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It has been suggested that birds migrate faster in spring than in autumn because of
competition for arrival order at breeding grounds and environmental factors such as …

Atmospheric currents influence the choice of migratory routes and flight characteristics of
birds as well as their decisions regarding migration onset and stopovers. Among long …

Carry‐over effects relate to events or processes that influence individual performance in a
subsequent season, but their occurrence in the annual cycle of migratory avian taxa is …

The processes that drive the ontogeny of migratory strategies in long‐lived animals with
slow maturation remain enigmatic. While some short‐lived migrants are known or believed …

Key facets of the foraging ecology of seabirds during the inter-breeding period still remain
poorly understood because of the difficulty of studying them at sea, including during the …

Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea have an exceptionally long-distance migration, annually
travelling back and forth between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Birds from Greenland, Iceland …

In order to survive and later recruit into a population, juvenile animals need to acquire
resources through the use of innate and/or learnt behaviors in an environment new to them …

Many seabird species undergo extensive seasonal migrations, often across large marine
ecosystems or between marine areas under different national jurisdictions. With the …

For decades, studies have highlighted links between wind patterns and the behavior,
ecology, distribution, energetics and life history of seabirds. However, only relatively recently …