Migration Distance and Body Condition Influence Shorebird Migration Strategies and Stopover Decisions During Southbound Migration

Authors: Alexandra M. Anderson, Sjoerd Duijns, Paul A. Smith, Christian Friis, and Erica Nol Year: 2019 Publication: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Publication Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00251/full Access: Open Keywords: automated telemetry, body condition, carryover effects, flight speed, migration distance, optimal migration, stopover Abstract:

2nd Week of July 2019 – Beaver River, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

Early Shorebird Migration Monitoring. For six days this week, I set up an AudioMoth microphone and recorder at the edge of Sandyland Ponds in Beaver River. This microphone does not reach as high into the sky as my regular, highly directional microphone

Dynamics and population consequences of irruption in the Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

Author: Erica H. Dunn Date: 2019 Publication: The Auk Publication Link: https://bioone.org/journals/The-Auk/volume-136/issue-2/ukz008/Dynamics-and-population-consequences-of-irruption-in-the-Red-breasted/10.1093/auk/ukz008.short Access: Subscription Keywords: citizen science, irruptive migration, population dynamics, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis Abstract: Irruptive migration, or movements that are irregular in timing and extent, are common in many boreal

Autumn bird migration phenology: A potpourri of wind, precipitation, and temperature effects

Authors: Birgen Haest, Ommo Hüppop, Martijn van de Pol, Franz Bairlein Year: 2019 Publication: Global Change Biology Publication Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.14746 Access: Subscription Keywords: bird migration, environmental plasticity, spatio-temporal analysis, fall, radar, time window analysis, Helgoland, rainfall Abstract: Climate change has caused a

A geostatistical approach to estimate high resolution nocturnal bird migration densities from a weather radar network

Authors: Raphael Nussbaumer, Lionel Benoit, Gregoire Mariethoz, Felix Liechti, Silke Bauer, Baptiste Schmid Year: 2019 Publication: bioRxiv Publication Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/690065 Access: Open Keywords: Aeroecology, Bird migration, Geostatistical modelling, Interactive visualisation, Kriging, Radar network, Spatio-temporal interpolation map, Weather radar Abstract: 1. Quantifying nocturnal

Sex-specific difference in migration schedule as a precursor of protandry in a long-distance migratory bird

Author: Lykke Pedersen, Nina Munkholt Jakobsen, Roine Strandberg, Kasper Thorup, Anders P. Tøttrup Year: 2019 Publication: The Science of Nature Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-019-1637-6 Keywords: Protandry, Song bird migration, Geolocator, Red-backed shrike Abstract: Protandry, the earlier arrival of males at the breeding grounds

Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler

Authors: Christopher M. Tonra, Michael T. Hallworth, Than J. Boves, Jessie Reese, Lesley P. Bulluck, Matthew Johnson, Cathy Viverette, Katie Percy, Elizabeth M. Ames, Alix Matthews, Morgan C. Slevin, R. Randy Wilson, and Erik I. Johnson Year: 2019 Publication: The Condor Publication

Tiger sharks eat songbirds: scavenging a windfall of nutrients from the sky

Authors: J. M. DRYMON, K. FELDHEIM, A. M. V. FOURNIER , E. A. SEUBERT, A. E. JEFFERSON, A. M. KROETZ, AND S. P. POWERS Year: 2019 Publication: Ecology Publication Link: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2728 Access: Subscription Keywords: DNA barcoding; feeding ecology; food webs; Galeocerdo cuvier;

Spatiotemporal Group Dynamics in a Long-Distance Migratory Bird

Authors: Kiran L. Dhanjal-Adams, Silke Bauer, Tamara Emmenegger, Steffen Hahn, Simeon Lisovski, and Felix Liechti Year: 2019 Publication: Current Biology Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.054 Access: Subscription Keywords: animal migration, fission-fusion dynamics, group decision making, pressure sensor, PAM logger, European bee-eater, Merops Abstract: Thousands