Global movement patterns of migratory birds illustrate their fascinating physical and
physiological abilities to cross continents and oceans. During their voyages, most birds land …

Using optimality perspectives is now regarded as an essential way of analysing and
understanding adaptations and behavioural strategies in bird migration. Optimization …

Recent shifts in phenology in response to climate change are well established but often
poorly understood. Many animals integrate climate change across a spatially and temporally …

Mountain ranges, deserts, ice fields and oceans generally act as barriers to the movement of
land-dependent animals, often profoundly shaping migration routes. We used satellite …

Decades of research demonstrate that roads impact wildlife and suggest traffic noise as a
primary cause of population declines near roads. We created a “phantom road” using an …

Propagule dispersal beyond local scales has been considered rare and unpredictable.
However, for many plants, invertebrates, and microbes dispersed by birds, long-distance …

Birds that migrate long distances use stopover sites to optimize fuel loads and complete
migration as quickly as possible. Stopover use has been predicted to facilitate a time …

How animals refine migratory behavior over their lifetime (ie, the ontogeny of migration) is an
enduring question with important implications for predicting the adaptive capacity of …

Long-distance migratory organisms are under strong selection to migrate quickly. Stopovers
demand more time than flying and are used by individuals to refuel during migration, but the …

There are wide reports of advances in the timing of spring migration of birds over time and in
relation to rising temperatures, though phenological responses vary substantially within and …