Nocturnal departure timing in songbirds facing distinct migratory challenges

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

Geomagnetic information modulates nocturnal migratory restlessness but not fueling in a long distance migratory songbird

(2017) Marc Bulte et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Compass systems

(2017) Nikita Chernetsov   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

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

How do energy stores and changes in these affect departure decisions by migratory birds? A critical view on stopover ecology studies and some future perspectives

(2017) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

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

Swainson’s Thrushes do not show strong wind selectivity prior to crossing the Gulf of Mexico

(2017) Rachel T. Bolus et al.   Scientific Reports

Migratory blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) make regional-scale movements that are not oriented toward their migratory goal during fall

(2017) J. Morgan Brown et al.   Movement Ecology

Fuel accumulation advances nocturnal departure: a migratory restlessness study on northern wheatears at stopover

(2016) Cas Eikenaar et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Alternate non-stop migration strategies of pied flycatchers to cross the Sahara desert

(2016) Janne Ouwehand et al.   Biology Letters

Differential fall migratory routes of adult and juvenile Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

(2016) Zoe J. Crysler et al.   Movement Ecology

Towards a conceptual framework for explaining variation in nocturnal departure time of songbird migrants

(2016) Florian Müller et al.   Movement Ecology

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

Weather and fuel reserves determine departure and flight decisions in passerines migrating across the Baltic Sea

(2015) Sissel Sjöberg et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Start of nocturnal migratory restlessness in captive birds predicts nocturnal departure time in free-flying birds

(2015) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Transoceanic migration by a 12 g songbird

(2015) W. V. DeLuca et al.   Biology Letters

Causes and characteristics of reverse bird migration: an analysis based on radar, radio tracking and ringing at Falsterbo, Sweden

(2015) Cecilia Nilsson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

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

(2014) Marc Bulte et al.   AUK

Migratory restlessness in captive individuals predicts actual departure in the wild

(2014) C. Eikenaar et al.   Biology Letters

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

Differences in Speed and Duration of Bird Migration between Spring and Autumn

(2013) Cecilia Nilsson et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Factors influencing the movement biology of migrant songbirds confronted with an ecological barrier

(2013) Jaclyn A. Smolinsky et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Stopover optimization in a long-distance migrant: the role of fuel load and nocturnal take-off time in Alaskan northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe)

(2013) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Phenotypic response to environmental cues, orientation and migration costs in songbirds flying halfway around the world

(2012) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Tracking migration routes and the annual cycle of a trans-Sahara songbird migrant

(2012) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Cross-hemisphere migration of a 25 g songbird

(2012) F. Bairlein et al.   Biology Letters

Quantifying flow-assistance and implications for movement research

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

Atmospheric conditions facilitate mass migration events across the North Sea

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

Influence of fuel load and weather on timing of nocturnal spring migratory departures in European robins, Erithacus rubecula

(2011) Victor N. Bulyuk   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Passerines Use Nocturnal Flights for Landscape-Scale Movements during Migration Stopover

(2011) Alexander M. Mills et al.   CONDOR

Body condition and wind support initiate the shift of migratory direction and timing of nocturnal departure in a songbird

(2011) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Landscape Movements of Migratory Birds and Bats Reveal an Expanded Scale of Stopover

(2011) Philip D. Taylor et al.   PLoS One

RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips

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

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

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

(2009) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

The natural link between Europe and Africa - 2.1 billion birds on migration

(2009) Steffen Hahn et al.   OIKOS

Sustained bird flights occur at temperatures far beyond expected limits

(2008) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Flight characteristics of birds:

(2008) BRUNO BRUDERER et al.   IBIS