Spring migration strategies of Whinchat Saxicola rubetra when successfully crossing potential barriers of the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

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

Low and annually variable migratory connectivity in a long-distance migrant: Whinchats Saxicola rubetra may show a bet-hedging strategy

(2017) Emma Blackburn et al.   IBIS

Cyprus wheatears Oenanthe cypriaca likely reach sub-Saharan African wintering grounds in a single migratory flight

(2017) Marina Xenophontos et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

Wind conditions and geography shape the first outbound migration of juvenile honey buzzards and their distribution across sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) W. M. G. Vansteelant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The limits of modifying migration speed to adjust to climate change

(2017) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

(2016) Janne Ouwehand et al.   Biology Letters

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

An experimental evaluation of the effects of geolocator design and attachment method on between-year survival on whinchatsSaxicola rubetra

(2016) Emma Blackburn 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

Population decline is linked to migration route in the Common Cuckoo

(2016) Chris M. Hewson et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2015) T. Lok et al.   Biology Letters

Transoceanic migration by a 12 g songbird

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

Morphological Adaptations to Migration in Birds

(2015) Csongor I. Vágási et al.   Evolutionary Biology

High juvenile mortality during migration in a declining population of a long-distance migratory raptor

(2015) Steffen Oppel et al.   IBIS

High within-winter and annual survival rates in a declining Afro-Palaearctic migratory bird suggest that wintering conditions do not limit populations

(2015) Emma Blackburn et al.   IBIS

Fine-scale habitat use during the non-breeding season suggests that winter habitat does not limit breeding populations of a declining long-distance Palearctic migrant

(2015) Emma Blackburn et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

(2014) Will Cresswell   IBIS

Tracking from the Tropics Reveals Behaviour of Juvenile Songbirds on Their First Spring Migration

(2014) Emily A. McKinnon et al.   PLoS One

Consistent range-wide pattern in fall migration strategy of Purple Martin (Progne subis), despite different migration routes at the Gulf of Mexico

(2013) Kevin C. Fraser et al.   AUK

Migration of the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

(2013) Mikkel Willemoes Kristensen et al.   AUK

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

Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light-level geolocation

(2013) Eli S. Bridge et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Juvenile Survival in a Neotropical Migratory Songbird Is Lower than Expected

(2013) Matthew I. McKim-Louder et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Density and behaviour of WhinchatsSaxicola rubetraon African farmland suggest that winter habitat conditions do not limit European breeding populations

(2012) Mark F. Hulme et al.   IBIS

Geolocation by light: accuracy and precision affected by environmental factors

(2012) Simeon Lisovski et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

GeoLight- processing and analysing light-based geolocator data inR

(2012) Simeon Lisovski et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Tracking migratory songbirds: accuracy of light-level loggers (geolocators) in forest habitats

(2011) Adam M. Fudickar et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

(2010) John Faaborg et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2009) R. Strandberg et al.   Biology Letters

Potential impacts of climatic change on the breeding and non-breeding ranges and migration distance of EuropeanSylviawarblers

(2009) Nathalie Doswald et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

(2009) Steffen Hahn et al.   OIKOS

Flight characteristics of birds:

(2008) BRUNO BRUDERER et al.   IBIS

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