A dispersive migration in the Atlantic puffin and its implications for migratory navigation

T Guilford, R Freeman, D Boyle, B Dean, H Kirk… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Navigational control of avian migration is understood, largely from the study of terrestrial
birds, to depend on either genetically or culturally inherited information. By tracking the …

Ocean-wide drivers of migration strategies and their influence on population breeding performance in a declining seabird

AL Fayet, R Freeman, T Anker-Nilssen, A Diamond… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Which factors shape animals' migration movements across large geographical scales, how
different migratory strategies emerge between populations, and how these may affect …

Transatlantic migration by post-breeding puffins: a strategy to exploit a temporarily abundant food resource?

MJ Jessopp, M Cronin, TK Doyle, M Wilson… - Marine Biology, 2013 - Springer
The distribution of Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) from Skellig Michael, south-west
Ireland, was investigated using geolocation loggers between the 2010 and 2011 breeding …

Drivers and fitness consequences of dispersive migration in a pelagic seabird

AL Fayet, R Freeman, A Shoji, D Boyle… - Behavioral …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Animals can be flexible in their migration strategies, using several wintering sites or a variety
of routes. The mechanisms promoting the development of these migratory patterns and their …

Orientation in “featureless” environments: the extreme case of pelagic birds

F Bonadonna, S Benhamou, P Jouventin - Avian migration, 2003 - Springer
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 …

Light‐level geolocators reveal migratory connectivity in European populations of pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

J Ouwehand, MP Ahola, ANMA Ausems… - Journal of avian …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding what drives or prevents long‐distance migrants to respond to environmental
change requires basic knowledge about the wintering and breeding grounds, and the timing …

Diversity of migration strategies among great frigatebirds populations

H Weimerskirch, P Borsa, S Cruz… - Journal of Avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory behavior varies extensively between bird taxa, from long distance migration to
purely sedentary behavior. Variability in migratory behavior also occurs within taxa, where …

Very rapid long-distance sea crossing by a migratory bird

JA Alves, MP Dias, V Méndez, B Katrínardóttir… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Landbirds undertaking within-continent migrations have the possibility to stop en route, but
most long-distance migrants must also undertake large non-stop sea crossings, the length of …

Dynamics of seasonal movements by a trans-Pacific migrant, the Westland Petrel

TJ Landers, MJ Rayner, RA Phillips, ME Hauber - The Condor, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Knowledge of the dynamics of long-distance migrations of pelagic seabirds is limited.
Recent advances in tracking technology have yielded detailed, continuous accounts of the …

Leapfrog migration and habitat preferences of a small oceanic seabird, Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)

R Ramos, V Sanz, T Militão, J Bried… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Our current understanding of migratory strategies and the reasons for their high
variability along the phylogenetic tree remains relatively poor. Most of the hypotheses …