Bird migrations are impressive behavioral phenomena, representing complex
spatiotemporal strategies to balance costs of living while maximizing fitness. The field of bird …

Highly pelagic large marine vertebrates have evolved the capability of moving across large
expanses of the marine environment; some species routinely move across entire ocean …

Long‐distance migration has evolved in many organisms moving through different media
and using various modes of locomotion and transport. Migration continues to evolve or …

Bird migration is a charismatic topic that has fascinated naturalists for centuries. This book,
the only concise and accessible synthesis of the area, describes not only the migrations, the …

The metaphor of a" cognitive map" has attracted wide interest since it was first proposed in
the late 1940s. Researchers from fields as diverse as psychology, geography, and urban …

Successful bird migration can depend on individual learning, social learning, and innate
navigation programs. Using 8 years of data on migrating whooping cranes, we were able to …

The full magnitude and complexity of bird migration have not been possible to grasp until
after the revolutionary discoveries made with the aid of, eg, ringing, systematic field …

Shorebirds are the most visible inhabitants of coastal wetlands worldwide. Many undertake
spectacularly long flights between their wintering and breeding grounds, embodying the …

Bird migration routes often follow detours where passages across ecological barriers are
reduced in extent. This occurs in spite of the fact that long barrier crossings are within the …

Anthropogenic changes in climate and land use are driving changes in migration patterns of
birds worldwide. Spatial changes in migration have been related to long-term temperature …