The conservation of Afro‐Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?

JA Vickery, JW Mallord, WM Adams, AE Beresford… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global long‐term decline of migrant birds represents an important and challenging issue
for conservation scientists and practitioners. This review draws together recent research …

Post‐migratory nonbreeding movements of birds: a review and case study

CS Teitelbaum, NC Bachner, RJ Hall - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal migrations are fascinating and ecologically important, but many migratory species
are declining as climate change and land‐use change alter the habitats used by migrants …

Migratory routes, breeding locations and multiple non-breeding sites of Common Whitethroats Curruca communis revealed by geolocators

C Tapia-Harris, A Izang, W Cresswell - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Understanding general migration characteristics and how breeding and non-breeding sites
are connected is crucial for predicting the response of long-distance migratory bird …

Geolocators reveal variation and sex‐specific differences in the migratory strategies of a long‐distance migrant

F Bell, S Bearhop, M Briedis, M El Harouchi, SC Bell… - Ibis, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Songbird populations are in decline all over the world, and our understanding of the causal
mechanisms remains surprisingly limited. It is important to identify the extent of individual …

Sensitivity of migratory connectivity estimates to spatial sampling design

SH Vickers, AMA Franco, JJ Gilroy - Movement ecology, 2021 - Springer
Background The use of statistical methods to quantify the strength of migratory connectivity
is commonplace. However, little attention has been given to their sensitivity to spatial …

White-crested elaenias (Elaenia albiceps chilensis) breeding across Patagonia exhibit similar spatial and temporal movement patterns throughout the year

RF Jara, JE Jiménez, R Rozzi - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
For migratory birds, events happening during any period of their annual cycle can have
strong carry-over effects on the subsequent periods. The strength of carry-over effects …

Changes in the spatial patterns of avian migrations: Evidence, mechanisms and causes

L Ozsanlav‐Harris, MD Burgess… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Understanding the suite of environmental changes impacting migration and
disentangling these from the dependencies between migratory stages is fundamental to …

No evidence that declining Whinchat Saxicola rubetra are currently limited by the availability of apparently suitable breeding habitat within the UK uplands

AJ Stanbury, I Tománková, EL Teuten… - Journal of Ornithology, 2022 - Springer
Many species of long-distance Afro-palearctic migrant birds that breed in Europe are
showing severe population declines and there is a need to understand in which parts of the …

Habitat and other environmental correlates of the decline of breeding Whinchats Saxicola rubetra in the UK since the mid-1990s

AJ Stanbury, RW Hawkes, EL Teuten, I Tománková… - Bird Study, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Capsule Declines in Whinchat Saxicola rubetra breeding abundance in the UK
vary with habitat and other environmental conditions. Aims To test for associations between …

Common Whitethroats Curruca communis show a continuum of residency duration but a high degree of between‐years site fidelity at nonbreeding grounds in Nigeria

C Tapia‐Harris, W Cresswell - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The nonbreeding period represents a significant part of an Afro‐Palearctic migratory bird's
annual cycle. Decisions such as whether to remain at a single site and whether to return to it …