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2025-02-17
Close encounters: behavioral responses of migrating songbirds to the perceived risk of predation

Claire E Nemes, Andrea M Lindsay, Lucas W DeGroote, Emily B Cohen, Emilie Snell-Rood

Activity patterns Urban landscapes Behavioral Ecology
2025-01
Genetic relatedness shapes social dynamics in a threatened finch: implications for population assessment

Mara F. Müller, Cameron J. Baker, Sam C. Banks, Mariana A. Campbell, Tara L. Crewe, Mirjam Kaestli, Sydney J. Collett, Ian J. Radford, Hamish A. Campbell

Foray behaviour Social network Animal Behaviour
2024-11-20
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America

Annie Bracey, Fred Strand, Alexis Grinde, Francesca Cuthbert, Ann E. McKellar, David Moore, Elizabeth Craig, Simeon Lisovski

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Site importance Journal of Avian Biology
2024-09
Application of Automated Radio Telemetry to Explore Space Use of Golden-cheeked Warblers (Setophaga chrysoparia)

Michael Gamble

Foray behaviour Home range and territory -
2024-06
Why do juvenile Wood Thrushes make long-distance pre-migratory movements across a fragmented landscape?

Sue Hayes, Brendan Boyd, Bridget Stutchbury

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Ecological barrier Post-fledging latency Site fidelity Survival Journal of Field Ornithology
2024-05
Habitat use of Henslow’s Sparrows (Centronyx henslowii) in Southern Ohio

Gabriella A. Lindsey

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Home range and territory Site importance -
2024-04-30
Mapping seasonal migration in a songbird hybrid zone -- heritability, genetic correlations, and genomic patterns linked to speciation

Hannah C. Justen, Wendy E. Easton, Kira E. Delmore

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Flight orientation Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-04-23
Ecological drivers of songbird stopover behaviour during migration in eastern New Brunswick

Andrew T. Beauchamp

Activity patterns Departure decisions Displacement Flight orientation Migratory physiology Stopover duration Weather -
2024-03-16
Pre-migration behaviour and survival of juvenile Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) in a fragmented forest landscape

Susan Mary Hayes

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Site fidelity Survival -
2024-03-01
Early parental nest initiation carries over to the departure date and quality of fledglings from the breeding grounds in the Purple Martin

H. M. Williams, E. E. DeLeon, R. L. DeLeon

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Home range and territory Post-fledging latency Journal of Ornithology
2024-03
Bank and Barn Swallow Movement and Roost Site Use Patterns in Eastern New Brunswick

Sarah Fensore

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Colony attendance Foray behaviour -
2024
The Effects of Supplementary Bird Feeding on Space Use of Backyard Birds in San Antonio, Texas

Lauren Granger

Activity patterns Site importance -
2024
Antipredator Nest-Defense Behaviour and Post-Breeding Migration of Two Poorly Understood Subarctic Breeding Shorebirds, the Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus hendersoni) and the Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Olivia R. Maillet

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Flight orientation Flight speed Stopover duration -
2024
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Invasive Mammals in a Wetland Environment: Trialling an Automated Radio Telemetry System to Track Rattus spp.

Ellen Carlyon

Activity patterns -
2024
Understanding the spring migration ecology of sora and virginia rail in central illinois: a study utilizing automated telemetry

Chad A. Cremer

Activity patterns Departure decisions Site importance Stopover duration Weather -
2023-11-10
Differential Migration Timing and the Form and Function of Avian Wings

Jessica E. Deakin

Migration strategy Activity patterns Body condition Departure decisions Departure preparation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Stopover duration -
2023-10-13
Natal forest fragment size does not predict fledgling, pre-migration or apparent annual survival in Wood Thrushes

Sue M Hayes, Brendan P Boyd, Alexandra M Israel, Bridget J M Stutchbury

Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Survival Ornithological Applications
2023-10-03
Insights from attempts to track movement of Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) fledglings in the southern Gulf of Mexico with automated telemetry and band resighting

Kara L. Lefevre, Elizabeth Forys, Adam DiNuovo, Adam D. Smith

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Displacement Post-fledging latency Journal of Caribbean Ornithology
2023-06-14
Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast

Michael C. True, Katherine M. Gorman, Hila Taylor, Richard J. Reynolds, W. Mark Ford

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Departure decisions Ecological barrier Individual path choice Industrial development Weather Movement Ecology
2023-05-24
Post-breeding survival of adult and hatch-year Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) in the Great Lakes region: a radio telemetry study

Christian M.M Buchanan-Fraser

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Migratory phenology Post-fledging latency Survival -
2023-03
Nestling diet, quality, and post-fledging survival: Comparing two species of aerial insectivores in a gradient of agricultural intensity in Saskatchewan, Canada

Ana Maria Diaz Bohorquez

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Survival -
2023-01-01
Relationship between bats and prairie-dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies in Western Kansas

Mario Rodriguez

Activity patterns -
2023
Are offshore wind farms in the Netherlands a potential threat for coastal populations of noctule?

Sander Lagerveld, Kees Mostert

Activity patterns Individual path choice Industrial development Lutra
2023
Post-breeding ecology in the Prothonotary Warbler: Evaluating trade-offs between breeding, molt, and migration phenology

Brian Robert Tsuru

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Carry-over effects Departure decisions Migratory phenology -
2023
Moving the goalposts: migratory birds in a changing world

Claire E. Nemes

Activity patterns Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory speed Urban landscapes -
2023
British Islands Bats

Bat Conservation Trust

Activity patterns Ecological barrier Flight speed Individual path choice -
2022-11-17
Using the Motus System to Track Post-Breeding Dispersal of American Kestrels Nesting in Minnesota, USA

Mark S. Martell, Althea A. Archer, Amber Burnette, Mary Lee, Frank Nicoletti, Kristin A. L. Hall

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Individual path choice Post-fledging latency Journal of Raptor Research
2022-08-23
Investigating the plasticity of migration timing and roost behaviours to environmental variability and parental care in a colonial songbird

Christophe Turcotte-van de Rydt

Activity patterns Colony attendance Flight speed Weather -
2022-04-08
Reduced diurnal activity and increased stopover duration by molting Swainson’s Thrushes

Ana Morales, Barbara Frei, Greg W Mitchell, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Kyle H Elliott

Activity patterns Departure decisions Migratory speed Stopover duration Survival Weather Ornithology
2022-02-02
Does hatch date set the clock? Timing of post-fledging movements for families of a colonially breeding, long-distance migratory songbird

Saeedeh Bani Assadi, Emily A. McKinnon, Edward D. Cheskey, Kevin C. Fraser

Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Residence time Journal of Avian Biology
2022-01-31
Insights on post-breeding movements from a northeastern population of Canada Warblers (Cardellina canadensis)

Camille Bégin-Marchand, François Gagnon, Bruno Drolet, Jacques Ibarzabal, Junior Tremblay

Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Individual path choice Migratory speed Residence time Avian Conservation and Ecology
2022-01-25
Effects of Experimental Malaria Infection On Migration of Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata)

Rebecca Howe

Activity patterns Disease Stopover duration -
2022-01-20
Using automated telemetry to identify population connectivity and migration phenology of Snowy Plovers breeding in the Southern Great Plains

Kristen M. Heath-Acre, Clint W. Boal, Daniel P. Collins, Warren C. Conway, William P. Johnson

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Flight speed Migratory connectivity Migratory phenology Site importance Journal of Field Ornithology
2022-01-01
The Contrasting Physiological Mechanisms of Two Distinct Migratory Strategies

Joely DeSimone

Activity patterns Departure decisions Migratory physiology Migratory speed -
2021-12
Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Influencing the Movement and Migratory Behaviors of a Wintering Songbird

Bryant Dossman

Carry-over effects Departure decisions Displacement Foray behaviour Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Survival -
2021-11-15
Exploring the Strategies of First Migration in the Subarctic-Nesting Shorebird, Calidris Alpina Hudsonia

Victor Olek

Biodiversity management Departure decisions Displacement Migratory phenology Site importance -
2021-09
Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota

Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe

Activity patterns Individual path choice Site fidelity Stopover duration Urban landscapes -
2021-03-20
Roost sites of chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) form large-scale spatial networks

Courtney E. le Roux, Joseph J. Nocera

Social network Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Colony attendance Site importance Ecology and Evolution
2021
Linking events across the annual cycle, in a Neotropical migratory songbird of conservation concern, the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)

Elizabeth Ames

Body condition Displacement Migratory phenology Reproductive success Site importance Survival -
2020-11-29
Wandering woodpeckers: foray behavior in a social bird

Sahas Barve, Natasha D. G. Hagemeyer, Russell E. Winter, Samuel D. Chamberlain, Walter D. Koenig, David W. Winkler, Eric L. Walters

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Foray behaviour Ecology
2020-09-15
Evening locomotor activity during stopover differs on pre-departure and departure days in free-living songbirds

Yolanda E. Morbey, Andrew T. Beauchamp, Simon J. Bonner, Greg W. Mitchell

Activity patterns Departure preparation Journal of Avian Biology
2020-08-20
Hidden Long-Distance Movements by a Migratory Bird

Nathan W. Cooper, Peter P. Marra

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Displacement Foray behaviour Site importance Current Biology
2020-08-08
Stopover refueling, movement, and departure decisions in the White-throated Sparrow: the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors during spring migration

Andrew T. Beauchamp, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Yolanda E. Morbey

Activity patterns Departure decisions Displacement Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Stopover duration Journal of Animal Ecology
2020-05-21
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) fledglings use crop habitat more frequently in relation to its availability than pasture and other habitat types

Chloe K. Boynton, Nancy A. Mahony, Tony D. Williams

Agricultural intensification Biodiversity management Post-fledging latency Site importance Survival The Condor
2020-04-22
Intra- and interannual regional fidelity of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) during migratory stopover in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada

Sarah Neima, Diana Hamilton, Cheri Gratto-Trevor, Julie Paquet

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Site fidelity Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
2020-04-01
There's no place like home: tropical overwintering sites may have a fundamental role in shaping migratory strategies

Nicholas J. Bayly, D. Ryan Norris, Philip D. Taylor, Keith A. Hobson, Andrea Morales-Rozo

Migration strategy Displacement Flight orientation Individual path choice Migration range Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Migratory speed Site fidelity Animal Behaviour
2020-01-23
Niche segregation among three sympatric species of swallows in southern Ontario

Kaelyn H. Bumelis

Biodiversity management Displacement Post-fledging latency Site importance -
2019-12-29
Biological and environmental factors related to communal roosting behavior of breeding Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor, Tara Imlay, Marty Leonard

Colony attendance Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
2019-11-17
Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario

Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands

Displacement Individual path choice Industrial development The Canadian Field-Naturalist
2019-10-16
Contrasting patterns of post-fledging movements of two sympatric warbler species with different life-history strategies

Dominic A. Cormier, Philip D. Taylor

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Displacement Ecological barrier Flight orientation Post-fledging latency Journal of Avian Biology
2019-09-03
Tracking landscape-scale movements of Snow Buntings and weather-driven changes in flock composition during the temperate winter

Emily Anne McKinnon, Marie-Pier Laplante, Oliver Love, Kevin C. Fraser, Stuart Mackenzie, François Vézina

Activity patterns Site importance Weather Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2019-04
Tracking Offshore Occurrence of Common Terns, Endangered Roseate Terns, and Threatened Piping Plovers with VHF Arrays

P. H. Loring, P. W. C. Paton, J. D. McLaren, H. Bai, R. Janaswamy, H. F. Goyert, C. R. Griffin, P. R. Sievert

Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Flight altitude Individual path choice Industrial development Weather Sterling (VA): US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. OCS Study BOEM
2018-10-05
The post-fledging survival and movements of juvenile Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): an automated telemetry approach

Dean R. Evans

Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Migratory phenology Post-fledging latency Survival -
2018-08-01
Bat Use of an Island off the Coast of Massachusetts

Zara R. Dowling, Danielle I. O'Dell

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Site importance Northeastern Naturalist
2018-05-14
Post-breeding movements of Swainson’s Thrush in Southern Nova Scotia

Lucas Berrigan

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure preparation Flight navigation Individual path choice Migratory speed -
2018-02
Tracking Migratory Bird Movements in the Gulf of Maine with Automated Radio Telemetry and Stable Hydrogen Isotope Markers

Jennifer Smetzer

Migration strategy Activity patterns Colony attendance Flight orientation Individual path choice Industrial development Site importance Stopover duration -
2018
Multiscale Movements of a Threatened Population of Black-crowned Night-Herons in Lake Erie, Ohio Using Satellite and Automated Telemetry

Laura J. Kearns

Migration strategy Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Post-fledging latency Survival Urban landscapes -
2017-12-20
Postbreeding dispersal and staging of Common and Arctic Terns throughout the western North Atlantic

Pamela Loring, Robert Ronconi, Linda Welch, Philip Taylor, Mark Mallory

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Residence time Site importance Stopover duration Avian Conservation and Ecology
2017-11-20
Testing traditional assumptions about regional migration in bats

Jennifer J. Krauel, Liam P. McGuire, Justin G. Boyles

Migration strategy Activity patterns Flight speed Individual path choice Mammal Research
2017-01-05
Evaluation of sex differences in the stopover behavior and postdeparture movements of wood-warblers

Yolanda E. Morbey, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Philip D. Taylor, Ivan Maggini, Jessica Deakin, Stuart A. Mackenzie, J. Morgan Brown, Lin Zhao, David Stephens

Activity patterns Flight speed Individual path choice Migratory phenology Stopover duration Behavioral Ecology
2016-06
Prevalence of Disjunct Roosting in Nesting Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia)

C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas C. Tozer

Colony attendance Flight distance Flight speed The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2016-03-24
Animal migration: Dispersion explains declines

Richard A. Fuller

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Nature
2015-12-01
Adult and hatch-year blackpoll warblers exhibit radically different regional-scale movements during post-fledging dispersal

J. Morgan Brown, Philip D. Taylor

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Flight distance Individual path choice Migratory phenology Biology Letters
2015-03-03
Breeding ground dispersal and fall migratory movements of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Zoe Crysler

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Migratory phenology Stopover duration -
2014-12-31
Bats on a Budget: Torpor-Assisted Migration Saves Time and Energy

Liam P. McGuire, Kristin A. Jonasson, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Paul A. Bartell

Activity patterns Migratory physiology PLoS ONE
2011-11-03
Landscape movements of migratory birds and bats reveal an expanded scale of stopover

Philip D. Taylor, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Bethany G. Thurber, Anna M. Calvert, Alex M. Mills, Liam P. McGuire, Christopher G. Guglielmo

Activity patterns Flight distance Home range and territory Individual path choice PloS one
2011-09-28
Migratory stopover in the long-distance migrant silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans

Liam P. McGuire, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Migration strategy Activity patterns Departure decisions Departure preparation Stopover duration Journal of Animal Ecology

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