Beyond migration: causes and consequences of nomadic animal movements

CS Teitelbaum, T Mueller - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2019 - cell.com
Recent advances in animal tracking reveal that many species display irregular movements
that do not fall into classical categories of movement patterns such as range residency or …

Prevalence and mechanisms of partial migration in ungulates

JE Berg, M Hebblewhite, CC St. Clair… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Partial migration, a phenomenon wherein only some individuals within a population migrate,
is taxonomically widespread. While well-studied in birds and fish, partial migration in large …

Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals

BR Jesmer, JA Merkle, JR Goheen, EO Aikens, JL Beck… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Ungulate migrations are assumed to stem from learning and cultural transmission of
information regarding seasonal distribution of forage, but this hypothesis has not been …

Green‐wave surfing increases fat gain in a migratory ungulate

AD Middleton, JA Merkle, DE McWhirter, JG Cook… - Oikos, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Each spring, migratory herbivores around the world track or 'surf'green waves of newly
emergent vegetation to distant summer or wet‐season ranges. This foraging tactic may help …

Space use and movement of a neotropical top predator: the endangered jaguar

RG Morato, JA Stabach, CH Fleming, JM Calabrese… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Accurately estimating home range and understanding movement behavior can provide
important information on ecological processes. Advances in data collection and analysis …

A framework for understanding semi‐permeable barrier effects on migratory ungulates

H Sawyer, MJ Kauffman, AD Middleton… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Impermeable barriers to migration can greatly constrain the set of possible routes and
ranges used by migrating animals. For ungulates, however, many forms of development are …

Behavioural flexibility in migratory behaviour in a long‐lived large herbivore

SL Eggeman, M Hebblewhite, H Bohm… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory animals are predicted to enhance lifetime fitness by obtaining higher quality
forage and/or reducing predation risk compared to non‐migratory conspecifics. Despite …

Sublethal lead exposure alters movement behavior in free-ranging golden eagles

F Ecke, NJ Singh, JM Arnemo, A Bignert… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lead poisoning of animals due to ingestion of fragments from lead-based ammunition in
carcasses and offal of shot wildlife is acknowledged globally and raises great concerns …

Towards understanding wild boar Sus scrofa movement: a synthetic movement ecology approach

K Morelle, T Podgórski, C Prévot, O Keuling… - Mammal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, the wild boar S us scrofa has simultaneously increased its population
size and colonized new habitats, causing more ecological and socio‐economic concern …

'You shall not pass!': quantifying barrier permeability and proximity avoidance by animals

HL Beyer, E Gurarie, L Börger… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Impediments to animal movement are ubiquitous and vary widely in both scale and
permeability. It is essential to understand how impediments alter ecological dynamics via …