High-altitude shorebird migration in the absence of topographical barriers: avoiding high air temperatures and searching for profitable winds

High altitude flights by ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea during trans-Himalayan migrations

(2017) N. Parr et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Aerobic power and flight capacity in birds: a phylogenetic test of the heart-size hypothesis

(2017) Roberto F. Nespolo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Behavioural adaptations to flight into thin air

(2016) Sherub Sherub et al.   Biology Letters

Toward a predictive macrosystems framework for migration ecology

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

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

Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant?

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

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

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

(2015) Melissa S. Bowlin et al.   AUK

Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling

(2015) B. Kranstauber et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

How Bar-Headed Geese Fly Over the Himalayas

(2015) Graham R. Scott et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2015) C. M. Bishop et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Post-Breeding Migration of Dutch-Breeding Black-Tailed Godwits: Timing, Routes, Use of Stopovers, and Nonbreeding Destinations

(2014) Jos C.E.W. Hooijmeijer et al.   ARDEA

An Exception to the Rule: Carry-Over Effects Do Not Accumulate in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird

(2014) Nathan R. Senner et al.   PLoS One

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

(2013) Michael U. Kemp et al.   IBIS

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

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

Avian BMR in Marine and Non-Marine Habitats: A Test Using Shorebirds

(2012) Jorge S. Gutiérrez 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

Genomic insights into adaptation to high-altitude environments

(2011) Z A Cheviron et al.   HEREDITY

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

(2011) C. E. GRUEBER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Elevated performance: the unique physiology of birds that fly at high altitudes

(2011) G. R. Scott   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system

(2011) D. P. Dee et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Integrating Meteorology into Research on Migration

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

Why marathon migrants get away with high metabolic ceilings: towards an ecology of physiological restraint

(2010) T. Piersma   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in vertebrates

(2010) J. F. Storz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Extreme Endurance Migration: What Is the Limit to Non-Stop Flight?

(2010) Anders Hedenström   PLOS BIOLOGY

MIGRATION-SELECTION BALANCE AND LOCAL ADAPTATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL HAPLOTYPES IN RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS) ALONG AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT

(2009) Zachary A. Cheviron et al.   EVOLUTION

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

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

Flexibility in daily travel routines causes regional variation in bird migration speed

(2008) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

AUTUMN MIGRATION OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC: A RADAR STUDY

(2008) W. John Richardson   IBIS

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

(2008) B. 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

Scaling regression inputs by dividing by two standard deviations

(2007) Andrew Gelman   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE