Nocturnal migration was up by 43% in the number of flight calls per night and 42% in the number of estimated birds per night over the previous week. Total flight calls and estimated birds were twice the number recorded for the same
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Authors: Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Adriaan M. Dokter, Peter J. Blancher, John R. Sauer, Adam C. Smith, Paul A. Smith, Jessica C. Stanton, Arvind Panjabi, Laura Helft, Michael Parr, Peter P. Marra Year: 2091 Publication: Science Publication Link: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6461/120 Abstract: Species extinctions have
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Authors: Gabriel Norevik, Susanne Åkesson, Arne Andersson, Johan Backman, Anders Hedenstro Year: 2019 Publication: PLOS Biology Publication Link: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000456 Abstract: Every year, billions of seasonal migrants connect continents by transporting nutrients, energy, and pathogens between distant communities and ecosystems. For animals that
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Authors: Ingunn M. Tombre, Thomas Oudman, Paul Shimmings, Larry Griffin, Jouke Prop Year: 2019 Publication: Global Change Biology Publication Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14793 Keywords: age effects, dynamic strategies, explorative behaviour, food quality, population increase, range shift, spring migration Abstract: All long‐distance migrants must cope
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Photo taken by fisherman Spencer Fraser on 27 September 2019, used with permission.