Aim Migratory animals regularly move between often distant breeding and non‐breeding
ranges. Knowledge about how these ranges are linked by movements of individuals from …

Background Weather can have both delayed and immediate impacts on animal populations,
and species have evolved behavioral adaptions to respond to weather conditions. Weather …

Aim Seasonal migration is a common strategy used by terrestrial birds that breed in
temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Evidence suggests that long‐distance …

The behavioral decisions of migratory songbirds during migration stopovers can markedly
influence the pace, efficiency, and success of migration. An individual's fuel stores are …

Migratory birds may need to cross barriers such as seas, without opportunities to rest or
refuel. Waterbirds, unlike land birds, can stop at sea to rest or wait for better winds and thus …

For migratory animals, events at one stage of the annual cycle can produce constraints or
benefits that carry over to subsequent stages. Differing life-history strategies among …

Background The spatiotemporal organization of migratory routes of long-distance migrants
results from trade-offs between minimizing the journey length and en route risk of migration …

Background Birds that forage while covering distance during migration should adjust
traveling behaviors as the availability of foraging habitat changes. Particularly, the behavior …

Bird migration entails replenishing fuel stores at stopover sites. There, individuals make
daily decisions whether to resume migration, and must also decide their time of departure …

Departure decisions of songbirds at ecological barriers they encounter en route can strongly
influence time, energy and survival costs of migration. To date, most field studies of …