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Short- and long-distance avian migrants differ in exercise endurance but not aerobic capacity

BMC Zoology, 2022
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, Tamara Emmenegger, Sara Riello, Lorenzo Serra, Fernando Spina, William A. Buttemer, Silke Bauer   +6 more
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Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long‐distance migratory passerine

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
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, Staffan Bensch, Steffen Hahn, Dmitry Kishkinev, Petr Procházka, Pavel Zehtindjiev, Silke Bauer   +6 more
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Sexual dimorphism in adult Little Stints (Calidris minuta) revealed by DNA sexing and discriminant analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
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, Magdalena Remisiewicz, Joel Avni, Les G. Underhill   +3 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]

PeerJ, 2020
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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Baseline and Stress-Induced Plasma Corticosterone during Long-Distance Migration in the Bar-Tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica [PDF]

, 2002
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,, Landys-Ciannelli, Mėta M.,, Piersma, Theunis,, Ramenofsky, Marilyn,, Wijker, Arnold,, Wingfield, John C.,   +5 more
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Distribution and Numbers of Three Globally Threatened Waterbird Species Wintering in Morocco: The Common Pochard, Marbled Teal, and White-Headed Duck

International Journal of Zoology, 2021
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, Mohamed Dakki, Mohammed-Aziz El Agbani, Abdeljebbar Qninba, R’himou El Hamoumi   +4 more
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Miniaturized multi-sensor loggers provide new insight into year-round flight behaviour of small trans-Sahara avian migrants

Movement Ecology, 2018
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, Silke Bauer, Kiran L. Dhanjal-Adams, Tamara Emmenegger, Pavel Zehtindjiev, Steffen Hahn   +5 more
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Matching times of leading and following suggest cooperation through direct reciprocity during V-formation flight in ibis [PDF]

, 2015
One conspicuous feature of several larger bird species is their annual migration in V-shaped or echelon formation. When birds are flying in these formations, energy savings can be achieved by using the aerodynamic up-wash produced by the preceding bird ...
Alan M. Wilson, Andersson, Bairlein, Bernhard Voelkl, Cutts, Fish, Hainsworth, James R. Usherwood, Johannes Fritz, Mantel, Markus Unsöld, Steven J. Portugal   +11 more
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Linking migratory performance to breeding phenology and productivity in an Afro-Palearctic long-distance migrant

Scientific Reports, 2021
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, Steffen Hahn, Pedro M. Araújo, Kiran L. Dhanjal-Adams, Afonso D. Rocha, José A. Alves   +5 more
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Large-Scale Climatic Patterns Have Stronger Carry-Over Effects than Local Temperatures on Spring Phenology of Long-Distance Passerine Migrants between Europe and Africa

Animals, 2022
Earlier springs in temperate regions since the 1980s, attributed to climate change, are thought to influence the earlier arrival of long-distance migrant passerines.
Magdalena Remisiewicz, Les G. Underhill
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