Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants

K Thorup, AP Tøttrup, M Willemoes, RHG Klaassen… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Migratory birds track seasonal resources across and between continents. We propose a
general strategy of tracking the broad seasonal abundance of resources throughout the …

Potential for invasion of traded birds under climate and land‐cover change

B Naimi, C Capinha, J Ribeiro, C Rahbek… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Humans have moved species away from their native ranges since the Neolithic, but
globalization accelerated the rate at which species are being moved. We fitted more than …

Decoupling of bird migration from the changing phenology of spring green-up

EP Robertson, FA La Sorte, JD Mays… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
The green-up of vegetation in spring brings a pulse of food resources that many animals
track during migration. However, green-up phenology is changing with climate change …

Response of an Afro-Palearctic bird migrant to glaciation cycles

K Thorup, L Pedersen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Migration allows animals to exploit spatially separated and seasonally available resources
at a continental to global scale. However, responding to global climatic changes might prove …

Broad‐scale patterns of the Afro‐Palaearctic landbird migration

M Briedis, S Bauer, P Adamík, JA Alves… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Knowledge of broad‐scale biogeographical patterns of animal migration is important for
understanding ecological drivers of migratory behaviours. Here, we present a flyway‐scale …

Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird

JR Conklin, PF Battley, MA Potter, JW Fox - Nature Communications, 2010 - nature.com
Despite clear benefits of optimal arrival time on breeding grounds, migration schedules may
vary with an individual bird's innate quality, non-breeding habitat or breeding destination …

Extreme altitudes during diurnal flights in a nocturnal songbird migrant

S Sjöberg, G Malmiga, A Nord, A Andersson… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Billions of nocturnally migrating songbirds fly across oceans and deserts on their annual
journeys. Using multisensor data loggers, we show that great reed warblers (Acrocephalus …

Phenological matching across hemispheres in a long‐distance migratory bird

RB Renfrew, D Kim, N Perlut, J Smith… - Diversity and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim In the Northern Hemisphere, bird migration from the tropic to the temperate
zone in spring is thought to proceed at a rate determined in large part by local phenology. In …

Location-level processes drive the establishment of alien bird populations worldwide

DW Redding, AL Pigot, EE Dyer, ÇH Şekercioğlu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Human-mediated translocation of species to areas beyond their natural distribution (which
results in 'alien'populations) is a key signature of the Anthropocene, and is a primary global …

Human activity shapes the wintering ecology of a migratory bird

BM Van Doren, GJ Conway, RJ Phillips… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human behavior profoundly affects the natural world. Migratory birds are particularly
susceptible to adverse effects of human activities because the global networks of …