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Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes

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Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird

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Widespread shifts in bird migration phenology are decoupled from parallel shifts in morphology

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Beyond refueling: Investigating the diversity of functions of migratory stopover events

Authors: Linscott, Jennifer A. and Nathan R. Senner Year: 2021 Publication: Ornithological Applications Publication Link: https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/123/1/duaa074/6132585 Keywords: conservation, ecology, migration, movement, stopover Abstract: Stopovers comprise a significant proportion of the time that many birds spend migrating, and researchers have long relied on