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1. A generalizable energetics‐based model of avian migration to facilitate continental‐scale waterbird conservation

Author:
Lonsdorf, Eric V.; Thogmartin, Wayne E.; Jacobi, Sarah; Aagaard, Kevin; Coppen, Jorge; Davis, Amélie; Fox, Timothy; Heglund, Patricia; Johnson, Rex; Jones, Malcolm T.; Kenow, Kevin; Lyons, James E.; Luke, Kirsten; Still, Shannon; Tavernia, Brian
Source:
Ecological applications 2016 v.26 no.4 pp. 1136-1153
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Anas platyrhynchos; alluvial plains; autumn; breeding; coasts; decision making; energy; flight; habitats; landscapes; mechanistic models; migratory behavior; monitoring; piedmont; spring; stopover sites; survival rate; water birds; wetlands; wintering grounds; Chesapeake Bay; Massachusetts; Mississippi; Mississippi River; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ontario; South Carolina;     Show all 29 Subjects
Abstract:
... Conserving migratory birds is made especially difficult because of movement among spatially disparate locations across the annual cycle. In light of challenges presented by the scale and ecology of migratory birds, successful conservation requires integrating objectives, management, and monitoring across scales, from local management units to ecoregional and flyway administrative boundaries. We pr ...
DOI:
10.1890/14-1947

2. Apparent resilience of a declining Afro‐Palaearctic migrant to forest loss on the wintering grounds

Author:
Mallord, John W.; Orsman, Christopher J.; Roberts, Japheth T.; Boafo, Kwame; Skeen, Roger Q.; Sheehan, Danaë K.; Vickery, Juliet A.
Source:
TheIbis 2018 v.160 no.4 pp. 805-815
ISSN:
0019-1019
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Phylloscopus sibilatrix; agricultural land; arable soils; forests; habitat preferences; habitats; land cover; probability; trees; wintering grounds; Ghana;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Populations of long‐distance migrant birds are declining but it is unknown what role land cover change in non‐breeding areas may be playing in this process. Using compositional analysis, we assessed habitat selection by one such migrant, the Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix, at a wintering site in the forest–savannah transition zone in Eastern Region, Ghana. There was a preference for forest, ...
DOI:
10.1111/ibi.12572

3. Are changes in breeding habitat responsible for recent population changes of long-distance migrant birds?

Author:
Mallord, John W.; Smith, Ken W.; Bellamy, Paul E.; Charman, Elisabeth C.; Gregory, Richard D.
Source:
Bird study 2016 v.63 no.2 pp. 250-261
ISSN:
1944-6705
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Anthus; Ficedula hypoleuca; Parulidae; Phylloscopus; breeding; breeding sites; demographic statistics; habitats; highlands; population dynamics; population size; population structure; understory; wintering grounds; woodlands; United Kingdom;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Capsule: The direction and magnitude of changes in structure of UK woodlands since the 1980s, are inconsistent with them playing a causative role in the declines of four migrant bird species in upland oak woods. Aims: To investigate whether changes in woodland structure were a possible cause of population changes of four Afro-Palearctic migrants (Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix , Tree Pipit A ...
DOI:
10.1080/00063657.2016.1182467

4. Body mass change and diet switch tracked by stable isotopes indicate time spent at a stopover site during autumn migration in dunlins Calidris alpina alpina

Author:
Schwemmer, Philipp; Voigt, Christian C.; Corman, Anna‐Marie; Adler, Sven; Garthe, Stefan
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2016 v.47 no.6 pp. 806-814
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Calidris alpina; adults; age structure; autumn; blood; brackish water; carbon; coasts; diet; foraging; habitats; immatures; nitrogen; stable isotopes; statistical models; stopover sites; tundra; wintering grounds; North Sea; Northern European region; Russia;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Birds may change their diet and foraging habitat during or after migration. Dunlins Calidris alpina alpina breed in the tundra of northern Europe and Russia where they feed exclusively on terrestrial prey. However, up to 80% of the flyway population uses the Wadden Sea as their first important staging site on the way to wintering grounds, feeding exclusively on marine prey. Adult birds migrate ear ...
DOI:
10.1111/jav.00873

5. Can long-distance migratory birds adjust to the advancement of spring by shortening migration distance? The response of the pied flycatcher to latitudinal photoperiodic variation

Author:
COPPACK, TIMOTHY; TINDEMANS, ILSE; CZISCH, MICHAEL; VANderLINDEN, ANNEMIE; BERTHOLD, PETER; PULIDO, FRANCISCO
Source:
Global change biology 2008 v.14 no.11 pp. 2516-2522
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Ficedula hypoleuca; climate change; climatic factors; habitats; latitude; migratory behavior; molting; photoperiod; seasonal variation; spring; wintering grounds; Mediterranean region; Sub-Saharan Africa;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Many organisms use day length as a cue for synchronizing their life cycles with seasonal changes in environmental productivity. Under rapid climate change, however, responses to day length may become maladaptive, and photo-responsive organisms may only be able to evade increasingly unsuitable habitats if they can accommodate to a wide range of photoperiodic conditions. A previous experiment showed ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01668.x

6. Cold tolerance, and not earlier arrival on breeding grounds, explains why males winter further north in an Arctic‐breeding songbird

Author:
Macdonald, Christie A.; McKinnon, Emily A.; Gilchrist, H. Grant; Love, Oliver P.
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2016 v.47 no.1 pp. 7-15
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Plectrophenax nivalis; body size; breeding; breeding sites; cold tolerance; data collection; demography; females; flocks; global warming; habitats; males; sex ratio; snow; social dominance; songbirds; spring; temperature; thermoregulation; winter; wintering grounds;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sex biases in distributions of migratory birds during the non‐breeding season are widespread; however, the proximate mechanisms contributing to broad‐scale sex‐ratio variation are not well understood. We analyzed a long‐term winter‐banding dataset in combination with spring migration data from individuals tracked by using geolocators to test three hypotheses for observed variation in sex‐ratios in ...
DOI:
10.1111/jav.00689

7. Community Patterns In Treatment Wetlands, Natural Wetlands, and Croplands In Florida

Author:
Beck, Tyler J.; Gawlik, Dale E.; Pearlstine, Elise V.
Source:
The Wilson journal of ornithology 2013 v.125 no.2 pp. 329-341
ISSN:
1559-4491
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Fulica; breeding; cropland; habitat destruction; habitats; marshes; phosphorus; population dynamics; seasonal variation; species diversity; stormwater management; waterfowl; winter; wintering grounds; Florida;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... In Florida, roughly 18,000 ha of treatment wetlands called Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) have been constructed on agricultural land to reduce phosphorous loads to the Everglades. Little is known about how avian communities in these STAs compare to those present on other similar land types. In 2008–2009, point counts were conducted seasonally in the STAs, nearby croplands, and natural Everglade ...
DOI:
10.1676/12-153.1

8. Connecting Breeding and Wintering Habitats of Migratory Piscivorous Birds: Implications for Tracking Contaminants (Hg) Using Multiple Stable Isotopes

Author:
Ofukany, Amy F. A.; Hobson, Keith A.; Wassenaar, Leonard I.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2012 v.46 no.6 pp. 3263-3272
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Phalacrocorax auritus; aquaculture systems; breeding; carbon; deuterium; ecosystems; freshwater; habitats; lakes; mercury; migratory behavior; models; nitrogen; piscivores; spatial variation; stable isotopes; sulfur; temporal variation; tissues; winter; wintering grounds; North America;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Contaminant concentrations in migratory species are complicated by differential accumulation and elimination among geographically separated biomes. Double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) are used as monitors of Hg in North America; however, migration from northern breeding colonies to southern marine, freshwater, and aquaculture systems exposes individuals to spatiotemporal variations i ...
DOI:
10.1021/es204135s

9. Conserving migration in a changing climate, a case study: The Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia leucorodia

Author:
Bellisario, Bruno
Source:
Biological conservation 2018 v.217 pp. 222-231
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Platalea leucorodia; biodiversity; breeding sites; case studies; climate; climate change; conservation areas; ecological function; habitats; issues and policy; risk; wintering grounds; Mauritania; Netherlands; Senegal; Spain;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Migratory species are fundamental for the long-term maintenance of biodiversity, as well as for the ecological functions they provide. Their current protection, however, lacks a clear understanding of how conservation areas are able to maintain the connectivity of populations in different periods of the migration cycle. Such a problem is even more significant in light of the consequences of climat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.013

10. Conserving migratory land birds in the New World: Do we know enough?

Author:
Faaborg, John; Holmes, Richard T.; Anders, Angela D.; Bildstein, Keith L.; Dugger, Katie M.; Gauthreaux, Sidney A., Jr.; Heglund, Patricia; Hobson, Keith A.; Jahn, Alex E.; Johnson, Douglas H.; Latta, Steven C.; Levey, Douglas J.; Marra, Peter P.; Merkord, Christopher L.; Nol, Erica; Rothstein, Stephen I.; Sherry, Thomas W.; Sillett, T. Scott; Thompson, Frank R., III; Warnock, Nils
Source:
Ecological applications 2010 v.20 no.2 pp. 398-418
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; acid deposition; breeding; breeding season; breeding sites; buildings; climate change; geographical distribution; habitat preferences; habitats; human population; migratory behavior; nutrient reserves; nutrients; population growth; risk; spring; stable isotopes; wind turbines; winter; wintering grounds; woodlands; North America;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Migratory bird needs must be met during four phases of the year: breeding season, fall migration, wintering, and spring migration; thus, management may be needed during all four phases. The bulk of research and management has focused on the breeding season, although several issues remain unsettled, including the spatial extent of habitat influences on fitness and the importance of habitat on the b ...
DOI:
10.1890/09-0397.1

11. Defining the key wintering habitats in the Sahel for declining African-Eurasian migrants using expert assessment

Author:
ATKINSON, PHILIP W.; ADAMS, WILLIAM M.; BROUWER, JOOST; BUCHANAN, GRAEME; CHEKE, ROBERT A.; CRESSWELL, WILL; HEWSON, CHRIS M.; HULME, MARK F.; MANVELL, ADAM; SHEEHAN, DANAË K.; SMALL, ROBERT D. S.; SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM J.; VICKERY, JULIET A.
Source:
Bird conservation international 2014 v.24 no.4 pp. 477-491
ISSN:
1474-0001
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Palearctic region; Sahel; breeding; e-mail; experts; habitats; rain; shrubs; trees; winter; wintering grounds; Western Africa;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Sahel in West Africa is a major wintering area for many western Palearctic migrants. The breeding populations of many of these have declined over the past 50 years. However, there have been few intensive field studies on migrant ecology in the Sahel and these were generally within a very restricted area. Consequently our knowledge of the distribution of species within this extensive area and t ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0959270913000531

12. Effects of landscape structure and temporal habitat dynamics on wintering mallard abundance

Author:
Herbert, John A.; Chakraborty, Avishek; Naylor, Luke W.; Beatty, William S.; Krementz, David G.
Source:
Landscape ecology 2018 v.33 no.8 pp. 1319-1334
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Anas platyrhynchos; aerial surveys; alluvial plains; analytical methods; data collection; environmental factors; fallow; habitat preferences; habitats; landscapes; managers; models; paddies; population distribution; public lands; surface water; waterfowl; weather; wetland conservation; wetlands; wildlife; winter; wintering grounds; Arkansas; Mississippi; Mississippi River;     Show all 27 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Management of wintering waterfowl in North America requires adaptability because constant landscape and environmental change challenges existing management strategies regarding waterfowl habitat use at large spatial scales. Migratory waterfowl including mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) use the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) for wintering habitat, making this an important area of emp ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-018-0671-7

13. Effects of landscape structure, habitat and human disturbance on birds: A case study in East Dongting Lake wetland

Author:
Yuan, Yujie; Zeng, Guangming; Liang, Jie; Li, Xiaodong; Li, Zhongwu; Zhang, Chang; Huang, Lu; Lai, Xu; Lu, Lunhui; Wu, Haipeng; Yu, Xun
Source:
Ecological engineering 2014 v.67 pp. 67-75
ISSN:
0925-8574
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; biodiversity; case studies; environmental factors; habitat preferences; habitats; humans; lakes; landscapes; multivariate analysis; wetlands; wintering grounds;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The study of birds responded to the environmental factors will contribute to the understanding of habitat selection and biodiversity conservation. East Dongting Lake, which is an important wintering habitat and pathway for migratory birds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, was taken as a case study. The aims of this study were to identify: (1) whether there were any relationships between envir ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.012

14. Environmental Influences on Wintering Duck Abundance at Great Salt Lake, Utah

Author:
Roberts, Anthony J.; Conover, Michael R.; Vest, Josh L.
Source:
Western North American naturalist 2016 v.76 no.1 pp. 18-26
ISSN:
1527-0904
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Anas; Bucephala; ambient temperature; breeding; cold; ducks; food availability; foraging; habitats; ice; lakes; latitude; models; overwintering; population size; surveys; waterfowl; weather; winter; wintering grounds; Great Salt Lake; Utah;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... North American waterfowl winter throughout a large geographic area, and the choice of wintering site has a direct impact on survival and fitness. Climatic and food variables are the most commonly cited factors influencing abundance and distribution of wintering migratory birds, including waterfowl. We conducted stratified aerial surveys at a northern latitude wintering site, Great Salt Lake (GSL), ...
DOI:
10.3398/064.076.0104

15. Examining carry‐over effects of winter habitat on breeding phenology and reproductive success in prairie warblers Setophaga discolor

Author:
Akresh, Michael E.; King, David I.; Marra, Peter P.
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2019 v.50 no.4
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; North Atlantic Oscillation; Setophaga discolor; body condition; breeding; breeding season; breeding sites; carbon; claws; environmental factors; erythrocytes; females; habitats; males; nests; phenology; predation; rain; reproductive performance; reproductive success; stable isotopes; winter; wintering grounds; Caribbean; Massachusetts;     Show all 25 Subjects
Abstract:
... Winter habitat quality can influence breeding phenology and reproductive success of migratory birds. Using stable isotope ratios of carbon (δ¹³C) from bird claws and red blood cells collected in Massachusetts, USA, we assessed if winter habitat occupancy carried over to affect prairie warbler Setophaga discolor breeding arrival dates, body condition upon arrival, pairing success, first‐egg dates a ...
DOI:
10.1111/jav.02025

16. Exploring an efficient habitat index for predicting population and abundance of migratory birds in Poyang Lake Wetland, South China

Author:
Zhao, Hongmei; Wang, Yeqiao; Xu, Bing; Chen, Xiaoling; Jiang, Zhiyong
Source:
Acta ecologica Sinica 2018 v.38 no.6 pp. 381-390
ISSN:
1872-2032
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; ambient temperature; basins; biodiversity; habitats; humans; lakes; landscapes; prediction; remote sensing; surveys; watersheds; wetlands; wintering grounds; China;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Poyang Lake wetland is an important wintering habitat of migratory birds with a complexity of coupled nature and human systems. Reported studies suggested that habitat indices were mostly developed based on single-class factors and scale-dependent. Therefore the indices might not be sufficient and applicable to predict regional changes for population and abundance of migratory birds (PMB and AMB) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chnaes.2018.04.004

17. Fine‐scale habitat use during the non‐breeding season suggests that winter habitat does not limit breeding populations of a declining long‐distance Palearctic migrant

Author:
Blackburn, Emma; Cresswell, Will
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2015 v.46 no.6 pp. 622-633
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Palaearctic region; Saxicola rubetra; agricultural land; breeding; corn; crops; foraging; habitat destruction; habitat preferences; habitats; reproductive success; savannas; shrubs; territoriality; winter; wintering grounds; Western Africa;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... For migrant birds, which habitats are suitable during the non‐breeding season influences habitat availability, population resilience to habitat loss, and ultimately survival. Consequently, habitat preferences during winter and whether habitat segregation according to age and sex occurs directly influences migration ecology, survival and breeding success. We tested the fine‐scale habitat preference ...
DOI:
10.1111/jav.00738

18. Habitat segregation by breeding origin in the declining populations of European Robins wintering in southern Iberia

Author:
De La Hera, Iván; Fandos, Guillermo; Fernández‐López, Javier; Onrubia, Alejandro; Pérez‐Rodríguez, Antón; Pérez‐Tris, Javier; Tellería, José Luis
Source:
TheIbis 2018 v.160 no.2 pp. 355-364
ISSN:
0019-1019
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; body size; breeding; deuterium; feathers; habitats; migratory behavior; population dynamics; probability; shrubs; sympatry; winter; wintering grounds; woodlands; Gibraltar; Iberian Peninsula;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Mediterranean woodlands and associated shrub formations of southern Iberia are key habitats for conservation of migratory birds. In some bird species, migratory and sedentary conspecifics meet in these areas during winter, but our understanding of how each population group is distributed over available habitats and the factors that determine their spatial organization are still unclear. This serio ...
DOI:
10.1111/ibi.12549

19. Habitat suitability and the constraints of migration in New World warblers

Author:
Toews, David P. L.
Source:
Journal of avian biology 2017 v.48 no.12 pp. 1614-1623
ISSN:
0908-8857
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Parulidae; boreal forests; breeding; habitats; models; travel; wintering grounds; North America; Rocky Mountain region;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Identifying the factors that influence geographic range limits can illustrate the various ecological, physiological, and evolutionary constraints imposed on a species. The range limits of migratory birds are particularly challenging to study as they occur in disjunct regions at different times of the year, which can impose different constraints. Travel between breeding and wintering regions poses ...
DOI:
10.1111/jav.01157

20. High within‐winter and annual survival rates in a declining Afro‐Palaearctic migratory bird suggest that wintering conditions do not limit populations

Author:
Blackburn, Emma; Cresswell, Will; Downs, Colleen
Source:
Ibis 2016 v.158 no.1 pp. 92-105
ISSN:
0019-1019
Subject:
migratory birds,   etc   ; Saxicola rubetra; breeding; habitats; migratory behavior; population dynamics; survival rate; winter; wintering grounds;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... For migratory birds, it is necessary to estimate annual and overwinter survival rates, identify factors that influence survival, and assess whether survival varies with age and sex if we are to understand population dynamics and thus inform conservation. This study is one of the first to document overwinter and annual survival from the wintering grounds of a declining Afro‐Palaearctic migrant bird ...
DOI:
10.1111/ibi.12319