[HTML][HTML] The state of migratory landbirds in the East Asian Flyway: Distributions, threats, and conservation needs

DL Yong, W Heim, SU Chowdhury, CY Choi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With nearly 400 migratory landbird species, the East Asian Flyway is the most diverse of the
world's flyways. This diversity is a consequence of the varied ecological niches provided by …

[HTML][HTML] Species distribution modeling based on MaxEnt to inform biodiversity conservation in the Central Urban Area of Chongqing Municipality

F Wang, X Yuan, Y Sun, Y Liu - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Mainstreaming biodiversity into protection planning and management is of great significance
for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Species potential distribution …

The gateway to Africa: What determines sea crossing performance of a migratory soaring bird at the Strait of Gibraltar?

CD Santos, JP Silva, AR Muñoz… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Large bodies of water represent major obstacles for the migration of soaring birds because
thermal updrafts are absent or weak over water. Soaring birds are known to time their water …

Ontogeny of movement patterns and habitat selection in juvenile albatrosses

CK Frankish, A Manica, TA Clay, AG Wood, RA Phillips - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optimal selection of foraging habitats is key to survival, but it remains unclear how naïve
individuals are able to locate patchily‐distributed resources and maximize energy gain in …

Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere

TD Meehan, SP Saunders, WV DeLuca… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For many avian species, spatial migration patterns remain largely undescribed, especially
across hemispheric extents. Recent advancements in tracking technologies and high …

The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds

E Nourani, G Bohrer, P Becciu… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Flying over the open sea is energetically costly for terrestrial birds. Despite this, over-water
journeys of many birds, sometimes hundreds of kilometres long, are uncovered by bio …

Migration distance affects stopover use but not travel speed: contrasting patterns between long‐and short‐distance migrating ospreys

F Monti, D Grémillet, A Sforzi, JM Dominici… - Journal of Avian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development of migratory behaviour is a continuous process which is not only
determined by genes, but also moulded by individual differences based on life‐history …

Prospects for monitoring bird migration along the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway using weather radar

X Shi, C Hu, J Soderholm, J Chapman… - Remote Sensing in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Each year, billions of birds migrate across the globe, and interpretation of weather radar
signals is increasingly being used to document the spatial and temporal migration patterns …

Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds

E Nourani, WMG Vansteelant, P Byholm… - Biology …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermal soaring birds extract energy from the atmosphere to achieve energetically low-cost
movement. When encountering regions that are energetically costly to fly over, such as open …

[HTML][HTML] Soaring migrants flexibly respond to sea-breeze in a migratory bottleneck: using first derivatives to identify behavioural adjustments over time

P Becciu, D Troupin, L Dinevich, Y Leshem, N Sapir - Movement Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background Millions of birds travel every year between Europe and Africa detouring
ecological barriers and funnelling through migratory corridors where they face variable …