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

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

Oxidative Challenges of Avian Migration: A Comparative Field Study on a Partial Migrant

(2017) Cas Eikenaar et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Migratory restlessness increases and refuelling rate decreases over the spring migration season in northern wheatears

(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

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

African departure rather than migration speed determines variation in spring arrival in pied flycatchers

(2016) Janne Ouwehand 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

Tracking the Stejneger's stonechatSaxicola stejnegerialong the East Asian-Australian Flyway from Japan via China to southeast Asia

(2016) Yuichi Yamaura et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Activity and migratory flights of individual free-flying songbirds throughout the annual cycle: method and first case study

(2016) Johan Bäckman et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Negotiating an ecological barrier: crossing the Sahara in relation to winds by common swifts

(2016) Susanne Åkesson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

The effects of wind and fuel stores on stopover departure behavior across a migratory barrier

(2015) Bryant C. Dossman et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Proximate causes of avian protandry differ between subspecies with contrasting migration challenges

(2015) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

(2015) T. Lok et al.   Biology Letters

Adult and hatch-year blackpoll warblers exhibit radically different regional-scale movements during post-fledging dispersal

(2015) J. Morgan Brown et al.   Biology Letters

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

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

Automated telemetry reveals age specific differences in flight duration and speed are driven by wind conditions in a migratory songbird

(2015) Greg W Mitchell et al.   Movement Ecology

Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Changes of Free-Flying Migrating Northern Bald Ibis

(2015) Franz Bairlein et al.   PLoS One

What to do when stopping over: behavioral decisions of a migrating songbird during stopover are dictated by initial change in their body condition and mediated by key environmental conditions

(2014) A. D. Smith et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Fuel loss and flexible fuel deposition rates in a long-distance migrant

(2014) Cas Eikenaar et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

Wide ranging stopover movements and substantial fuelling in first year garden warblers at a northern stopover site

(2014) Robert Stach et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Inland flights of young red-eyed vireosVireo olivaceusin relation to survival and habitat in a coastal stopover landscape

(2014) Bradley K. Woodworth et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

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

Migratory Herbivorous Waterfowl Track Satellite-Derived Green Wave Index

(2014) Mitra Shariatinajafabadi et al.   PLoS One

Migratory connectivity and population-specific migration routes in a long-distance migratory bird

(2014) C. Trierweiler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2013) Cecilia Nilsson et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Migration timing and wintering areas of three species of flycatchers (Tyrannus) breeding in the Great Plains of North America

(2013) Alex E. Jahn et al.   AUK

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

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

The nature of the migration route shapes physiological traits and aerodynamic properties in a migratory songbird

(2013) Anna-Marie Corman et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Size and accumulation of fuel reserves at stopover predict nocturnal restlessness in a migratory bird

(2013) C. Eikenaar et al.   Biology Letters

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

Energy reserves stored by migrating Gray-cheeked ThrushesCatharus minimusat a spring stopover site in northern Colombia are sufficient for a long-distance flight to North America

(2013) Nicholas J. Bayly et al.   IBIS

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

(2013) Felix Liechti et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2012) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Cross-hemisphere migration of a 25 g songbird

(2012) F. Bairlein et al.   Biology Letters

Wing moult and mass change in free-living mallardAnas platyrhynchos

(2012) Anthony D. Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

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

Stop early to travel fast: modelling risk-averse scheduling among nocturnally migrating birds

(2012) James D. McLaren et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Migration Routes and Strategies in a Highly Aerial Migrant, the Common Swift Apus apus, Revealed by Light-Level Geolocators

(2012) Susanne Åkesson et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Experimental Evidence for the Interplay of Exogenous and Endogenous Factors on the Movement Ecology of a Migrating Songbird

(2012) Emily B. Cohen et al.   PLoS One

Nocturnal passerine migrants fly faster in spring than in autumn: a test of the time minimization hypothesis

(2011) Håkan Karlsson 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

Phenology, Stopover Dynamics and Population Size of Migrating Black-Tailed GodwitsLimosa Limosa Limosain Portuguese Rice Plantations

(2011) Pedro M. Lourenço et al.   ARDEA

Assessing the Role of Multiple Environmental Factors on Eurasian Spoonbill Departure Decisions from Stopover Sites

(2011) Juan G. Navedo et al.   ARDEA

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

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

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

Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

(2011) Endre Knudsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

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

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

(2011) Eli S. Bridge et al.   BIOSCIENCE

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

(2011) Alexander M. Mills et al.   CONDOR

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

(2011) Gil Bohrer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Numbers, foraging and refuelling of passerine migrants at a stopover site in the western Sahara: diverse strategies to cross a desert

(2011) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Simple, rapid, and non-invasive measurement of fat, lean, and total water masses of live birds using quantitative magnetic resonance

(2011) Christopher G. Guglielmo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

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

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

Comparison of autumn and spring migration strategies of Neotropical migratory landbirds in northeast Belize

(2011) Nicholas J. Bayly et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Individually tracked geese follow peaks of temperature acceleration during spring migration

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

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

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

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

Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: evidence from whole-island telemetry

(2010) W. Goymann et al.   Biology Letters

Combining stable-isotope (δD) and band recovery data to improve probabilistic assignment of migratory birds to origin

(2010) Steven L. Van Wilgenburg et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

(2010) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

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

(2010) Nir Sapir et al.   PLoS One

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

Staging Behavior in Red Knot (Calidris canutus) in Delaware Bay: Implications for Monitoring Mass and Population Size

(2009) Simon Gillings et al.   AUK

What decision rules might pink-footed geese use to depart on migration? An individual-based model

(2009) Olivier Duriez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Climate change leads to decreasing bird migration distances

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

Estimating fat and protein fuel from fat and muscle scores in passerines

(2009) VOLKER SALEWSKI et al.   IBIS

Spring passerine migrants stopping over in the Sahara are not fall-outs

(2009) Volker Salewski et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Diurnal patterns of body mass change during stopover in a migrating songbird, the northern wheatearOenanthe oenanthe

(2009) Julia Delingat et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

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

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

(2009) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

The annual cycle of the Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier in a humid equatorial environment

(2009) Peter Ward   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method

(2009) Jordi Peig et al.   OIKOS

Carbon Turnover in Tissues of a Passerine Bird: Allometry, Isotopic Clocks, and Phenotypic Flexibility in Organ Size

(2009) Ulf Bauchinger et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Sustained bird flights occur at temperatures far beyond expected limits

(2008) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Fuel stores, fuel accumulation, and the decision to depart from a migration stopover site

(2008) Michael Schaub et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

THE RELEVANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR DEPARTURE DECISION CHANGES EN ROUTE IN MIGRATING GEESE

(2008) Silke Bauer et al.   ECOLOGY

AUTUMN AND SPRING WEIGHTS OF SOME PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS IN CENTRAL NIGERIA

(2008) V. W. Smith   IBIS

SPRING WEIGHTS OF SOME PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS AT LAKE CHAD

(2008) C. H. Fry et al.   IBIS

WEIGHT LOSSES OF TRANS-SAHARAN MIGRANTS

(2008) R. J. Dowsett et al.   IBIS

Variation in the nocturnal flight behaviour of migratory birds along the northwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea

(2008) DANIEL FORTIN et al.   IBIS

Autumn weights of some Palaearctic passerine migrants in the Sahara

(2008) F. Bairlein et al.   IBIS

SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION, WEIGHTS AND FAT OF PASSERINE MIGRANTS AT GIBRALTAR

(2008) James Clive Finlayson   IBIS

Evidence for widely dispersed birds migrating together at night

(2008) Ronald P. Larkin et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Passerine migration strategies and body mass variation along geographic sectors across East Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula

(2008) Elizabeth Yohannes et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Longer guts and higher food quality increase energy intake in migratory swans

(2008) Jan A. van Gils et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Fuel reserves affect migratory orientation of thrushes and sparrows both before and after crossing an ecological barrier near their breeding grounds

(2008) Mark E. Deutschlander et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Pointed Wings, Low Wingloading and Calm Air Reduce Migratory Flight Costs in Songbirds

(2008) Melissa S. Bowlin 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

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

Adaptations to migration in birds: behavioural strategies, morphology and scaling effects

(2007) A. Hedenstrom   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The use of AFLP to find an informative SNP: genetic differences across a migratory divide in willow warblers

(2003) Staffan Bensch et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY