Category: Recent Publications on Bird Migration

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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;

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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

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Authors: Bradley J. Bergstrom, Matthew D. Johnson, Jared C. Harris, and Thomas W. Sherry Year: 2019 Publication: Journal of Field Ornithology Publication Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jofo.12294 Access: Subscription Keywords: energy stores, fasting, Neotropical migrant, winter ecology, total-body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) Abstract: Most small birds

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Authors: William J. Horton, Matthew Jensen, Aswathy Sebastian, Craig A. Praul, Istvan Albert, & Paul A. Bartell Year: 2019 Publication: Scientific Reports Publication Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41252-8 Access: Open Keywords: Many birds undertake long biannual voyages during the night. During these times of the

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Authors: Jessica E. Deakin, Christopher G. Guglielmo, and Yolanda E. Morbey Year: 2019 Publication: The Auk Publication Link: https://academic.oup.com/auk/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/auk/ukz017/5454780 Access: Subscription Keywords: migration, migratory restlessness, Nearctic–Neotropical songbird, protandry, radio telemetry, seasonal timing Abstract: Most seasonally migrating songbirds exhibit protandry, whereby males arrive

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