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1. Flight Patterns among Eleven Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera

Author:
Scott, James A.
Source:
Ecology 1975 v.56 no.6 pp. 1367-1377
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Lepidoptera; adults; extinction; flight; food plants; habitats; larvae; males; oviposition; population size; rearing; shrubs; trees;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Flights (movements from place to place) were studied in 11 species of Lepidoptera which differed in size, mate—locating behavior, food plants of larvae and adults, oviposition behavior, population size, areal extent of populations, and habitat features possibly limiting flights. and population size were quantified. Mate—locating behavior influences the difference in flights of ♂ ♂ and ♀ ♀; males t ...
DOI:
10.2307/1934703

2. Patterns of Morphology and Ecology in Grassland and Shrubsteppe Bird Populations

Author:
Wiens, John A.; Rotenberry, John T.
Source:
Ecological monographs 1980 v.50 no.3 pp. 287-308
ISSN:
0012-9615
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Geographical Locations; birds; body length; carnivores; diet; ecological differentiation; frequency distribution; grasslands; monogamy; prediction; principal component analysis; semiarid zones; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; territoriality;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... We analyze patterns of morphological variation in a guild of 12 species of grassland/shrubsteppe birds in relation to various theories expressing ecomorphological correlations. Variability in morphology over the six geographic locations sampled was moderate for most species, but several morphological traits exhibited significant variation between years at given locations. Sexual variation (dimorph ...
DOI:
10.2307/2937253

3. Wing polymorphism in Japanese and foreign strains of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens

Author:
Iwanaga, Kyoko; Nakasuji, Fusao; Toja, Sumio
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 1987 v.43 no.1 pp. 3-10
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Nilaparvata lugens; coasts; females; immigration; laboratory experimentation; nymphs; population density; China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Philippines; South Asia; Taiwan;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Great variations in nymphal density and wing-form relationships occur in field populations of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Homoptera: Delphacidae). When tested under uniform laboratory conditions, half of the female populations collected from 20 locations in Japan exhibited higher ratios of macropters with increasing nymphal density, but one quarter were macropterous over broa ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.1987.tb02194.x

4. Wing polymorphism in Japanese and foreign strains of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens

Author:
Iwanaga, Kyoko; Nakasuji, Fusao; Toja, Sumio
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 1987 v.43 no.2 pp. 3-10
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Nilaparvata lugens; coasts; females; immigration; laboratory experimentation; China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Philippines; South Asia; Taiwan;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Great variations in nymphal density and wing-form relationships occur in field populations of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Homoptera: Delphacidae). When tested under uniform laboratory conditions, half of the female populations collected from 20 locations in Japan exhibited higher ratios of macropters with increasing nymphal density, but one quarter were macropterous over broa ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.1987.tb01038.x

5. Responses in flight to selection on wing length in non-migratory milkweed bugs, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Author:
Dingle, Hugh; Evans, Kenneth E.
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 1987 v.45 no.3 pp. 289-296
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Oncopeltus fasciatus; fecundity; genetic correlation; insect flight; migratory behavior; wings; Iowa; Puerto Rico;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... A sample of nonmigratory Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) from Puerto Rico was subjected to bi-directional selection for wing length for 20 generations. Response to selection was strong in both directions. In the 8th and 14th generations samples were drawn from the selected lines and tested for tethered flight. There was little flight observed and no correlation between wing le ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.1987.tb01097.x

6. Density‐Related Dispersal in Planthoppers: Effects of Interspecific Crowding

Author:
Denno, Robert F.; Roderick, George K.
Source:
Ecology 1992 v.73 no.4 pp. 1323-1334
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Fulgoroidea; body size; females; habitats; insects; interspecific competition; migratory behavior; morphs; population growth; survival rate; sympatry; wings;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... In dense populations, most planthoppers (Homoptera:Delphacidae) produce fully winged migratory forms that can escape to new habitats. Under less crowded conditions, flightless morphs with reduced wings result. For two sympatric species, Prokelisia marginata and Prokelisia dolus, interspecific crowding was found to be as strong a stimulus for the production of migrants as intraspecific crowding. Th ...
DOI:
10.2307/1940679

7. Macrotidal estuaries: a region of collision between migratory marine animals and tidal power development

Author:
Dadswell, M. J.; Rulifson, R. A.
Source:
Biological journal of the Linnean Society 1994 v.51 no.1/2 pp. 93-113
ISSN:
0024-4066
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Alosa sapidissima; Morone saxatilis; Salmo salar; coasts; estuaries; herring; life history; mortality; seals; shad; sharks; squid; sturgeon; surveys; turbines; water currents; water power; whales; Alaska; Florida; United Kingdom;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Macrotidal estuaries of the inner Bay of Fundy are utilized by large numbers of migratory fishes, particularly dogfish, sturgeon, herring, shad, Atlantic salmon and striped bass as well as by other migratory marine animals, many of which have large body sizes (squid, Lamnid sharks, seals and whales). Tagging experiments indicate the fishes originate from stocks derived over the entire North Americ ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1095-8312.1994.tb00947.x

8. Present state and perspectives for the southern Brazil shelf demersal fisheries

Author:
Cowx, I. G.; O'Grady, K. T.; HAIMOVICI, M.
Source:
Fisheries management and ecology 1998 v.5 no.4 pp. 277-289
ISSN:
0969-997X
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Cynoscion guatucupa; Macrodon ancylodon; Micropogonias furnieri; Pagrus pagrus; Paralichthys patagonicus; Pogonias cromis; Rhinobatos; Umbrina; crabs; demersal fish; fisheries; gillnets; life history; population dynamics; shrimp; traps; trawl nets; winter; Argentina; Brazil; Uruguay;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... The demersal fish stocks in southern Brazil were assessed from landings and catchper‐unit effort data trends between 1975 and 1994, available information on the life history patterns, and population dynamics of the most important species. The fishing gears, mostly otter and pair bottom trawls in the 1970s, diversified towards double‐rig trawls for fish and shrimp and bottom gill nets in the mid 19 ...
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2400.1998.540277.x

9. A phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of moult strategies in Western Palearctic warblers (Aves: Sylviidae)

Author:
Svensson, Erik; Hedenström, Anders
Source:
Biological journal of the Linnean Society 1999 v.67 no.2 pp. 263-276
ISSN:
0024-4066
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Sylviidae; adults; birds; breeding; breeding sites; feathers; migratory behavior; molting; phylogeny; summer; winter;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Adult birds replace their flight feathers (moult) at least once per year, either in summer after termination of breeding or (in the case of some long-distance migratory species) in the winter quarters. We reconstructed the evolutionary pathways leading to summer and winter moult using recently published molecular phylogenetic information on the relationships of the Western Palearctic warblers (Ave ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1095-8312.1999.tb01864.x

10. The distribution, abundance and vulnerability to population reduction of a nomadic nectarivore, the Grey-headed Flying-fox <i>Pteropus poliocephalus</i> in New South Wales, during a period of resource concentration

Author:
Eby, Peggy; Richards, Greg; Collins, Linda; Parry-Jones, Kerryn
Source:
The Australian zoologist 1999 v.31 no.1 pp. 240-253
ISSN:
0067-2238
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Pteropus alecto; Pteropus poliocephalus; animals; at-risk population; coasts; conservation status; flowering; habitats; human population; nectar; nectar feeding; population dynamics; vegetation; New South Wales;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus has an expansive range. However, the species actually occupies a relatively restricted and continuously changing habitat area, which is primarily defined by irregular patterns of nectar availability. A synchronous count of Greyheaded Flying-foxes in New South Wales taken in July 1988 described the distribution and abundance of the species du ...
DOI:
10.7882/AZ.1999.024

11. Hydrologic connectivity and the management of biological reserves: a global perspective

Author:
Pringle, Catherine M.
Source:
Ecological applications 2001 v.11 no.4 pp. 981-998
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; aquifers; atmospheric deposition; climate change; energy; groundwater extraction; habitats; humans; hydrologic cycle; introduced species; landscapes; pollution; terrestrial ecosystems; toxicity; watersheds; wildlife; wind;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Increasingly, biological reserves throughout the world are threatened by cumulative alterations in hydrologic connectivity within the greater landscape. Hydrologic connectivity is used here in an ecological sense to refer to water‐mediated transfer of matter, energy, and/or organisms within or between elements of the hydrologic cycle. Obvious human influences that alter this property include dams, ...

12. Spatial autocorrelation and local disappearances in wintering north american birds

Author:
Koenig, Walter D.
Source:
Ecology 2001 v.82 no.9 pp. 2636-2644
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; autocorrelation; birds; environmental factors; extinction; food chain; interspecific variation; monitoring; population dynamics; population size; winter;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... I examined the degree to which population sizes of North American wintering birds exhibit spatial synchrony (autocorrelation) and local disappearances based on 30 yr of Christmas Bird Counts. The primary goal of these analyses was to determine whether processes expected in metapopulations, including low spatial synchrony, frequent local disappearances, and colonization leading to population rescue ...
DOI:
10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2636:SAALDI]2.0.CO;2

13. Sonoran desert columnar cacti and the evolution of generalized pollination systems

Author:
Fleming, Theodore H.; Sahley, Catherine T.; Holland, J. Nathaniel; Nason, John D.; Hamrick, J. L.
Source:
Ecological monographs 2001 v.71 no.4 pp. 511-530
ISSN:
0012-9615
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Carnegiea gigantea; Chiroptera; Pachycereus pringlei; Pachycereus schottii; Stenocereus thurberi; additive effect; cacti and succulents; evolution; females; flowering; flowers; fruit set; fruits; geographical variation; habitats; honey bees; hummingbirds; migratory behavior; moths; mutualism; nectar; phenology; pollen; pollination; pollinators; rain; seed set; seeds; spatial variation; spring; temperature; temporal variation; Arizona; Mexico; Sonoran Desert;     Show all 36 Subjects
Abstract:
... We studied variation in flowering phenology, fruit and seed set, and the abundance of the pollinators of four species of night‐blooming Sonoran Desert columnar cacti for up to eight years at one site in Mexico and one year at one site in Arizona. We determined how spatiotemporal variation in plant–pollinator interactions affects the evolution of generalized pollination systems. We conducted pollin ...
DOI:
10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0511:SDCCAT]2.0.CO;2

14. Use of a Bridge for Day Roosting by the Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus

Author:
Hendricks, Paul; Johnson, Joseph; Lenard, Susan; Currier, Coburn
Source:
Canadian field-naturalist 2005 v.119 no.1 pp. 132-133
ISSN:
0008-3550
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Lasiurus cinereus; culverts; females; habitats; leaves; roosting behavior; surveys; trees; Montana;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) is a migratory species with the widest distribution of all New World bats. It is a solitary species that roosts during the day and night primarily among tree foliage. During a survey of 130 highway structures (bridges and culverts) in south central Montana for evidence of use by bats, we discovered a female Hoary Bat with young in mid July 2003 using a wooden b ...
DOI:
10.22621/cfn.v119i1.92

15. Evidence for bias in estimates of local genetic structure due to sampling scheme

Author:
Latch, E.K.; Rhodes, O.E. Jr..
Source:
Animal conservation 2006 v.9 no.3 pp. 308-315
ISSN:
1367-9430
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; adults; allozymes; flocks; genetic techniques and protocols; geographical distribution; microsatellite repeats; social structure; spring; turkeys;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Traditional population genetic analyses typically seek to characterize the genetic substructure caused by the nonrandom distribution of individuals. However, the genetic structuring of adult populations often does not remain constant over time, and may vary relative to season or life-history stages. Estimates of genetic structure may be biased if samples are collected at a single point in time, an ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00037.x

16. Determinants of local extinction and turnover rates in urban bird communities

Author:
Husté, Aurélie; Boulinier, Thierry
Source:
Ecological applications 2007 v.17 no.1 pp. 168-180
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; animal communities; biodiversity conservation; birds; breeding; data collection; extinction; habitat fragmentation; habitats; humans; landscapes; migratory behavior; probability; sedentary species; species diversity; suburban areas; temporal variation; urban areas; urbanization; wildlife; France;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... Studying the effects of urbanization on the dynamics of communities has become a priority for biodiversity conservation. The consequences of urbanization are mainly an increased fragmentation of the original landscapes associated with a decrease in the amount of favorable habitats and an increased pressure of human activities on the remaining patches suitable for wildlife. Patterns of bird species ...

17. Temporal variation in detection of marsh birds during broadcast of conspecific calls

Author:
Rehm, Evan M.; Baldassarre, Guy A.
Source:
Journal of field ornithology 2007 v.78 no.1 pp. 56-63
ISSN:
0273-8570
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Botaurus lentiginosus; Ixobrychus exilis; Podiceps; Podilymbus; Rallus limicola; geographical variation; marshes; monitoring; population dynamics; surveys; temporal variation; water birds; New York; Virginia;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... The decline in populations of several species of marsh birds in North America has prompted development of a monitoring protocol that involves the broadcast of conspecific calls to enhance detection of these secretive species. However, with a standardized protocol, temporal (seasonal) and geographic variation in responses to the broadcast of calls could lead to inadequate monitoring of migratory sp ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00085.x

18. When are historical data sufficient for making watershed-level stream fish management and conservation decisions

Author:
Smith, Katherine L.; Jones, Michael L.
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2007 v.135 no.1-3 pp. 291-311
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; data collection; fish; game animals; habitats; hydrology; introduced species; managers; species diversity; surveys; watersheds; Great Lakes;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Addressing landscape-level threats to stream fishes such as habitat and hydrological alterations requires adequate watershed-level species inventories. Where watershed-level ichthyofaunal surveys are prohibitively expensive, existing (historical) data sources may provide an option for compiling species lists. However, it is critical that managers consider potential biases or limitations of species ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-007-9650-1

19. Airspeed adjustment and lipid reserves in migratory Neotropical butterflies

Author:
Dudley, R.; Srygley, R.B.
Source:
Functional ecology 2008 v.22 no.2 pp. 264-270
ISSN:
0269-8463
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Nymphalidae; Pieridae; butterflies; chloroform; energy; flight; gender; lipid content; lipids; methanol; prediction; tropics; wet season; wind; Panama;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... 1. Aerodynamic theory predicts that migrant fliers should reduce their speed of flight as endogenous energy reserves are gradually consumed. This prediction was tested for butterfly species (Pieridae and Nymphalidae) that engage in annual rainy season migrations through central Panama. 2. Direct airspeed measurements were made on butterflies in natural free flight, followed by chloroform : methano ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01364.x

20. Migratory crustaceans as biomonitors of metal pollution in their nursery areas. The Lesina lagoon (SE Italy) as a case study

Author:
D'Adamo, R.; Di Stasio, M.; Fabbrocini, A.; Petitto, F.; Roselli, L.; Volpe, M. G.
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2008 v.143 no.1-3 pp. 15-24
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
migratory species,   etc   ; Crustacea; cadmium; case studies; chromium; coasts; copper; environmental quality; exoskeleton; heavy metals; juveniles; lead; manganese; muscles; pollution; sediments; shrimp; zinc; Italy;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Lesina lagoon is located on the southern Adriatic coast of Italy; many marine species, such as the shrimp M. kerathurus, use the Lesina lagoon as a nursery, spending their initial growth phase there. In order to assess the usefulness of migratory species as biomonitors of the environmental quality of this nursery area, we evaluated the metal content of the M. kerathurus juveniles at the end of ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-007-9944-3