movement

(2017) Philip D. Taylor et al.   Avian Conservation and Ecology

The limits of modifying migration speed to adjust to climate change

(2017) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   Nature Climate Change

A review of recent ecological changes in the Sahel, with particular reference to land-use change, plants, birds and mammals

(2016) Bruno A. Walther   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Behavioural synchronization of large-scale animal movements - disperse alone, but migrate together?

(2016) Julien Cote et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Mechanisms controling the timing of spring migration in birds

(2016) L. V. Sokolov et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Preliminary assessment of the scope and scale of illegal killing and taking of birds in the Mediterranean

(2016) ANNE-LAURE BROCHET et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Annual 10-Month Aerial Life Phase in the Common Swift Apus apus

(2016) Anders Hedenström et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Migratory diversity predicts population declines in birds

(2016) James J. Gilroy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Long-term changes in autumn migration dates at the Strait of Gibraltar reflect population trends of soaring birds

(2016) Michele Panuccio et al.   IBIS

The challenges of the first migration: movement and behaviour of juvenile vs. adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality

(2016) Shay Rotics et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Seasonal Time Keeping in a Long-Distance Migrating Shorebird

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

Towards a new understanding of migration timing: slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure

(2016) Andrea Kölzsch et al.   OIKOS

Fine-scale flight strategies of gulls in urban airflows indicate risk and reward in city living

(2016) Emily L. C. Shepard et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Migratory birds under threat

(2016) F. Bairlein   SCIENCE

Frigate birds track atmospheric conditions over months-long transoceanic flights

(2016) H. Weimerskirch et al.   SCIENCE

Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

(2016) P. A. Stephens et al.   SCIENCE

Experience drives innovation of new migration patterns of whooping cranes in response to global change

(2016) Claire S. Teitelbaum et al.   Nature Communications

Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations

(2016) A. Flack et al.   Science Advances

Contrasting movement strategies among juvenile albatrosses and petrels

(2016) Sophie de Grissac et al.   Scientific Reports

Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study

(2016) Dmitry Kishkinev et al.   Scientific Reports

Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes

(2015) Scott R. Loss et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Full-annual-cycle population models for migratory birds

(2015) Jeffrey A. Hostetler et al.   AUK

A call for full annual cycle research in animal ecology

(2015) Peter P. Marra et al.   Biology Letters

Global population collapse in a superabundant migratory bird and illegal trapping in China

(2015) Johannes Kamp et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Eurasian reed warblers compensate for virtual magnetic displacement

(2015) Dmitry Kishkinev et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Prediction, precaution, and policy under global change

(2015) Daniel E. Schindler et al.   SCIENCE

The roller coaster flight strategy of bar-headed geese conserves energy during Himalayan migrations

(2015) C. M. Bishop et al.   SCIENCE

Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet

(2015) R. Kays et al.   SCIENCE

Diversity in olfactory bulb size in birds reflects allometry, ecology, and phylogeny

(2015) Jeremy R. Corfield et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Flexible navigation response in common cuckoos Cuculus canorus displaced experimentally during migration

(2015) Mikkel Willemoes et al.   Scientific Reports

True navigation in migrating gulls requires intact olfactory nerves

(2015) Martin Wikelski et al.   Scientific Reports

Novel opportunities for wildlife conservation and research with real-time monitoring

(2014) Jake Wall et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

True navigation in birds: from quantum physics to global migration

(2014) R. A. Holland   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance

(2014) Fabrizio Sergio et al.   NATURE

How Cheap Is Soaring Flight in Raptors? A Preliminary Investigation in Freely-Flying Vultures

(2014) Olivier Duriez et al.   PLoS One

Large-scale spatial analysis of ringing and re-encounter data to infer movement patterns: A review including methodological perspectives

(2014) Kasper Thorup et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Energy Landscapes Shape Animal Movement Ecology

(2013) Emily L. C. Shepard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

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

(2013) Juliet A. Vickery et al.   IBIS

When and where does mortality occur in migratory birds? Direct evidence from long-term satellite tracking of raptors

(2013) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Ecological barriers promote risk minimisation and social learning in migrating short-toed snake eagles

(2012) M. Panuccio et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Repeat Tracking of Individual Songbirds Reveals Consistent Migration Timing but Flexibility in Route

(2012) Calandra Q. Stanley et al.   PLoS One

Individuality in bird migration: routes and timing

(2011) Y. Vardanis et al.   Biology Letters

Long-distance migrating species of birds travel in larger groups

(2011) G. Beauchamp   Biology Letters

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

(2011) Eli S. Bridge et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Individually tracked geese follow peaks of temperature acceleration during spring migration

(2011) Rien E. van Wijk et al.   OIKOS

A Dispersive Migration in the Atlantic Puffin and Its Implications for Migratory Navigation

(2011) Tim Guilford et al.   PLoS One

The genetics of migration on the move

(2011) Miriam Liedvogel et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Understanding soaring bird migration through interactions and decisions at the individual level

(2010) E.E. van Loon et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Flight Modes in Migrating European Bee-Eaters: Heart Rate May Indicate Low Metabolic Rate during Soaring and Gliding

(2010) Nir Sapir 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

Unravelling the structure of species extinction risk for predictive conservation science

(2010) T. M. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Breaking the routine: individual Cory's shearwaters shift winter destinations between hemispheres and across ocean basins

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

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

Collapse of an avifauna: climate change appears to exacerbate habitat loss and degradation

(2009) Ralph Mac Nally et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Climate change leads to decreasing bird migration distances

(2009) MARCEL E. VISSER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Bet-hedging and the orientation of juvenile passerines in fall migration

(2009) James R. Reilly et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Tracking Long-Distance Songbird Migration by Using Geolocators

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

Keeping up with early springs: rapid range expansion in an avian herbivore incurs a mismatch between reproductive timing and food supply

(2008) HENK P. VAN DER JEUGD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY