Atmospheric conditions create freeways, detours and tailbacks for migrating birds J Shamoun-Baranes, F Liechti, WMG Vansteelant Journal of Comparative Physiology A 203, 509-529, 2017 | 184 | 2017 |
Regional and seasonal flight speeds of soaring migrants and the role of weather conditions at hourly and daily scales WMG Vansteelant, W Bouten, RHG Klaassen, BJ Koks, AE Schlaich, ... Journal of Avian Biology 46 (1), 25-39, 2015 | 121 | 2015 |
Seasonal detours by soaring migrants shaped by wind regimes along the East Atlantic Flyway WMG Vansteelant, J Shamoun‐Baranes, W van Manen, J van Diermen, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 86 (2), 179-191, 2017 | 87 | 2017 |
Wind conditions and geography shape the first outbound migration of juvenile honey buzzards and their distribution across sub-Saharan Africa WMG Vansteelant, J Kekkonen, P Byholm Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 20170387, 2017 | 83 | 2017 |
South West Georgia: an important bottleneck for raptor migration during autumn B Verhelst, J Jansen, W Vansteelant Ardea 99 (2), 137-146, 2011 | 73 | 2011 |
Orientation of native versus translocated juvenile lesser spotted eagles (Clanga pomarina) on the first autumn migration BU Meyburg, U Bergmanis, T Langgemach, K Graszynski, A Hinz, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (15), 2765-2776, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
Effect of wind, thermal convection, and variation in flight strategies on the daily rhythm and flight paths of migrating raptors at Georgia's Black Sea coast WMG Vansteelant, B Verhelst, J Shamoun‐Baranes, W Bouten, ... Journal of Field Ornithology 85 (1), 40-55, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
Soaring across continents: decision‐making of a soaring migrant under changing atmospheric conditions along an entire flyway WMG Vansteelant, J Shamoun‐Baranes, J McLaren, J van Diermen, ... Journal of Avian Biology 48 (6), 887-896, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
Batumi Raptor Count: autumn raptor migration count data from the Batumi bottleneck, Republic of Georgia J Wehrmann, F de Boer, R Benjumea, S Cavaillès, D Engelen, J Jansen, ... ZooKeys 836, 135, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds E Nourani, WMG Vansteelant, P Byholm, K Safi Biology Letters 16 (1), 20190797, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds E Nourani, G Bohrer, P Becciu, RO Bierregaard, O Duriez, J Figuerola, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1958), 20211603, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
Accounting for differential migration strategies between age groups to monitor raptor population dynamics in the eastern Black Sea flyway WMG Vansteelant, J Wehrmann, D Engelen, J Jansen, B Verhelst, ... Ibis 162, 356-372, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
Adaptive drift and barrier-avoidance by a fly-forage migrant along a climate-driven flyway WMG Vansteelant, L Gangoso, W Bouten, DS Viana, J Figuerola Movement Ecology 9, 37, 2021 | 14 | 2021 |
European honey buzzard Pernis apivorus W Vansteelant, N Agostini Migration strategies of birds of prey in Western Palearctic, 35-48, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
Understanding hunters´ habits and motivations for shooting raptors in the Batumi raptor-migration bottleneck, southwest Georgia A Sandor, J Jansen, WMG Vansteelant Sandgrouse 39 (1), 2-15, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
Barrier crossings and winds shape daily travel schedules and speeds of a flight generalist L Lopez-Ricaurte, WMG Vansteelant, J Hernández-Pliego, ... Scientific Reports 11 (1), 12044, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
Western Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus breeding in nearby areas migrate along comparable loops, but on contrasting schedules in the West African-Eurasian flyway WMG Vansteelant, R Klaassen, R Strandberg, K Janssens, F T’Jollyn, ... Journal of Ornithology 161, 10.1007/s10336-020-01785-6, 2020 | 11* | 2020 |
Spain’s Doñana world heritage site in danger JG Navedo, T Piersma, J Figuerola, W Vansteelant Science 376 (6589), 144-144, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
Age-related timing of Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus migration along detoured and direct flyways N Agostini, L Baghino, WMG Vansteelant, M Panuccio Bird Study 64 (1), 37-44, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
Photographic evidence of a 2nd calendar- year female European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus on autumn migration in the Western Palearctic J Wright, S Cavaillès, WMG Vansteelant Sandgrouse 41, 101-104, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |