Animal migration: An overview of one of nature's great spectacles

AM Fudickar, AE Jahn… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion in research on animal migration, in
large part due to a technological revolution in tracking and remote-sensing technologies …

Long-duration wind tunnel flights reveal exponential declines in protein catabolism over time in short-and long-distance migratory warblers

CR Elowe, DJE Groom, J Slezacek… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
During migration, long-distance migratory songbirds may fly nonstop for days, whereas
shorter-distance migrants complete flights of 6 to 10 h. Fat is the primary fuel source, but …

A framework for studying the effects of offshore wind energy development on birds and bats in the Eastern United States

KA Williams, J Gulka, ASCP Cook, RH Diehl… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Offshore wind energy development (OWED), while a key strategy for reducing carbon
emissions, has potential negative effects to wildlife that should be examined to inform …

Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere

TD Meehan, SP Saunders, WV DeLuca… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For many avian species, spatial migration patterns remain largely undescribed, especially
across hemispheric extents. Recent advancements in tracking technologies and high …

Range-wide post-and pre-breeding migratory networks of a declining neotropical–nearctic migratory bird, the blackpoll warbler

J Duali, WV DeLuca, SA Mackenzie, JA Tremblay… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying the drivers of population declines in migratory species requires an understanding
of how individuals are distributed between periods of the annual cycle. We built post-(fall) …

Migration ecology of western gray catbirds

KA Mancuso, MA Fylling, CA Bishop, KE Hodges… - Movement Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Background For many songbirds in North America, we lack movement details about the full
annual cycle, notably outside the breeding season. Understanding how populations are …

Length polymorphisms at two candidate genes explain variation of migratory behaviors in blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata)

J Ralston, L Lorenc, M Montes, WV DeLuca… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory behaviors such as the timing and duration of migration are genetically inherited
and can be under strong natural selection, yet we still know very little about the specific …

Rapid recovery by fat-and muscle-depleted Blackpoll Warblers following trans-oceanic migration is driven by time-minimization

NJ Bayly, KV Rosenberg, DR Norris, PD Taylor… - The Auk, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Nonstop endurance flights are a defining characteristic of many long-distance migratory
birds, but subsequent recovery phases are not typically distinguished from fueling phases …

Migratory connectivity then and now: a northward shift in breeding origins of a long-distance migratory bird wintering in the tropics

C Gómez, KA Hobson, NJ Bayly… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Temporal variation in the connectivity of populations of migratory animals has not been
widely documented, despite having important repercussions for population ecology and …

There's no place like home: tropical overwintering sites may have a fundamental role in shaping migratory strategies

NJ Bayly, DR Norris, PD Taylor, KA Hobson… - Animal behaviour, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Optimal migration theory has largely overlooked the function of wintering
sites.•Extensive fuelling at such sites could maximize migration speed and reduce …