Is there a different response to winds during migration between soaring and flapping raptors? An example with the Montagu’s harrier and the lesser kestrel

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

(2012) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Mapping the migratory routes and wintering areas of Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni: new insights from satellite telemetry

(2012) RUBEN LIMIÑANA et al.   IBIS

Innate Sex Differences in the Timing of Spring Migration in a Songbird

(2012) Ivan Maggini et al.   PLoS One

Interspecific Comparison of the Performance of Soaring Migrants in Relation to Morphology, Meteorological Conditions and Migration Strategies

(2012) Ugo Mellone et al.   PLoS One

Changes in Wind Pattern Alter Albatross Distribution and Life-History Traits

(2012) H. Weimerskirch et al.   SCIENCE

Using major histocompatibility complex markers to assign the geographic origin of migratory birds: examples from the threatened lesser kestrel

(2011) A. Rodríguez et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Daily Travel Schedules of Adult Eurasian HobbiesFalco subbuteo— Variability in Flight Hours and Migration Speed Along the Route

(2011) Roine Strandberg et al.   ARDEA

How do diurnal long-distance migrants select flight altitude in relation to wind?

(2011) María Mateos-Rodríguez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Protected areas do not fulfil the wintering habitat needs of the trans-Saharan migratory Montagu’s harrier

(2011) Ruben Limiñana et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Individuality in bird migration: routes and timing

(2011) Y. Vardanis et al.   Biology Letters

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

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

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

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

RNCEP: global weather and climate data at your fingertips

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

First description of migration and wintering of adult Egyptian VulturesNeophron percnopterustracked by GPS satellite telemetry

(2010) Clara García‐Ripollés et al.   BIRD STUDY

Individual variation in migratory movements and winter behaviour of Iberian Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni revealed by geolocators

(2010) INÊS CATRY et al.   IBIS

Understanding the Migratory Orientation Program of Birds: Extending Laboratory Studies to Study Free-Flying Migrants in a Natural Setting

(2010) K. Thorup et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Weather conditions promote route flexibility during open ocean crossing in a long-distance migratory raptor

(2010) Ugo Mellone et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Carry-over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals

(2010) Xavier A. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Can wind help explain seasonal differences in avian migration speed?

(2010) Michael U. Kemp et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Loop migration in adult marsh harriersCircus aeruginosus,as revealed by satellite telemetry

(2010) Raymond H. G. Klaassen et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

From the Mediterranean Sea to Madagascar: Are there ecological barriers for the long-distance migrant Eleonora’s falcon?

(2010) Pascual López-López et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Geographical and temporal flexibility in the response to crosswinds by migrating raptors

(2010) R. H. G. Klaassen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Flight Orientation Behaviors Promote Optimal Migration Trajectories in High-Flying Insects

(2010) J. W. Chapman et al.   SCIENCE

Trans-Sahara migrants select flight altitudes to minimize energy costs rather than water loss

(2009) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

(2009) R. Strandberg et al.   Biology Letters

Geolocators map the wintering grounds of threatened Lesser Kestrels in Africa

(2009) Airam Rodríguez et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Spring migration decisions in relation to weather are predicted by wing morphology among trans-Mediterranean migratory birds

(2009) Nicola Saino et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Sustained bird flights occur at temperatures far beyond expected limits

(2008) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Circannual clocks in avian reproduction and migration

(2008) EBERHARD GWINNER   IBIS

Ocean Surface Winds Drive Dynamics of Transoceanic Aerial Movements

(2008) Ángel M. Felicísimo et al.   PLoS One