All animals face the possibility of limitations in food resources that could ultimately lead to
starvation-induced mortality. The primary goal of this review is to characterize the various …

There is increasing concern about the world's animal migrations. With many land‐use and
climatological changes occurring simultaneously, pinning down the causes of large‐scale …

Carbon isotopes are commonly used in trophic ecology to estimate consumer diet
composition. This estimation is complicated by the fact that lipids exhibit a more depleted …

Quantifying the costs and benefits of migration distance is critical to understanding the
evolution of long-distance migration. In migratory birds, life history theory predicts that the …

Shorebirds, or waders, form an ecologically (but not phylogenetically) homogenous group of
birds that, despite this homogeneity, exhibits clear correlated contrasts in habitat use and …

We conducted experimental feeding trials with larval and juvenile Bullfrogs (Lithobates
catesbeianus) and Rough-skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa) to assess the accuracy of the …

About 50 species of shorebirds breed in the Arctic, where they constitute the most
characteristic component of the tundra avifauna. Here, we review the impact of weather and …

The widespread decline of migratory shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
(EAAF) is one of the greatest crises for migrating birds. Among the migratory species with …

Recent years have seen a growing consensus that events during one part of an animal's
annual cycle can detrimentally affect its future fitness. Notably, migratory species have been …

Invasive smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora, hereafter Spartina) has been expanding
rapidly in the estuarine wetlands at Chongming Dongtan (East China) at the expense of …