Atmospheric conditions create freeways, detours and tailbacks for migrating birds

Flexible reaction norms to environmental variables along the migration route and the significance of stopover duration for total speed of migration in a songbird migrant

(2017) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Projected changes in prevailing winds for transatlantic migratory birds under global warming

(2017) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Migrating Montagu's harriers frequently interrupt daily flights in both Europe and Africa

(2017) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Soaring across continents: decision-making of a soaring migrant under changing atmospheric conditions along an entire flyway

(2017) Wouter M. G. Vansteelant et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Aeroconservation for the Fragmented Skies

(2017) Christina M. Davy et al.   Conservation Letters

The Effects of Atmospheric Currents on the Migratory Behavior of Soaring Birds: A Review

(2017) Elham Nourani et al.   ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Wind drift explains the reoriented morning flights of songbirds

(2016) Benjamin M. Van Doren et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Where in the air? Aerial habitat use of nocturnally migrating birds

(2016) Kyle G. Horton et al.   Biology Letters

Behavioural adaptations to flight into thin air

(2016) Sherub Sherub et al.   Biology Letters

Using High-Resolution GPS Tracking Data of Bird Flight for Meteorological Observations

(2016) Jelle Treep et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

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

(2016) Anders Hedenström et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Wind effects on the migration routes of trans-Saharan soaring raptors: geographical, seasonal, and interspecific variation

(2016) Javier Vidal-Mateo et al.   Current Zoology

A characterization of autumn nocturnal migration detected by weather surveillance radars in the northeastern USA

(2016) Andrew Farnsworth et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Toward a predictive macrosystems framework for migration ecology

(2016) Jeffrey F. Kelly et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Wind conditions facilitate the seasonal water-crossing behaviour of Oriental Honey-buzzardsPernis ptilorhynchusover the East China Sea

(2016) Elham Nourani et al.   IBIS

The role of the US Great Plains low-level jet in nocturnal migrant behavior

(2016) Charlotte E. Wainwright et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Seasonal detours by soaring migrants shaped by wind regimes along the East Atlantic Flyway

(2016) Wouter M. G. Vansteelant et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Temporal shifts and temperature sensitivity of avian spring migratory phenology: a phylogenetic meta-analysis

(2016) Takuji Usui et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

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

Modelling flight heights of lesser black-backed gulls and great skuas from GPS: a Bayesian approach

(2016) Viola H. Ross-Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Directed flight and optimal airspeeds: homeward-bound gulls react flexibly to wind yet fly slower than predicted

(2016) James D. McLaren et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Flap or soar? How a flight generalist responds to its aerial environment

(2016) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Innovative Visualizations Shed Light on Avian Nocturnal Migration

(2016) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   PLoS One

Flight paths of seabirds soaring over the ocean surface enable measurement of fine-scale wind speed and direction

(2016) Yoshinari Yonehara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Frigate birds track atmospheric conditions over months-long transoceanic flights

(2016) H. Weimerskirch et al.   SCIENCE

Spring Downings Clarify the Migration Biology of Eared Grebes(Podiceps nigricollis)

(2016) S.Ellis Kristen et al.   WATERBIRDS

Nocturnally migrating songbirds drift when they can and compensate when they must

(2016) Kyle G. Horton et al.   Scientific Reports

Wind estimation based on thermal soaring of birds

(2016) Rolf Weinzierl et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Wind effects on the migration routes of trans-Saharan soaring raptors: geographical, seasonal, and interspecific variation

(2016) Javier Vidal-Mateo et al.   Current Zoology

Avian Information Systems: Developing Web-Based Bird Avoidance Models

(2016) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Adult vultures outperform juveniles in challenging thermal soaring conditions

(2016) Roi Harel et al.   Scientific Reports

Very rapid long-distance sea crossing by a migratory bird

(2016) José A. Alves et al.   Scientific Reports

Unexplained altitude changes in a migrating thrush: Long-flight altitude data from radio-telemetry

(2015) Melissa S. Bowlin et al.   AUK

The cost of migration: spoonbills suffer higher mortality during trans-Saharan spring migrations only

(2015) T. Lok et al.   Biology Letters

A call for full annual cycle research in animal ecology

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

Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling

(2015) B. Kranstauber et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Limitations and mechanisms influencing the migratory performance of soaring birds

(2015) Tricia A. Miller et al.   IBIS

Migration timing and its determinants for nocturnal migratory birds during autumn migration

(2015) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

When Siberia came to the Netherlands: the response of continental black-tailed godwits to a rare spring weather event

(2015) Nathan R. Senner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Stopover duration, movement patterns and temporary home ranges of fall migrant yellow-rumped warblersSetophaga coronatain native and anthropogenic woodlands of the Northern Prairie region, USA

(2015) Ming Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Use of multiple modes of flight subsidy by a soaring terrestrial bird, the golden eagleAquila chrysaetos, when on migration

(2015) Todd E. Katzner et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Fat, weather, and date affect migratory songbirds’ departure decisions, routes, and time it takes to cross the Gulf of Mexico

(2015) Jill L. Deppe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An ontogenetic perspective on individual differences

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

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

(2015) C. M. Bishop et al.   SCIENCE

Seasonal changes in the altitudinal distribution of nocturnally migrating birds during autumn migration

(2015) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   Royal Society Open Science

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

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

The Role of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors on the Departure Decisions of a Long-Distance Migratory Passerine

(2014) Miren Andueza et al.   Ardeola-International Journal of Ornithology

Can wheatears weather the Atlantic? Modeling nonstop trans-Atlantic flights of a small migratory songbird

(2014) Marc Bulte et al.   AUK

Seasonal differences in migration patterns of a soaring bird in relation to environmental conditions: a multi-scale approach

(2014) Ugo Mellone et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The gliding speed of migrating birds: slow and safe or fast and risky?

(2014) Nir Horvitz et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Flight response of slope-soaring birds to seasonal variation in thermal generation

(2014) Adam E. Duerr et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Migratory connectivity of Palaearctic-African migratory birds and their responses to environmental change: the serial residency hypothesis

(2014) Will Cresswell   IBIS

Patterns and correlates of songbird movements at an ecological barrier during autumn migration assessed using landscape- and regional-scale automated radiotelemetry

(2014) Bradley K. Woodworth et al.   IBIS

Factors influencing migratory decisions made by songbirds on spring stopover

(2014) Kristen M. Covino et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Regional and seasonal flight speeds of soaring migrants and the role of weather conditions at hourly and daily scales

(2014) W. M. G. Vansteelant et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The role of atmospheric conditions in the seasonal dynamics of North American migration flyways

(2014) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Effect of wind, thermal convection, and variation in flight strategies on the daily rhythm and flight paths of migrating raptors at Georgia's Black Sea coast

(2014) Wouter M. G. Vansteelant et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Optimal orientation in flows: providing a benchmark for animal movement strategies

(2014) J. D. McLaren et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance

(2014) Fabrizio Sergio et al.   NATURE

Wind Speed during Migration Influences the Survival, Timing of Breeding, and Productivity of a Neotropical Migrant, Setophaga petechia

(2014) Anna Drake et al.   PLoS One

Migratory Animals Couple Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Worldwide

(2014) S. Bauer et al.   SCIENCE

Bird mortality during nocturnal migration over Lake Michigan: a case study

(2014) Robert H. Diehl et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Continental-scale radar monitoring of the aerial movements of animals

(2014) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   Movement Ecology

Individual variability in the migratory path and stopovers of a long-distance pelagic migrant

(2013) Maria P. Dias et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Is there a different response to winds during migration between soaring and flapping raptors? An example with the Montagu’s harrier and the lesser kestrel

(2013) Ruben Limiñana et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The influence of weather on the flight altitude of nocturnal migrants in mid-latitudes

(2013) Michael U. Kemp et al.   IBIS

Mechanistic models of animal migration behaviour - their diversity, structure and use

(2013) Silke Bauer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Experimental verification of dynamic soaring in albatrosses

(2013) G. Sachs et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

High Altitude Bird Migration at Temperate Latitudes: A Synoptic Perspective on Wind Assistance

(2013) Adriaan M. Dokter et al.   PLoS One

Social Learning of Migratory Performance

(2013) T. Mueller et al.   SCIENCE

The airspace is habitat

(2013) Robert H. Diehl   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

First evidence of a 200-day non-stop flight in a bird

(2013) Felix Liechti et al.   Nature Communications

The environmental-data automated track annotation (Env-DATA) system: linking animal tracks with environmental data

(2013) Somayeh Dodge et al.   Movement Ecology

A massive spoonbill stopover episode: identifying emergency sites for the conservation of migratory waterbird populations

(2012) O. Overdijk et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Wind selectivity and partial compensation for wind drift among nocturnally migrating passerines

(2012) James D. McLaren et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Flight responses by a migratory soaring raptor to changing meteorological conditions

(2012) M. J. Lanzone et al.   Biology Letters

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

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

Quantifying flow-assistance and implications for movement research

(2012) Michael U. Kemp et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Testing an Emerging Paradigm in Migration Ecology Shows Surprising Differences in Efficiency between Flight Modes

(2012) Adam E. Duerr et al.   PLoS One

Interspecific Comparison of the Performance of Soaring Migrants in Relation to Morphology, Meteorological Conditions and Migration Strategies

(2012) Ugo Mellone et al.   PLoS One

Mapping Wintering Waterfowl Distributions Using Weather Surveillance Radar

(2012) Jeffrey J. Buler et al.   PLoS One

The paradox of extreme high-altitude migration in bar-headed geese Anser indicus

(2012) L. A. Hawkes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Changes in Wind Pattern Alter Albatross Distribution and Life-History Traits

(2012) H. Weimerskirch et al.   SCIENCE

Atmospheric conditions facilitate mass migration events across the North Sea

(2011) Judy Shamoun-Baranes et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

On 4 June 2008 Siberian Red Knots at Elbe Mouth Kissed the Canonical Evening Migration Departure Rule Goodbye

(2011) Jutta Leyrer et al.   ARDEA

How do diurnal long-distance migrants select flight altitude in relation to wind?

(2011) María Mateos-Rodríguez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Timing and flight mode of departure in migrating European bee-eaters in relation to multi-scale meteorological processes

(2011) Nir Sapir et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

(2011) Endre Knudsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Animal Orientation Strategies for Movement in Flows

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

Estimating updraft velocity components over large spatial scales: contrasting migration strategies of golden eagles and turkey vultures

(2011) Gil Bohrer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Wind conditions affect stopover decisions and fuel stores of shorebirds migrating through the south Yellow Sea

(2011) ZHIJUN MA et al.   IBIS

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Effect of fuel load, date, rain and wind on departure decisions of a migratory passerine

(2011) Juan Arizaga et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Real-time weather analysis reveals the adaptability of direct sea-crossing by raptors

(2011) Noriyuki M. Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

South polar skuas from a single breeding population overwinter in different oceans though show similar migration patterns

(2011) M Kopp et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Migration by soaring or flapping: numerical atmospheric simulations reveal that turbulence kinetic energy dictates bee-eater flight mode

(2011) N. Sapir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The annual cycle of a trans-equatorial Eurasian-African passerine migrant: different spatio-temporal strategies for autumn and spring migration

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

The Newest Synthesis: Understanding the Interplay of Evolutionary and Ecological Dynamics

(2011) T. W. Schoener   SCIENCE

RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips

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

Compensation for wind drift by migrating swifts

(2010) Håkan Karlsson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Integrating Meteorology into Research on Migration

(2010) J. Shamoun-Baranes et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Weather conditions promote route flexibility during open ocean crossing in a long-distance migratory raptor

(2010) Ugo Mellone et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Nocturnal exploratory flights, departure time, and direction in a migratory songbird

(2010) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Carry-over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals

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

Can wind help explain seasonal differences in avian migration speed?

(2010) Michael U. Kemp 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

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

Geographical and temporal flexibility in the response to crosswinds by migrating raptors

(2010) R. H. G. Klaassen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Influence of weather conditions on the flight of migrating black storks

(2010) D. Chevallier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How do albatrosses fly around the world without flapping their wings?

(2010) Philip L. Richardson   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

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

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

How hazardous is the Sahara Desert crossing for migratory birds? Indications from satellite tracking of raptors

(2009) R. Strandberg et al.   Biology Letters

Behavioural plasticity: an interaction between evolution and experience

(2009) Frederic Mery et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Pest insect immigration warning by an atmospheric dispersion model, weather radars and traps

(2009) M. Leskinen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

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

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

Influence of sea surface winds on shearwater migration detours

(2009) J González-Solís et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

MIGRATION ACROSS THE NORTH SEA STUDIED BY RADAR PART 2. THE SPRING DEPARTURE 1956-59

(2008) DAVID LACK   IBIS

THE USE OF THERMAL CURRENTS BY BIRDS ON MIGRATION

(2008) D. R. Mackintosh   IBIS

Do Levant Sparrowhawks Accipiter brevipes also migrate at night?

(2008) HERBERT STARK et al.   IBIS

Altitude choice by night migrants in a desert area predicted by meteorological factors

(2008) B. BRUDERER et al.   IBIS

Flight characteristics of birds:

(2008) BRUNO BRUDERER et al.   IBIS

Ocean Surface Winds Drive Dynamics of Transoceanic Aerial Movements

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

Wind, Waves, and Wing Loading: Morphological Specialization May Limit Range Expansion of Endangered Albatrosses

(2008) Robert M. Suryan et al.   PLoS One

Movement ecology of migration in turkey vultures

(2008) J. T. Mandel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research

(2008) R. Nathan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA