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

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

Spatial Behaviour and Habitat use of First-Year BluethroatsLuscinia svecicaStopping over at Coastal Marshes during the Autumn Migration Period

(2013) Juan arizaga et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

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

Juvenile Survival in a Neotropical Migratory Songbird Is Lower than Expected

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

Birds Select Fruits with More Anthocyanins and Phenolic Compounds During Autumn Migration

(2013) Jessica A. Bolser et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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

(2012) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

The Influence of Energetic Condition on Flight Initiation and Orientation of Migratory Songbirds in the Gulf of Maine Region

(2011) Kristen M. Covino et al.   AUK

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

Nocturnal passerine migration without tailwind assistance

(2011) HÅKAN KARLSSON 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

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

Flexible tuning of departure decisions in response to weather in black redstarts Phoenicurus ochruros migrating across the Mediterranean Sea

(2011) Michelangelo Morganti et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Juvenile Songbirds Compensate for Displacement to Oceanic Islands during Autumn Migration

(2011) Kasper Thorup et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Passerine migrant stopover duration and spatial behaviour at an urban stopover site

(2010) Chad L. Seewagen et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Patterns of Fuel Use and Storage in Migrating Passerines in Relation to Fruit Resources at Autumn Stopover Sites

(2010) Susan B. Smith et al.   AUK

The good and the bad stopover: behaviours of migrant reed warblers at two contrasting sites

(2010) Pavel Ktitorov et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

(2010) W. Goymann et al.   Biology Letters

Autumnal patterns of nocturnal passerine migration in the St. Lawrence estuary region, Quebec, Canada: a weather radar study

(2010) François Gagnon et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Urban Forest Patches and Stopover Duration of Migratory Swainson's Thrushes

(2010) Stephen N. Matthews et al.   CONDOR

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

(2010) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Movement behaviour of a forest songbird in an urbanized landscape: the relative importance of patch-level effects and body condition during migratory stopover

(2010) Stephen N. Matthews et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Effects of Fat and Lean Body Mass on Migratory Landbird Stopover Duration

(2010) Chad L. Seewagen et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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

(2009) R. Strandberg et al.   Biology Letters

Stopover decision during migration: physiological conditions predict nocturnal restlessness in wild passerines

(2009) L. Fusani et al.   Biology Letters

Conclusions beyond support: overconfident estimates in mixed models

(2008) H. Schielzeth et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

(2008) Michael Schaub et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND STOPOVER ECOLOGY OF WILSON'S WARBLERS DURING SPRING MIGRATION ON THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA

(2008) KRISTINA L. PAXTON et al.   CONDOR

When and where to fuel before crossing the Sahara desert – extended stopover and migratory fuelling in first-year garden warblers Sylvia borin

(2008) Thord Fransson et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

Energy expenditure during flight in relation to body mass: effects of natural increases in mass and artificial load in Rose Coloured Starlings

(2008) Carola A. Schmidt-Wellenburg et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

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

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