In birds, accumulating energy is far slower than spending energy during flight. During
migration, birds spend, therefore, most of the time at stopover refueling energy used during …

Most songbird migrants travel between their breeding areas and wintering grounds by a
series of nocturnal flights. The exact nocturnal departure time for these flights varies …

The rise of antibiotic resistance demands the acceleration of molecular diversification
strategies to inspire new chemical entities for antibiotic medicines. We report here on the …

Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches
to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of light‐level geolocators …

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 …

In many taxa, the most common form of sex-biased migration timing is protandry—the earlier
arrival of males at breeding areas. Here we test this concept across the annual cycle of long …

Properly timed spring migration enhances reproduction and survival. Climate change
requires organisms to respond to changes such as advanced spring phenology. Pied …

Early arrival at breeding grounds is of prime importance for migrating birds as it is known to
enhance breeding success. Adults, males and higher quality individuals typically arrive …

Background To understand the ecology of long-distance migrant bird species, it is necessary
to study their full annual cycle, including migratory routes and stopovers. This is especially …

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