Abiotic conditions shape spatial and temporal morphological variation in North American birds

C Youngflesh, JF Saracco, RB Siegel… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Quantifying environment–morphology relationships is important not only for understanding
the fundamental processes driving phenotypic diversity within and among species but also …

Multi-sensor geolocators unveil global and local movements in an Alpine-breeding long-distance migrant

Y Rime, R Nussbaumer, M Briedis, MM Sander… - Movement Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Background To understand the ecology of long-distance migrant bird species, it is necessary
to study their full annual cycle, including migratory routes and stopovers. This is especially …

Global positioning with animal‐borne pressure sensors

R Nussbaumer, M Gravey, M Briedis… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, tracking technologies have become more ubiquitous and helped
uncover crucial spatiotemporal relationships in nature. In order to apply these technologies …

High nest failure but better nestling quality for early breeders in an alpine population of Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

MM Sander, S Jähnig, S Lisovski, C Mermillon, R Alba… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is leading to the advancement of spring conditions, resulting in an earlier
snowmelt and green‐up, with highest rates of change in highly seasonal environments …

Time series methods for the analysis of soundscapes and other cyclical ecological data

N Yoh, CL Haley, Z Burivalova - Methods in Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity monitoring has entered an era of 'big data', exemplified by a near‐continuous
collection of sounds, images, chemical and other signals from organisms in diverse …

pamlr: A toolbox for analysing animal behaviour using pressure, acceleration, temperature, magnetic or light data in R

KL Dhanjal‐Adams, AST Willener… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐level geolocators have revolutionised the study of animal behaviour. However, lacking
spatial precision, their usage has been primary targeted towards the analysis of large‐scale …

Highland and lowland forest birds differ in their feather growth rates: a multispecies test in the southwestern Palaearctic

I Hernández‐Téllez, JI Aguirre, I de la Hera, A Onrubia… - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain birds face numerous challenges caused by altitude‐dependent environmental
seasonality. Although elevation gradients may affect bird morphology, migration strategy …

Barometric geolocators can reveal unprecedented details about the migratory ecology of small birds

GS Rhyne, PC Stouffer, M Briedis, R Nussbaumer - Ornithology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Knowing the location of migratory birds throughout their annual cycle is fundamental for
many questions in ornithology. Technological advances have provided several approaches …

Variation in demography and life-history strategies across the range of a declining mountain bird species

AG Barras, S Blache, M Schaub… - Frontiers in ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Species-and population-specific responses to their environment may depend to a large
extent on the spatial variation in life-history traits and in demographic processes of local …

Seasonal migration patterns of Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) facing the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

T Zhao, W Heim, R Nussbaumer, M van Toor… - Movement Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Background Small songbirds respond and adapt to various geographical barriers during
their annual migration. Global flyways reveal the diverse migration strategies in response to …