Migratory bird needs must be met during four phases of the year: breeding season, fall
migration, wintering, and spring migration; thus, management may be needed during all four …

An estimated 19% of the world's 9,856 extant bird species are migratory, including some
1,600 species of land-and waterbirds. In 2008, 11% of migratory land-and waterbirds were …

Our understanding of migratory birds' year‐round ecology and evolution remains patchy
despite recent fundamental advances. Periodic reviews focus future research and inform …

Partners in Flight (PIF) is a consortium of professional and volunteer scientists and
educators that promotes the conservation of landbird species. Central to the PIF …

In the annual cycle of a migratory landbird, en route periods provide unique challenges and
selective pressures. The importance of these periods is not yet reflected in the amount of …

Around 1990 the apparent declines in the populations of many bird species that wintered in
the Tropics were quickly explained as being the result of loss of tropical habitats, particularly …

Understanding the susceptibility of highly mobile taxa such as migratory birds to global
change requires information on geographic patterns of occurrence across the annual cycle …

Migration is the regular seasonal movement of animals from one place to another, often from
a breeding site to a nonbreeding site and back. Because the act of migration makes it …

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical
conservation of wild birds. The authors worked with an international group of bird experts …

Many species depend on multiple habitats at different points in space and time. Their
effective conservation requires an understanding of how and when each habitat is used …