Global movement patterns of migratory birds illustrate their fascinating physical and
physiological abilities to cross continents and oceans. During their voyages, most birds land …

Movement, from foraging to migration, is known to be under the influence of the
environment. The translation of environmental cues to individual movement decision making …

Background Songbirds following distinct migration strategies (eg long-vs. short-to medium-
distance migrants) often differ in their speed of migration during autumn and, thus, are …

Faster migration in spring than in autumn seems to be a common pattern in birds. This has
been ultimately explained by seasonally different selection pressures. Variation in migration …

Stopovers comprise a significant proportion of the time that many birds spend migrating, and
researchers have long relied on these events to define and classify broader migratory …

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 …

An estimated 17% of migratory bird species are threatened or near threatened with
extinction. This represents an enormous potential loss of biodiversity and cost to human …

Migration is an energetically taxing phenomenon as animals move across vast,
heterogeneous landscapes where the cost of transport is impacted by permissible ambient …

Background Anthropogenic changes in the climate and environment have globally affected
ecological processes such that the spatiotemporal occurrence of the main annual cycle …

In many animals, catabolic and anabolic periods are temporally separated. Migratory birds
alternate energy expenditure during flight with energy accumulation during stopover. The …