Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds

H Schmaljohann, C Eikenaar, N Sapir - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global movement patterns of migratory birds illustrate their fascinating physical and
physiological abilities to cross continents and oceans. During their voyages, most birds land …

New frontiers in bird migration research

A Flack, EO Aikens, A Kölzsch, E Nourani, KRS Snell… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Bird migrations are impressive behavioral phenomena, representing complex
spatiotemporal strategies to balance costs of living while maximizing fitness. The field of bird …

Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality

JR Shipley, CW Twining, CC Taff… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
In response to a warming planet with earlier springs, migratory animals are adjusting the
timing of essential life stages. Although these adjustments may be essential for keeping …

Shared morphological consequences of global warming in North American migratory birds

BC Weeks, DE Willard, M Zimova, AA Ellis… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing temperatures associated with climate change are predicted to cause reductions
in body size, a key determinant of animal physiology and ecology. Using a four‐decade …

Migratory strategy drives species-level variation in bird sensitivity to vegetation green-up

C Youngflesh, J Socolar, BR Amaral, A Arab… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Animals and plants are shifting the timing of key life events in response to climate change,
yet despite recent documentation of escalating phenological change, scientists lack a full …

Long-distance migratory birds threatened by multiple independent risks from global change

D Zurell, CH Graham, L Gallien, W Thuiller… - Nature climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Many species migrate long distances annually between their breeding and wintering areas.
Although global change affects both ranges, impact assessments have generally focused on …

Arctic geese tune migration to a warming climate but still suffer from a phenological mismatch

TK Lameris, HP van der Jeugd, G Eichhorn, AM Dokter… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Climate warming challenges animals to advance their timing of reproduction [1], but many
animals appear to be unable to advance at the same rate as their food species [2, 3]. As a …

Ontogenetic shifts from social to experiential learning drive avian migration timing

B Abrahms, CS Teitelbaum, T Mueller… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Migrating animals may benefit from social or experiential learning, yet whether and how
these learning processes interact or change over time to produce observed migration …

Phenology of the avian spring migratory passage in Europe and North America: Asymmetric advancement in time and increase in duration

A Lehikoinen, A Lindén, M Karlsson, A Andersson… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change has been shown to shift the seasonal timing (ie phenology) and distribution
of species. The phenological effects of climate change on living organisms have often been …

Loss of functional connectivity in migration networks induces population decline in migratory birds

Y Xu, Y Si, Y Wang, Y Zhang, HHT Prins… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory birds rely on a habitat network along their migration routes by temporarily
occupying stopover sites between breeding and non‐breeding grounds. Removal or …