Abstract The Pacific Basin, by virtue of its vastness and its complex aeroscape, provides
unique opportunities to address questions about the behavioral and physiological …

A robust understanding of the mechanisms driving demographic change in wild animal
populations is fundamental to the delivery of effective conservation interventions …

Climate change in the Arctic is leading to earlier summers, creating a phenological
mismatch between the hatching of insectivorous birds and the availability of their …

The strength of indirect biotic interactions is difficult to quantify in the wild and can alter
community composition. To investigate whether the presence of a prey species affects the …

The largest aggregation of spawning American horseshoe crabs in the world occurs in
Delaware Bay and supports one of the largest concentrations of shorebirds in the western …

Polar systems of avian migration remain unpredictable. For seabirds nesting in the Nearctic,
it is often difficult to predict which of the world's oceans birds will migrate to after breeding …

Determining the dynamics of where and when individuals occur is necessary to understand
population declines and identify critical areas for populations of conservation concern …

Background Age at maturity and the timing of first breeding are important life history traits.
Most small shorebird species mature and breed as 'yearlings', but have lower reproductive …

Warming sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are altering the biological structure of intertidal
wetlands at a global scale, with potentially serious physiological and demographic …

Information about population sizes, trends, and habitat use is key for species conservation
and management. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis (BBSA) is a long …