Birds: blowin’ by the wind?

By Felix Liechti. Journal of Ornithology, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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High juvenile mortality during migration in a declining population of a long-distance migratory raptor (2015, background): “For juveniles on their first autumn migration, unfavourable weather conditions are known to affect flight performance and may lead to mortality (Thorup et al. 2003, Liechti 2006, Strandberg et al. 2009).”
Towards a new understanding of migration timing: slower spring than autumn migration in geese reflects different decision rules for stopover use and departure (2016, background): “Higher speeds have been observed in many bird species that take advantage of favourable winds during migration flight, increasing ground speeds up to double their maximum air speed (Liechti 2006, Alerstam et al. 2007, Safi et al. 2013).”
Obligatory barrier crossing and adaptive fuel management in migratory birds: the case of the Atlantic crossing in Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) (2008, background): “Winds are generally exploited by migrating birds for good reasons (Richardson 1990; Liechti 2006).”
Phenotypic changes in spring arrival: evolution, phenotypic plasticity, effects of weather and condition (2007, background): “The probability of a male remaining unmated increases the later it arrives (Møller 1994, Aebischer et al. 1996, Lozano et al. 1996, Currie et al. 2000, Amrhein et al. 2007, Ely et al. 2007).”
Hemispheric-scale wind selection facilitates bar-tailed godwit circum-migration of the Pacific (2014, background): “…species have shown that migrants can vary their altitude to maximize wind assistance (Dokter et al., 2011; Dokter et al., 2013; Gauthreaux, 1991; Liechti, 2006; Shamoun-Baranes et al., 2006), and recently a black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa, in Europe was tracked as it ascended within 2.5 h…”
Phenotypic response to environmental cues, orientation and migration costs in songbirds flying halfway around the world (2012, background): “…via Movebank (Wikelski & Kays 2011; Kranstauber et al. 2011), along the entire migration route with respect to departure decisions, hypothesizing an importance of temperature andwind (Wikelski et al. 2003; Liechti 2006; Bauer et al. 2008) with possible seasonal differences (Tøttrup et al. 2011).”
Travelling through a warming world: climate change and migratory species. (2009, background): “Alteration of these currents or winds might make journeys easier, but is more likely to increase energy demands and/or deliver individuals to the wrong locations or at the wrong time (Liechti 2006).”
First description of migration and wintering of adult Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus tracked by GPS satellite telemetry (2010, background): “Since the Sahara Desert is an ecological barrier for migratory birds, this would suggest that Egyptian Vultures adjust their migratory behaviour in response to landscape characteristics, accelerating migration speed over unsuitable landscapes (López-López et al. 2009, López-López et al. unpub. data)”
Trans-Sahara migrants select flight altitudes to minimize energy costs rather than water loss (2009, background): “Energy expenditure is affected mainly by wind, air turbulences, and air density (Pennycuick 1989; Kerlinger and Moore 1989; Bruderer et al. 1995; Liechti and Bruderer 1998; Liechti et al. 2000; Green 2003; Hedenström et al. 2005; Liechti 2006), whereas water loss depends on air temperature, oxygen c”