During the breeding period, pelagic birds such as petrels and penguins commute between
their colony and distant foraging grounds. Like migrating birds, they are able to travel large …

Migration routes of birds throw light on orientation performance at different geographic
scales, over distances ranging from a few kilometres to more than 104 km. Detailed …

A reader of almost any more or less recent review on avian orientation (Wiltschko and
Wiltschko 1999b, Muheim et al. 2006a, Fraser 2010) is most likely to learn that migrating …

Land birds which migrate over oceans offer one of the rare opportunities in nature of testing
the limits of avian orientation. Land birds, with a few exceptions, are unable to replenish their …

For many years, orientation in migratory birds has primarily been studied in the laboratory.
Although a laboratory-based setting enables greater control over environmental cues, the …

An advanced orientation capability offers possibilities for birds to optimize movement
patterns in a wide variety of ecological situations. The adaptive significance of various …

A large variety of marine animals migrate in the oceanic environment, sometimes aiming at
specific targets such as oceanic islands or offshore productive areas. Thanks to recent …

For centuries, people have observed birds departing from north temperate areas each fall
and returning the following spring. Worldwide programs of banding and recovery have …

Migratory birds have a number of navigational tools available for finding their way during
long-distance migration. For passerines, these are known to include a magnetic compass …

The question of how migrating birds find their way to winter quarters and back has
fascinated humans since the beginning of scientific research into avian biology. Migrating …