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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.
Yann Rime +8 more
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Short- and long-distance avian migrants differ in exercise endurance but not aerobic capacity
Background Migratory birds differ markedly in their migration strategies, particularly those performing short- versus long-distance migrations. In preparation for migration, all birds undergo physiological and morphological modifications including ...
Steffen Hahn +6 more
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Year-round tracking of small trans-Saharan migrants using light-level geolocators [PDF]
Since 1899 ringing (or banding) remained the most important source of information about migration routes, stopover sites and wintering grounds for birds that are too small to carry satellite-based tracking systems. Despite the large quantity of migrating
Afanasyev, Vsevolod +7 more
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How blood parasite infections influence the migration of hosts remains a lively debated issue as past studies found negative, positive, or no response to infections.
Tamara Emmenegger +6 more
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Climatic variation in Africa and Europe has combined effects on timing of spring migration in a long-distance migrant Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus [PDF]
Background The arrival of many species of migrant passerine in the European spring has shifted earlier over recent decades, attributed to climate change and rising temperatures in Europe and west Africa.
Magdalena Remisiewicz, Les G. Underhill
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Sexual dimorphism in adult Little Stints (Calidris minuta) revealed by DNA sexing and discriminant analysis [PDF]
Background The sex of an individual organism plays such an important role in its life cycle that researchers must know a bird’s sex to interpret key aspects of its biology.
Aleksandra Niemc +3 more
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Morocco plays a key role in the life of many migratory birds and their survival, thanks to the diversity and richness of its ecosystems. The International Waterbird Census (IWC) has been regularly implemented in Morocco since 1983. Thanks to this program,
Asmaâ Ouassou +4 more
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Background Over the past decade, the miniaturisation of animal borne tags such as geolocators and GPS-transmitters has revolutionized our knowledge of the whereabouts of migratory species.
Felix Liechti +5 more
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Baseline and Stress-Induced Plasma Corticosterone during Long-Distance Migration in the Bar-Tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica [PDF]
The specific roles of corticosterone in promotion of avian migration remain unclear even though this glucocorticosteroid is elevated in many migrating bird species.
Jukema, Joop, +5 more
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Understanding the relationship between migratory performance and fitness is crucial for predicting population dynamics of migratory species. In this study, we used geolocators to explore migration performance (speed and duration of migratory movements ...
Joana S. Costa +5 more
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