Individually tracked geese follow peaks of temperature acceleration during spring migration

By R. V. Wijk, Andrea Kölzsch, H. Kruckenberg, B. Ebbinge, G. Müskens, B. Nolet. 2012

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Towards a new understanding of migration timing: slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure (2016, methodology): “Regarding spring migration, we have previously shown that white-fronted geese follow the stepwise snow melt and green wave of vegetation growth along their route (van Wijk et al. 2012).”
Phenological matching across hemispheres in a long‐distance migratory bird (2013, background): “…that avian herbivores such as waterfowl follow plant emergence and growth along their spring migration route (Drent et al., 1978; Owen, 1980), and this primary productivity is considered the main force driving migration rates for avian herbivores (Van der Graaf et al., 2006; van Wijk et al., 2012).”
Terrestrial animal tracking as an eye on life and planet (2015, background): “Recent examples include the monitoring of arctic temperatures and vegetation changes during climate change (108) and documenting ocean currents (109), and in the future may allow for the estimation of altitudinal wind profiles based on bird flight parameters.”