The extraordinary adaptations of birds to contend with atmospheric conditions during their
migratory flights have captivated ecologists for decades. During the 21st century …

Atmospheric currents influence the choice of migratory routes and flight characteristics of
birds as well as their decisions regarding migration onset and stopovers. Among long …

Technological innovations have led to exciting fast-moving developments in science. Today,
we are living in a technology-driven era of biological discovery. Consequently, tracking …

According to migration theory and several empirical studies, long‐distance migrants are
more time‐limited during spring migration and should therefore migrate faster in spring than …

Red Kite shows a great variability in its migration strategies: most individuals in north-
eastern Europe are migrants, but there is also a growing number of sedentary individuals …

Aim Animal movement is an important determinant of individual survival, population
dynamics and ecosystem structure and function. Nonetheless, it is still unclear how local …

Background Migrants have been hypothesised to use different migration strategies between
seasons: a time-minimization strategy during their pre-breeding migration towards the …

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 …

Background Migration phenology is shifting for many long-distance migrants due to global
climate change, however the timing and duration of migration may influence the …

External factors such as geography and weather strongly affect bird migration influencing
daily travel schedules and flight speeds. For strictly thermal-soaring migrants, weather …