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Adams, J., and S. Flora. 2010. Correlating seabird movements with ocean winds: linking satellite telemetry with ocean scatterometry. Marine Biology 157: 915-929. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1367-y. Key words: birds, movement models, QuikSCAT satellite, satellite telemetry, SeaWinds scatterometer
Adams, J., C. MacLeod, R. M. Suryan, K. D. Hyrenbach, and J. T. Harvey. 2012. Summer-time use of west coast US National Marine Sanctuaries by migrating sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus). Biological Conservation 156: 105-116. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.032. Key words: ARGOS, birds, California Current, habitat use, Marine Protected Areas, National Marine Sanctuary, satellite PTT telemetry, seabirds, sooty shearwater
Agnew, P., C. Lalas, J. Wright, and S. Dawson. 2013. Effects of attached data-logging devices on little penguins (Eudyptula minor). Marine Biology 160: 2375-2382. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2231-7. Key words: birds, behavior, condition, data logger, GPS, seabirds, telemetry, time-depth recorder
Ainslie B., N. Alexander, N. Johnston, J. Bradley, A. C. Pomeroy, P. L. Jackson, and K. A. Otter. 2013. Predicting spatial patterns of eagle migration using a mesoscale atmospheric model: a case study associated with a mountain-ridge wind development. Int. J. Biometeorol. (online preview). Key words: birds, fluid-flow model, migration flight path, raptors, three-dimensional GIS modeling, vertical velocity field, wind development.
Akesson, S., R. Klaassen, J. Holmgren, J. W. Fox, and A. Hedenstrom. 2012. Migration routes and strategies in a highly aerial migrant, the Common Swift Apus apus, revealed by light-level geolocators. PLoS ONE 7: e41195. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041195. Key words: Apus apus, birds, common swift, light-level geolocator, long-distance migrant
Altshuler, D. L., K. L. Cockle, and W. A. Boyle. 2012. North American ornithology in transition. Biol. Lett. 20120876. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0876. Key words: birds, connectivity, North American Ornithological Conference, NAOC
Alvarado, A. H., T. L. Fuller, and T. B. Smith. 2014. Integrative tracking methods elucidate the evolutionary dynamics of a migratory divide. Ecology and Evolution 4: 3456-3469. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1205. Key words: birds, Catharus guttatus, divergence, hybridization, light-level geolocator, migratory divide;
Alves, J. A., T. G. Gunnarsson, D. B. Hayhow, G. F. Appleton, P. M. Potts, W. J. Sutherland, and J. A. Gill. 2013. Costs, benefits, and fitness consequences of different migratory strategies. Ecology 94: 11-17. DOI: 10.1890/12-0737.1. Key words: birds, carry-over effects, distribution range, energy balance, Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa islandica, migration, population dynamics, seasonal matching, shorebirds, survival, waders.
Ambrosini, R., D. Rubolini, A. P. Moller, L. Bani, J. Clark, Z. Karcza, D. Vangeluwe, C. du Feu, F. Spina, and N. Saino. 2011. Climate change and the long-term northward shift in the African wintering range of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica. Climate Research 49: 131-141. doi: 10.3354/cr01025. Key words: barn swallow, bird banding, bird migration, climate change, connectivity, EURING swallow project, mark-recapture, phenology, wintering range
Angelier, F., C. M. Vleck, R. L. Holberton, and P. P. Marra. 2013. Telomere length, non-breeding habitat and return rate in male American redstarts. Functional Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12041. Key words: American redstart, birds, fitness, habitat, Setophaga ruticilla, survival, telomere dynamics.
Areta, J. I. 2012. Winter Songs Reveal Geographic Origin of Three Migratory Seedeaters (Sporophila spp.) in Southern Neotropical Grasslands. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124: 688-697. doi: 10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.688. Key words: birds, connectivity, diagnostic acoustics, migratory movement, neotropical seedeater, vocal variation
Arizaga, J., E. Unamuno, A. Azkona, M. Laso, and P. Peon. 2014. Moult extent differs between populations of different migratory distances: preliminary insights from Bluethroats, Luscinia svecica. Revista Catalana d’Ornitologia 30:24-29. Key words: autumn migration, birds, bluethroat, carry-over effects, Luscinia svecica, moult strategies, northern Iberia;
Arizaga, J., G. Bota, D. Mazuelas, and P. Vera. 2014. The roles of environmental and geographic variables in explaining the differential wintering distribution of a migratory passerine in southern Europe. Journal of Ornithology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10336-014-1147-4. Key words: birds, Emberiza schoeniclus, farmland, migration pathway, population structure;
Arlt, D., M. Low, and T. Part. 2013. Effect of Geolocators on Migration and Subsequent Breeding Performance of a Long-Distance Passerine Migrant. PLoS ONE 8(12): e82316. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082316. Key words: birds, light-level geolocators, northern wheatear, tagging effects
Arzel, C., J. Elmberg, M. Guillemain, M. Lepley, F. Bosca, P. Legagneux, and J. B. Nogues. 2009. A flyway perspective on food resource abundance in a long-distance migrant, the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca). Journal of Ornithology 150: 61-73. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0318-6. Key words: birds, calorific density, dabbling ducks, flyway, food resource abundance, migratory strategy;

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Babushkina, O., and J. Bojarinova. 2011. Photoperiodically regulated cycle of locomotory activity and fat reserves during migration seasons in the irruptive bird species, the long-tailed tit, Aegithalos c. caudatus. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 169-177. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05149.x. Key words: birds, captive study, irruptive breeding, long-tailed tit, migratory restlessness
Bachler, E., S. Hahn, M. Schaub, R. Arlettaz, L. Jenni, J. W. Fox, V. Afanasyev, F. Liechti. 2010. Year-Round Tracking of Small Trans-Saharan Migrants Using Light-Level Geolocators. PLoS ONE 5: e9566. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009566. Key words: birds, European hoopoe, light-level geolocator, Sahel zone, sub-Saharan Africa, Upupa epops epops
Bairlein, F., D. R. Norris, R. Nagel, M. Bulte, C. C. Voigt, J. W. Fox, D. J. T. Hussell, and H. Schmaljohann. 2012. Cross-hemisphere migration of a 25 g songbird. Biol. Lett. 20111223. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1223. Key words: Africa, birds, light-level geolocator, northern wheatear, stable-hydrogen isotopes
Battley, P. F., N. Warnock, T. L. Tibbitts, R. E. Gill, T. Piersma, C. J. Hassell, D. C. Douglas, D. M. Mulcahy, B. D. Gartrell, R. Schuckard, D. S. Melville, and A. C. Riegen. 2012. Contrasting extreme long-distance migration patterns in bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica. Journal of Avian Biology 43: 21–32. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05473.x. Key words: bar-tailed godwit, birds, Limosa lapponica baueri, Limosa lapponica menzbieri, migration, satellite telemetry
Beason, J. P., C. Gunn, K. M. Potter, R. A. Sparks, and J. W. Fox. 2012. The Northern Black Swift: Migration Path And Wintering Area Revealed. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124:1-8. doi: 10.1676/11-146.1. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, migration, non-breeding
Beason, R. C., J. S. Humphrey, N. E. Myers, and M. L. Avery. 2010. Synchronous monitoring of vulture movements with satellite telemetry and avian radar. Journal of Zoology, 282: 157-162. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00723.x. Key words: birds, black vulture, conservation, flight behavior, platform terminal transmitter, radar tracking, satellite telemetry, turkey vulture;
Beatty, W. S., D. C. Kesler, E. B. Webb, A. H. Raedeke, L. W. Naylor, and D. D. Humburg. 2013. Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Identifying Migration Chronology in a Continental Migrant. PLoS ONE 8(10): e75673. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075673. Key words: birds, migration chronology, satellite telemetry
Bensch, S., M. Grahn, N. Muller, L. Gay, and S. Akesson. 2009. Genetic, morphological, and feather isotope variation of migratory willow warblers show gradual divergence in a ring. Molecular Ecology 18: 3087-3096. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04210.x. Key words: AFLP, birds, evolution, genetics, microsatellites, migration, migratory divide, Phylloscopus trochilus, stable isotopes
Bentzen, R. L., and A. N. Powell. 2015. Dispersal, movements and site fidelity of post-fledging King Eiders Somateria spectabilis and their attendant females. Ibis 157: 133-146. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12217. Key words: birds, juvenile, migration, satellite telemetry, sea duck, subadult, successful breeders, wing moult;
Bessell, P. R., R. A. Robinson, N. Golding, K. R. Searle, I. G. Handel, L. A. Boden, B. V. Purse, and B. M. d. C. Bronsvoort. 2014. Quantifying the Risk of Introduction of West Nile Virus into Great Britain by Migrating Passerine Birds. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12310. Key words: arboviruses, bird migration, Europe, mosquitoes, risk analysis, West Nile virus;
Bicknell, A. W. J., M. E. Knight, D. T. Bilton, M. Campbell, J. B. Reid, J. Newton, and S. C. Votier. 2013. Intercolony movement of pre-breeding seabirds over oceanic scales: implications of cryptic age-classes for conservation and metapopulation dynamics. Diversity and Distributions (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12137. Key words: birds, dispersal, extinction risk, Leach’s storm-petrel, metapopulation, predation, stable isotopes
Block, B. A., I. D. Jonsen, S. J. Jorgensen, A. J. Winship, S. A. Shaffer, S. J. Bograd, E. L. Hazen, D. G. Foley, G. A. Breed, A.-L. Harrison, J. E. Ganong, A. Swithenbank, M. Castleton, H. Dewar, B. R. Mate, G. L. Shillinger, K. M. Schaefer, S. R. Benson, M. J. Weise, R. W. Henry, and D. P. Costa. 2011. Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean. Nature 475: 86–90. doi:10.1038/nature10082. Key words: animal behavior, birds, fisheries, long-distance migration, marine mammals, physiology, organismal biology, environmental science, reptiles, Tagging of Pacific Predators, satellite telemetry
Bodey, T. W., E. J. Ward, R. A. Phillips, R. A. R. McGill, and S. Bearhop. 2013. Species versus Guild Level Differentiation Revealed Across the Annual Cycle by Isotopic Niche Examination. Journal of Animal Ecology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12156/. Key words: birds, character displacement, competition, diet, Procellariform, resource partitioning, seabird, speciation, stable isotopes
Boomer, G. S., G. S. Zimmerman, N. L. Zimpfer, P. R. Garrettson, M. D. Koneff, T. A. Sanders, K. D. Magruder, and J. A. Royle. 2013. Band reporting probabilities for mallards recovered in the United States and Canada. The Journal of Wildlife Management 77: 1059-1066. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.570. Key words: adaptive harvest management, Anas platyrhynchos, birds, mallard, mark-recapture, reporting rates, reward banding
Bortolotti, L. E., R. G. Clark, and L. I. Wassenaar. 2012. Hydrogen isotope variability in prairie wetland systems: implications for studies of migratory connectivity. Ecological Applications 23: 110-121. doi: org/10.1890/12-0232.1. Key words: birds, hydrogen, isotopic turnover, stable isotopes
Bostrom, J. E., T. Fransson, I. Henshaw, S. Jakobsson, C. Kullberg, S. Akesson. 2010. Autumn migratory fuelling: a response to simulated magnetic displacements in juvenile wheatears, Oenanthe oenanthe. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 1725–1732. DOI 10.1007/s00265-010-0985-1. Key words: bird migration, fuelling, geomagnetic cues, magnetic displacement, migration programmes, seasonal interaction, wheatear
Bowlin, M. S., P. Henningsson, F. T. Muijres, R. H. E. Vleugels, F. Liechti, and A. Hedenstrom. 2010. The effects of geolocator drag and weight on the flight ranges of small migrants. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 1:398–402. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00043.x. Key words: attachment methods, birds, light-level geolocator, light logger, migration, radio transmitter, telemetry
Boyle, W. A. 2008. Can variation in risk of nest predation explain altitudinal migration in tropical birds? Oecologia 155: 397-403. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0897-6. Key words: birds, Costa Rica, elevational migration, evolution of migration, tropical rainforest
Bridge, E. S., J. F. Kelly, A. Contina, R. M. Gabrielson, R. B. MacCurdy, and D. W. Winkler. 2013. Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light-level geolocation. Journal of Field Ornithology 84: 121-137. doi: 10.1111/jofo.12011. Key words: animal tracking, birds, data archive light-level geolocator, Passeriformes, migratory songbirds
Bridge, E. S., K. Thorup, M. S. Bowlin, P. B. Chilson, R. H. Diehl, R. W. Fléron, P. Hartl, R. Kays, J. F. Kelly, W. D. Robinson, and M. Wikelski. 2011. Technology on the Move: Recent and Forthcoming Innovations for Tracking Migratory Animals. BioScience 61: 689-698. DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.9.7. Key words: birds, cellular tracking, light-level geolocator, migratory connectivity, radar ornithology, satellite telemetry, tracking technology
Brown, V. L., J. M. Drake, D. E. Stallknecht, J. D. Brown, K. Pedersen, and P. Rohani. 2012. Dissecting a wildlife disease hotspot: the impact of multiple host species, environmental transmission and seasonality in migration, breeding and mortality. J. R. Soc. Interface 10: 79. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0804. Key words: avian influenza, birds, Delaware Bay, disease hotspot, environmental transmission, multi-host mathematical model
Brydegaard, M., P. Lundin, Z. Guan, A. Runemark, S. Akesson, and S. Svanberg. 2010. Feasibility study: fluorescence lidar for remote bird classification. Applied Optics 49: 4531-4544. doi: 10.1364/AO.49.004531. Key words: birds, fluorescence lidar, in-flight lidar identification, night migration, radar, remote sensing
Buehler, D. M, and T. Piersma. 2008. Travelling on a budget: predictions and ecological evidence for bottlenecks in the annual cycle of long-distance migrants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363: 247-266. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2138. Key words: annual cycle, birds, Calidris canutus, migration, molt, plumage, red knot
Buler, J. J., and D. K. Dawson. 2012. Radar Analysis of Fall Bird Migration Stopover Sites in the Northeastern U.S. Final Report to the U.S. Geological Survey. Laurel, MD. Key words: birds, radar
Buler, J. J., L. A. Randall, J. P. Fleskes, W. C. Barrow, T. Bogart, and D. Kluver. 2012. Mapping wintering waterfowl distributions using weather surveillance radar. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41571. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041571. Key words: birds, radar
Buler, J. J., and R. H. Diehl. 2009. Quantifying bird density during migratory stopover using weather surveillance radar. IEEE Transcations on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 47: 2741-2751. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2014463. Key words: algorithms, animals, birds, correlation, Doppler radar, radar data processing, refractivity
Bulte, M., and F. Bairlein. 2013. Endogenous control of migratory behavior in Alaskan Northern Wheatears Oenanthe oenanthe. J. Ornithol. 154: 567-570. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0920-5. Key words: birds, migratory fueling, migratory restlessness, Zugunruhe.
Burger, J., L. J. Niles, R. R. Porter, A. D. Dey, S. Koch, C. Gordon. 2012. Migration and Over-Wintering of Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. The Condor 114: 203-213. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110077. Key words: birds, Calidris canutus, light-level geolocator, habitat, migration, pathways, red knot, risk, stopovers, wintering areas
Burger, J., L. J. Niles, R. R. Porter, and A. D. Dey. 2012. Using geolocator data to reveal incubation periods and breeding biology in Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119: 26-36. Key words: birds, breeding, Calidris canutus rufa, light-level geolocators, incubation dates, incubation periods, proportion breeding
Bustnes, J. O., B. Moe, M. Helberg, and R. A. Phillips .2013. Rapid long-distance migration in Norwegian Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Larus fuscus fuscus, along their eastern flyway. Ibis 155: 402-406. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12022. Key words: animal movements, birds, connectivity, light-level geolocators, migration strategies, migratory stopover

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Callo, P. A., E. S. Morton, and B. J. M. Stutchbury. 2013. Prolonged spring migration in the Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus). The Auk 130: 240-246. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12213. Key words: birds, frugivory, geologger, light-level geolocator, migration, red-eyed vireo, stopovers, Vireo olivaceus.
Camphuysen, K. C. J., J. Shamoun-Baranes, W. Bouten, and S. Garthe. 2012. Identifying ecologically important marine areas for seabirds using behavioural information in combination with distribution patterns. Biological Conservation 156: 22-29. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.024. Key words: birds, GPS telemetry, Marine Protected Areas, satellite PTT telemetry, seabirds, ship-based surveys, spatial analysis
Cano, L. S. and J. L. Telleria. 2013. Migration and winter distribution of Iberian and central European black storks, Ciconia nigra, moving to Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar: a comparative study. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05824.x. Key words: arrival synchrony, birds, departure date, migratory connectivity, Sahel, satellite telemetry, Strait of Gibraltar.
Carboneras, C., G. Tavecchia, M. Genovart, S. Requena, M. Olive, and D. Oro. 2013. Inferring geographic origin, population structure and migration routes of a wintering population of Mediterranean gulls from resightings data. Popul. Ecol. (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0362-9. Key words: birds, connectivity, Larus melanocephalus, mark-recapture, movement strategy, site fidelity, spatial variation, survival.
Cardador, L., J. Navarro, M. G. Forero, K. A. Hobson, and S. Manosa. 2014. Breeding origin and spatial distribution of migrant and resident harriers in a Mediterranean wintering area: insights from isotopic analyses, ring recoveries and species distribution modelling. Journal of Ornithology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10336-014-1122-0. Key words: birds, Deuterium, istribution modelling, Europe, mark- recapture, migration, raptors, ring recoveries, stable isotopes;
Carey, M. J., C. E. Meathrel, N. A. May. 2009. A new method for the long-term attachment of data-loggers to shearwaters (Procellariidae). Emu 109: 310–315. Doi: 10.1071/MU09059. Key words: Ardenna, banding, birds, geolocation, global location-sensing data-loggers, investigator disturbance, logger attachment, mark-recapture, Procellariiformes, seabirds, short-tailed shearwaters, satellite telemetry
Carrete, M., G. R. Bortolotti, J. A. Sanchez-Zapata, A. Delgado, A. Cortes-Avizanda, J. M. Grande, and J. A. Donazar. 2012. Stressful conditions experienced by endangered Egyptian vultures on African wintering areas. Animal Conservation 16: 353-358. doi: 10.1111/acv.12001. Key words: birds, corticosterone, Sahel region, trans-Saharan migratory species, winter mortality
Catry, P., M. P. Dias, R. Anthony Phillips, and J. Granadeiro. 2013. Carry-over Effects from Breeding Modulate the Annual Cycle of a Long-distance Migrant. AN Experimental Demonstration. Ecology (in press). DOI: 10.1890/12-2177.1. Key words: birds, carry-over effects, energenic cost, migration schedule, parental investment, partial migration, seabirds, seasonal interaction
Chabot, A. A., K. A. Hobson, S. L. Van Wilgenburg, G. J. McQuat, and S. C. Lougheed. 2012. Advances in Linking Wintering Migrant Birds to Their Breeding-Ground Origins Using Combined Analyses of Genetic and Stable Isotope Markers. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43627. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043627. Key words: Bayesian models, birds, genetic markers, hydrogen, Lanius ludovicianus, loggerhead shrike, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Chambers, L. E., L. J. Beaumont, and I. L. Hudson. 2014. Continental scale analysis of bird migration timing: influences of climate and life history traits—a generalized mixture model clustering and discriminant approach. International Journal of Miometeorology 58: 1147-1162. Key words: Australia, birds, climate, generalized mixture model clustering, phenology;
Charmantier, A., and P. Gienapp. 2013. Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration: evolutionary versus plastic changes. Evolutionary Applications (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/eva.12126. Key words: bird, climate change, evolution, phenology , phenotypic plasticity, selection, timing of breeding, timing of migration
Chevallier, D., F. Baillon, Y. L. Maho, S. Blanc, P. Brossault, and S. Massemin. 2013. Importance of the connectivity of Spanish stopovers for black storks. Bird Study 60: 550-554. DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.851643#.UsTD7LT03T1. Key words: birds, connectivity, migration route, satellite telemetry, stopover
Chevallier, D., Y. Le Maho, P. Brossault, F. Baillon, and S. Massemin. 2011. The use of stopover sites by Black Storks (Ciconia nigra) migrating between West Europe and West Africa as revealed by satellite telemetry. Journal of Ornithology 152: 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0536-6. Key words: birds, fidelity, migration, satellite telemetry, stopover
Choquet, R., A. Sanz-Aguilar, B. Doligez, E. Nogue, R. Pradel, L. Gustafsson, and O. Gimenez. 2013. Estimating Demographic Parameters From Capture-Recapture Data With Dependence Among Individuals Within Clusters. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (online preview). doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12030. Key words: banding, birds, dispersal, heterogeneity, mark-recapture, mixed models, pairs, siblings, within-group-variance
Christel, I., G. Certain, A. Cama, D. R. Vieites, and X. Ferrer. 2012. Seabird aggregative patterns: A new tool for offshore wind energy risk assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 66: 84-91. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.005. Key words: birds, density mapping, Environmental Impact Assessment, offshore wind energy, seabirds, spatio-temporal variation
Clark, C. W., and R. W. Butler. 1999. Fitness components of avian migration: a dynamic model of Western Sandpiper migration. Evolutionary Ecology Research 1: 443-457. Key words: birds, Calidris mauri, environmental factors, fitness, full-life cycle biology, life history, migration strategy, optimization model, population dynamics
Cleeland, J. B., M.-A. Lea, and M. A. Hindell. 2013. Use of the southern ocean by breeding short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 450: 109-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.012. Key words: activity patterns, at-sea distribution, birds, foraging behavior, light-level geolocation, Procellariformes
Cline, B. B., and S. M. Haig. 2011. Seasonal movements of Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata) across multiple phases of the annual cycle in Oregon. Auk 128: 543-555. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10217. Key words: agricultural wetland, annual cycle, birds, Gallinago delicata, home range, migratory connectivity, radio telemetry, regional fidelity, shorebirds, Wilson’s Snipe, winter migratory ecology
Cohen, E. B., S. M. Pearson, and F. R. Moore. 2013. Effects of landscape composition and configuration on migrating songbirds: inference from an individual-based model. Ecological Applications (in press). DOI: 10.1890/12-1867.1. Key words: birds, fuel deposition rate, individual-based model, movement pattern, radio telemetry, stop-over ecology
Conklin, J. R., P. F. Battley, and M. A. Potter. 2013. Absolute Consistency: Individual versus Population Variation in Annual-Cycle Schedules of a Long-Distance Migrant Bird. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054535. Key words: annual cycle, banding, birds, bar-tailed godwit, event timing, light-level geolocator, mark-recapture.
Conklin, J. R., P. F. Battley, M. A. Potter, and J. W. Fox. 2010. Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird. Nature Communications 1:67. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1072. Key words: bar-tailed godwit, birds, departure date, light-level geolocator, mark-recapture, migration schedule
Contina, A., E. S. Bridge, N. E. Seavy, J. M. Duckles, and J. F. Kelly. 2013. Using geologgers to investigate bimodal isotope patterns in Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris). The Auk 130: 265-272. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13003. Key words: birds, carry-over effects, GeoLight, geologger, light-level geolocator, migration, molt, painted bunting, Passerina ciris, stable isotopes, tripEstimation.
Coppackm, T., and F. Pulido. 2009. Proximate control and adaptive potential of protandrous migration in birds. Integr. Comp. Biol. 49: 493-506. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp029. Key words: birds, phenology, protandry, sex differentiation
Corman, A.-M., F. Bairlein, and H. Schmaljohann. 2013. The nature of the migration route shapes physiological traits and aerodynamic properties in a migratory songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1653-z. Key words: aerodynamic properties, birds, differential timing, evolution, migration speed, northern wheatear, physiological traits, selection
Cormier, R. L., D. L. Humple, T. Gardali, and N.E. Seavy. 2013. Light-level geolocators reveal strong migratory connectivity and within-winter movements for a coastal California Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) population. The Auk 130: 283-290. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12228. Key words: birds, Catharus ustulatus, light-level geolocator, Mantel’s correlation coefficient, Mexico, Neotropical , Palormarin, Swainson’s thrush, tag effects.
Cornelius, J. M., T. Boswell, S. Jenni-Eiermann, C. W. Breuner, M. Ramenofsky. 2013. Contributions of endocrinology to the migration life history of birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.027. Key words: birds, corticosterone, endocrinology, fat, hyperphagia, leptin, migration, neuropeptide Y, zugunruhe.
Courter, J. R., R. J. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, and K. G. Hubbard. 2013. Assessing migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) at broad spatial and temporal scales. The Auk 130: 107-117. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.12058. Key words: Archilochus colubris, arrival, bird phenology, citizen science, climate change, ecosystem services, migration, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, spatial trend.
Cousineau, M. L., D. Bordage, J. Rodrigue, and P. Brousseau. 2014. Natal origin of black ducks harvested during the sport hunt in Quebec, Canada. The Journal of Wildlife Management 78: 1250-1260. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.771. Key words: Anas rubripes, birds, fall migration, harvest, hunting regulations, stable isotopes;
Cresswell, B., and D. Edwards. 2012. Geolocators reveal wintering areas of European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Bird Study 60: 77-86. DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2012.748714. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator
Dalby, L., P. Soderquist, T. K. Christensen, P. Clausen, A. Einarsson, J. Elmberg, A. D. Fox, N. Holmqvist, T. Langendoen, A. Lehikoinen, A. Lindstrom, S. -H. Lorentsen, L. Nilsson, H. Poysa, J. Rintala, A. Sigfusson, and J. -C. Svenning. 2013. The status of the Nordic populations of the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in a changing world. Ornis Fennica 90. Key words: birds, breeding population demography, conservation, mallard, North-west European flyway, winter population demography.
de Ruyck, C., K. A. Hobson, N. Koper, K. W. Larson, and L. I. Wassenaar. 2013. An Appraisal of the Use of Hydrogen-Isotope Methods to Delineate Origins of Migratory Saw-whet Owls in North America. The Condor 115: 366-374. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.120019. Key words: birds, connectivity, deuterium, Manitoba, migration, saw-whet owl, stable isotopes.
Dean, B., R. Freeman, H. Kirk, K. Leonard, R. A. Phillips, C. M. Perrins, and T. Guilford. 2012. Behavioural mapping of a pelagic seabird: combining multiple sensors and a hidden Markov model reveals the distribution of at-sea behaviour. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 10: 78. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0570 1742-5662. Key words: animal behavior, animal movement, birds, foraging, GPS telemetry, hidden Markov model, saltwater immersion recorder, state–space model, time-depth recorder
Delingat, J., F. Bairlein, and A. Hedenstrom. 2008. Obligatory barrier crossing and adaptive fuel management in migratory birds: the case of the Atlantic crossing in Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1069-1078. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0534-8. Key words: barrier crossing, birds, departure decision, flight costs, fuel loads, Oenanthe oenanthe, optimal migration
Delingat, J., K. A. Hobson, V. Dierschke, H. Schmaljohann, and F. Bairlein, 2011. Morphometrics and stable isotopes differentiate populations of Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe). J. Ornithol. 152:383–395. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0599-4. Key words: birds, northern wheatear, migratory connectivity, morphometrics, Oenanthe oenanthe, population differentiation, stable isotopes, wing shape
Delmore, K. E., J. W. Fox, D. E. Irwin. 2012. Dramatic intraspecific differences in migratory routes, stopover sites and wintering areas, revealed using light-level geolocators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 1229: 1471-2954. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1229. Key words: birds, light-level geolocator, migration, migratory divide, songbird
Dias, M. P., J. P. Granadeiro, P. Catry. 2013. Individual variability in the migratory path and stopovers of a long-distance pelagic migrant. Animal Behaviour (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.026. Key words: avian migration, birds, Calonectris diomedea, consistency, Cory’s shearwater, GPS telemetry, migratory variation, Procellariiformes, route fidelity
Dohms, K. M., and T. M. Burg. 2013. Molecular markers reveal limited population genetic structure in a North American corvid, Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). PLoS ONE 8(11): e79621. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079621. Key words: birds, Clark’s nutcracker, dispersal barrier, gene flow, population structure, species distribution modeling
Drake, A., C. Rock, S. P. Quinlan, and D. J. Green. 2013. Carry-over effects of winter habitat vary with age and sex in yellow warblers, Setophaga petechia. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.05828.x. Key words: birds, breeding phenology, carry-over effect, habitat quality, productivity, seasonal interaction, stable isotopes.
Drake, A., M. Martin, and D. J. Green. 2013. Winter habitat use does not influence spring arrival dates or the reproductive success of yellow warblers breeding in the arctic. Polar Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1421-6. Key words: birds, breeding phenology, carry-over effects, habitat, stable isotopes, winter, yellow warbler
Durrant, K. L., P. P. Marra, S. M. Fallon, G. J. Colbeck, H. L. Gibbs, K. A. Hobson, D. R. Norris, B. Bernik, V. L. Lloyd, and R. C. Fleischer. 2008. Parasite assemblages distinguish populations of a migratory passerine on its breeding grounds. Journal of Zoology 274: 318-326. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00387.x. Key words: avian malaria, birds, blood parasite, connectivity, haemoproteus, migration, Plasmodium, Setophaga ruticilla

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Edwards, E. W. J., L. R. Quinn, E. D. Wakefield, P. I. Miller, and P. M. Thompson. 2013. Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone: evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.011. Key words: birds, connectivity, first-passage time, foraging behavior, geolocation telemetry, GPS telemetry, marine birds, mid-ocean ridges, northern fulmar, oceanic fronts, tracking.
Egevang, C., I. J. Stenhouse, R. A. Phillips, A. Petersen, J. W. Fox, and J. R. D. Silk. 2010. Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration. PNAS 107: 2078-2081. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0909493107. Key words: arctic tern, at-sea hotspot, birds, global wind systems, light-level geolocator, migratory connectivity, Sterna paradisaea, trans-equatorial migration
Eikenaar, C., and J. L. Schlafke. 2013. Size and accumulation of fuel reserves at stopover predict nocturnal restlessness in a migratory bird. Biol. Lett. 9: 20130712. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0712 . Key words: birds, carry-over effects, fuel reserves, migration, migratory restlessness, stopover, Zugunruhe
Elliott, K. H., L. McFarlane-Tranquilla, C. M. Burke, A. Hedd, W. A. Montevecchi, and W. G. Anderson. 2012. Year-long deployments of small geolocators increase corticosterone levels in murres. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 466: 1-7. doi: 10.3354/meps09975. Key words: birds, common murre, corticosterone, device effects, light-level geolocator, stress, survival, thick-billed murre, Uria aalge, Uria lomvia
Ely, C. R., D. J. Nieman, R. T. Alisauskas, J. A. Schmutz, and J. E. Hines. 2013. Geographic variation in migration chronology and winter distribution of midcontinent greater white-fronted geese. The Journal of Wildlife Management (online preview). DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.573. Key words: Alaska, Anser albifrons, birds, Canada, Central Flyway, distribution, greater white-fronted goose, mark-recapture, midcontinent, migration, Mississippi Flyway, winter
Ely, C. R., J. S. Hall, J. A. Schmutz, J. M. Pearce, J. Terenzi, J. S. Sedinger, and H. S. Ip. 2013. Evidence that Life History Characteristics of Wild Birds Influence Infection and Exposure to Influenza A Viruses. PLoS ONE 8(3): e57614. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057614. Key words: avian influenza, birds, connectivity, disease, infection rate, life-history characteristic
Emmenegger, T., P. Mayet, O. Duriez, and S. Hahn. 2013. Directional shifts in migration pattern of rollers (Coracias garrulus) from a western European population. Journal of Ornithology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-1023-7. Key words: birds, Coracias, garrulus, heading, light-level geolocator, long-distance migration, trans-Sahara
Eraud, C., M. Riviere, H. Lormee, J. W. Fox, J.-J. Ducamp, and J.-M. Boutin. 2013. Migration Routes and Staging Areas of Trans-Saharan Turtle Doves Appraised from Light-Level Geolocators. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59396. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059396. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, Palearctic-African migration, stop-over site.
Fijn, R. C., D. Hiemstra, R. A. Phillips, and J. van der Winden. 2013. Arctic Terns, Sterna paradisaea, from the Netherlands Migrate Record Distances Across Three Oceans to Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Ardea 101:3-12. DOI: 10.5253/078.101.0102. Key words: Antarctica, at-sea hotspots, Australian Antarctic Sector, birds, distance, Indian Ocean, light-level geolocator, longest bird migration distance, migration strategies, stopover sites.
Finnegan, L., S. Castillo, J. Hughes, K. F. Abraham, R. W. Brook, and C. J. Kyle. 2013. Fine-scale analysis reveals cryptic patterns of genetic structure in Canada geese. The Condor 115: 738-749. Key words: birds, Branta canadensis, microsatelite DNA, migration, mtDNA, subarctic, temperate, wildlife management
Fort, J., B. Moe, H. Strom, D. Gremillet, J. Welcker, J. Schultner, K. Jerstad, K. L. Johansen, R. A. Phillips, and A. Mosbech. 2013. Multicolony tracking reveals potential threats to little auks wintering in the North Atlantic from marine pollution and shrinking sea ice cover. Diversity and Distributions (online preview). doi: 10.1111/ddi.12105. Key words: Alle alle, birds, conservation biogeography, light-level geolocators, non-breeding distribution, oil pollution, seabird.
Fort, J., H. Steen, H. Strom, Y. Tremblay, E. Gronningsaeter, E. Pettex, W. P. Porter, and D. Gremillet. 2013. Energetic consequences of contrasting winter migratory strategies in a sympatric Arctic seabird duet. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.00128.x. Key words: birds, energy expenditure, light-level geolocator, mechanistic model, migration strategy, seabirds, time-depth recorder.
Fort, J., G. J. Robertson, D. Gremillet, G. Traisnel, and P. Bustamante. 2014. Spatial Ecotoxicology: Migratory Arctic Seabirds Are Exposed to Mercury Contamination While Overwintering in the Northwest Atlantic. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48: 11560-11567. DOI: 10.1021/es504045g. Key words: mercury, seabirds, stable isotopes, telemetry, top predator, toxicology;
Franci, C. D., M. Guillemette, E. Pelletier, O. Chastel, S. Bonnefoi, and J. Verreault. 2013. Endocrine status of a migratory bird potentially exposed to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: a case study of northern gannets breeding on Bonaventure Island, eastern Canada. Science of the Total Environment 473: 110-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.006. Key words: birds, connectivity, corticosterone, Deepwater Horizon, light-level geolocators, oil spill, PAH, prolactin, seabirds, Sulidae
Francis, C. M., R. J. Barker, and E. G. Cooch. 2014. Modelling demographic processes in marked populations: proceedings of the EURING 2013 analytical meeting. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 1265-1268. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12300. Key words: banding, birds, capture-recapture, EURING, mark-recapture, modelling, population ecology, occupancy, statistics, tagging;
Franks, S. E., D. R. Norris, T. K. Kyser, G. Fernandez, B. Schwarz, R. Carmona, M. A. Colwell, J. C. Sandoval, A. Dondua, H. R. Gates, B. Haase, D. J. Hodkinson, A. Jimenez, R. B. Lanctot, B. Ortego, B. K. Sandercock, F. Sanders, J. Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock, R. C. Ydenberg, and D. B. Lank. 2012. Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the western sandpiper Calidris mauri. Journal of Avian Biology 43: 155-167. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05573.x. Key words: birds, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Fraser, K. C., B. J. M. Stutchbury, C. Silverio, P. M. Kramer, J. Barrow, D. Newstead, N. Mickle, B. F. Cousens, J. C. Lee, D. M. Morrison, T. Shaheen, P. Mammenga, K. Applegate, and J. Tautin. 2012. Continent-wide tracking to determine migratory connectivity and tropical habitat associations of a declining aerial insectivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279: 1749. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2207. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, songbird, South America
Fraser, K. C., B. J. M. Stutchbury, P. Kramer, C. Silverio, J. Barrow, D. Newstead, N. Mickle, T. Shaheen, P. Mammenga, K. Applegate, E. Bridge, and J. Tautin. 2013. Consistent range-wide pattern in fall migration strategy of Purple Martin (Progne subis), despite different migration routes at the Gulf of Mexico. The Auk 130: 291-296. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12225. Key words: autumn migration, birds, geologger, light-level geolocator, migration rate, migration schedule, Progne subis, purple martin, songbird, South America, stopover.
Fraser, K. C., C. Silverio, P. Kramer, N. Mickle, R. Aeppli, and B. J. M. Stutchbury. 2013. A Trans-Hemispheric Migratory Songbird Does Not Advance Spring Schedules or Increase Migration Rate in Response to Record-Setting Temperatures at Breeding Sites. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064587. Key words: birds, climate change, light-level geolocator, migratory mismatch, migratory timing, phenological mismatch, purple martin.
Freeman, R., B. Dean, H. Kirk, K. Leonard, R. A. Phillips, C. M. Perrins, and T. Guilford. 2013. Predictive ethoinformatics reveals the complex migratory behaviour of a pelagic seabird, the Manx Shearwater. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 10 (online early). doi: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0279. Key words: behaviour, bio-logging, birds, ethoinformatics, foraging, GPS telemetry, machine learning, migration.
Fudickar, A. M., A. Schmidt, M. Hau, M. Quetting, and J. Partecke. 2013. Female-biased obligate strategies in a partially migratory population. Journal of Animal Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12052. Key words: annual cycle, birds, carry-over effects, corticosterone, light-level geolocators, partial migration, radio telemetry, triglycerides.
Fuller, T., S. Bensch, I. Muller, J. Novembre, J. Perez-Tris, R. E. Ricklefs, T. B. Smith, and J. Waldenstrom. 2012. The Ecology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Migratory Birds: An Assessment of the Role of Climate Change and Priorities for Future Research. EcoHealth 9: 80-88. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0750-1. Key words: birds, climate change, diseases, influenza A virus, malaria, salmonella, West Nile virus, zoonoses
Gaidet, N., J. Cappelle, J. Y. Takekawa, D. J. Prosser, S. A. Iverson, D. C. Douglas, W. M. Perry, T. Mundkur, and S. H. Newman. 2010. Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 1147-1157. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01845.x. Key words: avian influenza, birds, disease ecology, dispersal, duck, H5N1, migration, pathogen, satellite telemetry, waterfowl, zoonosis
Garamszegi, L. Z., and A. P. Moller. 2007. Prevalence of avian influenza and host ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274: 2003-2012. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0124. Key words: Anatidae, bird flu, disease, feeding ecology, migration, prevalence, risk assessment
Garamszegi, L. Z., K. Hirschenhauser, V. Bokony, M. Eens, S. Hurtrez-Bousses, A. P. Moller, R. F. Oliveira, and J. C. Wingfield. 2008. Latitudinal Distribution, Migration, and Testosterone Levels in Birds. The American Naturalist 172: 533-546. DOI: 10.1086/590955. Key words: aggression, androgens, birds, evolution, phenology, phylogeny, steroid hormones, territorial conflicts
Garcia-Perez, B., K. A. Hobson, R. L. Powell, C. J. Still, and G. H. Huber. 2013. Switching Hemispheres: A New Migration Strategy for the Disjunct Argentinean Breeding Population of Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica). PLoS ONE 8(1): e55654. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055654. Key words: austral migration, birds, connectivity, reversed phenology, stable isotopes.
Garcia-Ripolles, C., P. Lopez‐Lopez, and V. Urios. 2010. First description of migration and wintering of adult Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus tracked by GPS satellite telemetry. Bird Study 57: 261-265. DOI: 10.1080/00063650903505762. Key words: birds, connectivity, migration route, satellite telemetry
Gaston, A. J., C. M. Francis, and I. C. T. Nisbet. 2013. Continued use of soft-metal bands on gulls in North America reduces the value of recovery data. Journal of Field Ornithology 84: 403-415. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12039. Key words: banding, birds, gulls, hard bands, mark-recapture, soft bands, survival rate
Gehrold, A., H.-G. Bauer, W. Fiedler, and M. Wikelski. 2013. Great flexibility in autumn movement patterns of European gadwalls, Anas strepera. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00248.x. Key words: autumn migration, birds, mark-recapture, movement behavior, ringing, satellite telemetry
Genovart, M., A. Sanz-Aguilar, A. Fernandez-Chacon, J. M. Igual, R. Pradel, M. G. Forero, and D. Oro. 2013. Contrasting effects of climatic variability on the demography of a trans-equatorial migratory seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 121-130. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02015.x. Key words: banding, birds, breeding success, Cory’s shearwater, mark-recapture, migratory seabird, multi-event models, nest dispersal, reproductive skipping, survival, transient.
Gilg, O., B. Moe, S. A. Hanssen, N. M. Schmidt, B. Sittler, J. Hansen, J. Reneerkens, B. Sabard, O. Chastel, J. Moreau, R. A. Phillips, T. Oudman, E. M. Biersma, A. A. Fenstad, J. Lang, and L. Bollache. 2013. Trans-Equatorial Migration Routes, Staging Sites and Wintering Areas of a High-Arctic Avian Predator: The Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). PLoS ONE 8(5): e64614. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064614. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, winter distribution.
Gill, B. J., and M. E. Hauber. 2012. Piecing together the epic transoceanic migration of the Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis): an analysis of museum and sighting records. Emu 112: 326-332. doi: 10.1071/MU12022. Key words: Aves, birds, Cuculidae, migratory route, museum specimens, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, parasitic cuckoo
Gill, J. A., J. A. Alves, W. J. Sutherland, G. F. Appleton, P. M. Potts, and T. G. Gunnarsson. 2013. Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not? Proc. R. Soc. B. 281: 1774. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2161. Key words: birds, migratory behaviour, phenology, population change, shorebird, timing of breeding
Gill, R. E., C. M. Handel, and D. R. Ruthrauff. 2013. Intercontinental migratory connectivity and population structuring of dunlins from western Alaska. The Condor 115: 525-534. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.120127. Key words: Alaska, Beringia, birds, Calidris alpina, conservation, dunlin, mark-recapture, migration, migratory connectivity, population structure
Gomez, J. , C. I. Michelson, D. W. Bradley, D. R. Norris, L. L. Berzins, R. D. Dawson, and R. G. Clark. 2013. Effects of geolocators on reproductive performance and annual return rates of a migratory songbird. Journal of Ornithology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007%2Fs10336-013-0984-x. Key words: behavioral effects, birds, light-level geolocator, physiological effects
Gonzalez-Prieto, A. M., and K. A. Hobson. 2013. Environmental conditions on wintering grounds and during migration influence spring nutritional condition and arrival phenology of Neotropical migrants at a northern stopover site. J. Ornithol. 154:1067-1078. DOI: 10.1007%2Fs10336-013-0975-y. Key words: birds, body condition, carry-over effects, climate, phenology, stable isotopes, winter habitat quality
Goodenough, A. E., S. M. Fairhurst, J. B. Morrison, M. Cade, P. J. Morgan, and M. J. Wood. 2014. Quantifying the robustness of first arrival dates as a measure of avian migratory phenology. Ibis (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12227. Key words: birds, carry-over effects, climate change, mean arrival dates, migration, timing;
Gow, E. A., and K. L. Wiebe. 2014. Males migrate farther than females in a differential migrant: an examination of the fasting endurance hypothesis. R.Soc.opensci. 1: 140346. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140346. Key words: birds, carry-over effects, differential migration, northern flicker, migration patterns, migratory connectivity, sex differences;
Gow, E. A., K. L. Wiebe, and J. W. Fox. 2015. Cavity use throughout the annual cycle of a migratory woodpecker revealed by geolocators. Ibis 157: 167-170. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12206. Key words: birds, light-level geolocator, migration, roosting, tree cavities;
Grande, J. M., D. Serrano, G. Tavecchia, M. Carrete, O. Ceballos, R. Diaz-Delgado, J. L. Tella, and J. A. Donazar. 2009. Survival in a long-lived territorial migrant: effects of life-history traits and ecological conditions in wintering and breeding areas. Oikos 118:580–590. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17218.x. Key words: bird banding, carry-over effects, Cormack-Jolly-Seber capture-recapture model, seasonal interactions
Gratto-Trevor, C., D. Amirault-Langlais, D. Catlin, F. Cuthbert, J. Fraser, S. Maddock, E. Roche, F. Shaffer. 2012. Connectivity in piping plovers: Do breeding populations have distinct winter distributions? The Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 348-355. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.261. Key words: bird banding, Charadrius melodus, conservation, North America, piping plover, populations, migratory connectivity, winter distribution
Gratto-Trevor, C., R. I. G. Morrison, D. Mizrahi, D. B. Lank, P. Hicklin, and A. L. Spaans. 2012. Migratory Connectivity of Semipalmated Sandpipers: Winter Distribution and Migration Routes of Breeding Populations. Waterbirds 35: 83-95. doi: 10.1675/063.035.0109. Key words: bird banding, bill length, Calidris pusilla, migration, morphology, populations, semipalmated sandpiper, shorebird
Grecian, W. J., M. J. Witt, M. J. Attrill, S. Bearhop, B. J. Godley, D. Gremillet, K. C. Hamer, and S. C. Votier. 2012. A novel projection technique to identify important at-sea areas for seabird conservation: An example using Northern gannets breeding in the North East Atlantic. Biological Conservation 156: 43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.010. Key words: at-sea surveys, birds, breeding surveys, distribution models, GPS telemetry, Marine Protected Areas, northern gannet, seabirds
Gremillet, D., C. Peron, J.-B. Pons, R. Ouni, M. Authier, M. Thevenet, and J. Fort. 2014. Irreplaceable area extends marine conservation hotspot off Tunisia: insights from GPS-tracking Scopoli’s shearwaters from the largest seabird colony in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology 161: 2669-2680. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2538-z. Key words: birds, conservation, GPS telemetry, management;
Gronroos, J., M. Green, and T. Alerstam. 2013. Orientation of shorebirds in relation to wind: both drift and compensation in the same region. J. Ornithol. 154: 385-392. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0902-7. Key words: birds, migration, orientation, radar, wind.
Gschweng, M., E. K. V. Kalko, P. Berthold, W. Fiedler, and J. Fahr. 2012. Multi-temporal distribution modelling with satellite tracking data: predicting responses of a long-distance migrant to changing environmental conditions. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 803-813. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02170.x. Key words: birds, Eleonora’s falcon, Madagascar, MAXENT, migratory species, remote sensing, satellite telemetry, species distribution modeling, wintering area
Guilford T., R. Wynn, M. McMinn, A. Rodriguez, A. Fayet, L. Maurice, A. Jones, and R. Meier. 2012. Geolocators Reveal Migration and Pre-Breeding Behaviour of the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33753. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033753. Key words: annual cycle, birds, carry-over effects, full-life cycle biology, light-level geolocator, seabird
Guilford, T., R. Freeman, D. Boyle, B. Dean, H. Kirk, R. Phillips, C. Perrins. 2011. A Dispersive Migration in the Atlantic Puffin and Its Implications for Migratory Navigation. PLoS ONE 6: e21336. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021336. Key words: Atlantic puffin, birds, Fratercula arctica, light-level geolocator, migratory behavior, seabird
Guillemain, M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, P. Legagneux, and K. A. Hobson. 2013. Assessing geographic origins of Teal (Anas crecca) through stable-hydrogen (delta H2) isotope analysis of feathers and ring-recoveries. Journal of Ornithology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0998-4. Key words: Anas crecca, Bayesian analysis, birds, feather isotope ratios, geographic origin, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes, Teal
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Gunnarsson, T. G., J. A. Gill, P. W. Atkinson, G. Gelinaud, P. M. Potts, R. E. Croger, G. A. Gudmundsson, G. F. Appleton, W. J. Sutherland. 2006. Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1119-1127. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01131.x. Key words: birds, habitat quality, migration, seasonal interactions, seasonal matching, shorebirds, waders

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Hache, S., K. A. Hobson, M. A. Villard, and E. M. Bayn. 2012. Assigning birds to geographic origin using feather hydrogen isotope ratios: importance of year, age, and habitat. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 722-728. doi: 10.1139/z2012-039. Key words: birds, geographic assignment, isoscapes, ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla, stable isotopes
Hahn, S., T. Emmenegger, S. Lisovski, V. Amrhein, P. Zehtindjiev, and F. Liechti. 2014. Variable detours in long-distance migration across ecological barriers and their relation to habitat availability at ground. Ecology and Evolution 4: 4150-4160. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1279. Key words: birds, Distance, light-level geolocator, migration route, optimal migration, time minimization, timing;
Hahn, S., V. Amrhein, P. Zehtindijev, and F. Liechti. 2013. Strong migratory connectivity and seasonally shifting isotopic niches in geographically separated populations of a long-distance migrating songbird. Oecologia (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2726-4. Key words: annual cycle, birds, connectivity, ecological niche, light-level geolocator, non-breedng period, stable isotopes
Haig, S. M., and L. W. Oring. 1985. Distribution and status of Piping Plovers throughout the annual cycle. Journal of Field Ornithology 56: 334-345. doi: 10.2307/4513047. Key words: birds, conservation, full-life cycle biology, piping plover
Haig, S. M., C. L. Gratto-Trevor, T. D. Mullins, and M. A. Colwell. 1997. Population identification of western hemisphere shorebirds throughout the annual cycle. Molecular Ecology 6: 413-427. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.t01-1-00203.x. Key words: birds, Charadriiformes, conservation genetics, migration, population differentiation, random amplified polymorphic DNA, RAPD, shorebirds
Haig, S. M., L. W. Oring, P. M. Sanzenbacher, and O. W. Taft. 2002. Space use, migratory connectivity, and population segregation among Willets breeding in the western Great Basin. Condor 104: 620-630. doi: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0620:SUMCAP]2.0.CO;2. Key words: annual cycle, bird banding, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus, dispersal, Great Basin, home range, mark-recapture, migratory connectivity, radio telemetry, willet
Hallworth, M. T., C. E. Studds, T. S. Sillett, and P. P. Marra. 2013. Do archival light-level geolocators and stable hydrogen isotopes provide comparable estimates of breeding ground origin? The Auk 130: 273-282. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13037. Key words: Baysian, birds, deuterium, discrimination, light-level geolocator, migratory bird, ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla, solar geolocator, stable isotopes
Hallworth, M. T., T. S. Sillett, S. L. Van Wilgenburg, K. A. Hobson, and P. P. Marra. 2014. Migratory Connectivity of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird Revealed by Archival Light-level Geolocators. Ecological Applications (online preview). DOI: 10.1890/14-0195.1. Key words: birds, light-level geolocator, migratory connectivity, ovenbirds;
Haran, R., and I. Izhaki. 2013. Two major autumn migration strategies of willow warblers, Phylloscopus trochilus, in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Ringing and Migration 28: 98-105. DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2013.869896. Key words: birds, fat accumulation, migration route, migratory strategy
Harms, N. J., P. Legagneux, H. G. Gilchrist, J. Bety, O. P. Love, M. R. Forbes, G. R. Bortolott, and C. Soos. 2014. Feather corticosterone reveals effect of moulting conditions in the autumn on subsequent reproductive output and survival in an Arctic migratory bird. Proc. R. Soc. B 282: 20142085. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2085. Key words: avian cholera, birds, carry-over effects, common eider, feather corticosterone, moult, reproductive success;
Harrison, X. A., D. J. Hodgson, R. Inger, K. Colhoun, G. A. Gudmundsson, G. McElwaine, T. Tregenza, and S. Bearhop. 2013. Environmental Conditions during Breeding Modify the Strength of Mass-Dependent Carry-Over Effects in a Migratory Bird. PLoS ONE 8(10): e77783. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077783. Key words: carry-over effect, Brent geese, birds, body condition, environmental conditions
Harrisson, K. A., A. Pavlova, J. N. Amos, N. Takeuchi, A. Lill, J. Q. Radford, and P. Sunnucks. 2013. Disrupted fine-scale population processes in fragmented landscapes despite large-scale genetic connectivity for a widespread and common cooperative breeder: the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus). Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 322-333. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12007. Key words: birds, Circuitscape, habitat fragmentation, genetic connectivity, landscape connectivity, molecular ecology, spatial autocorrelation, woodland birds.
Hatch, S. A., V. A. Gill, and D. M. Mulcahy. 2011. Migration and wintering sites of Pelagic Cormorants determined by satellite telemetry. Journal of Field Ornithology 82: 269-278. doi: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00330.x. Key words: band recoveries, birds, British Columbia, coelomic implantation, connectivity, Gulf of Alaska, mark-recapture, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, platform transmitter terminals, satellite telemetry, winter roost sites
Hawkes, L. A., S. Balachandran, N. Batbayar, P. J. Butler, B. Chua, D. C. Douglas, P. B. Frappell, Y. Hou, W. K. Milsom, S. H. Newman, D. J. Prosser, P. Sathiyaselvam, G. R. Scott, J. Y. Takekawa, T. Natsagdorj, M. Wikelski, M. J. Witt, B. Yan, and C. M. Bishop. 2012. The paradox of extreme high-altitude migration in bar-headed geese Anser indicus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 1750. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2114. Key words: avian migration, birds, exercise performance, high altitude, physiology, satellite telemetry
Heckscher, C. M., S. M. Taylor, J. W. Fox, and V. Afanasyev. 2011. Veery (Catharus fuscescens) wintering locations, migratory connectivity, and a revision of its winter range using geolocator technology. The Auk 128: 531-542. doi: 10.1525/auk.2011.10280. Key words: birds, Catharus fuscescens, light-level geolocator, migratory connectivity, Nearctic-Neotropical migrant, South America, veery
Hedd, A., W. A. Montevecchi, R. A. Phillips, and D. A. Fifield. 2014. Seasonal Sexual Segregation by Monomorphic Sooty Shearwaters, Puffinus griseus, Reflects Different Reproductive Roles during the Pre-Laying Period. PLoS ONE 9(1): e85572. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085572. Key words: archival dataloggers, birds, breeding movements, geolocation-immersion loggers, GLS loggers, light-level geolocators, non-breeding movements, occupancy, sexual segregation
Hedenstrom, A., R. H. G. Klaassen, and S. Akesson. 2013. Migration of the Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius, breeding in South Sweden tracked by geolocators. Bird Study (online preview). DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.843635. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocators, migration route
Hegemann, A., H. P. van der Jeugd, M. de Graaf, L. L. Oostebrink, and B. I. Tieleman. 2010. Are Dutch Skylarks Partial Migrants? Ring Recovery Data and Radio-Telemetry Suggest Local Coexistence of Contrasting Migration Strategies. Ardea 98: 135-143. doi: 10.5253/078.098.0202. Key words: bird banding, conservation, dispersal, mark-recapture, partial migration, radio-telemetry, The Netherlands, wintering
Henaux, V., L. A. Powell, M. P. Vrtiska, K. A. Hobson. 2012. Establishing Winter Origins of Migrating Lesser Snow Geese Using Stable Isotopes. Avian Conservation and Ecology 7: 5. doi: 10.5751/ACE-00515-070105. Key words: birds, carbon, Chen caerulescens, conservation, hydrogen, migratory connectivity, nitrogen, snow goose, stable isotopes
Henkel, J. R., B. J. Sigel, and C. M. Taylor. 2012. Large-Scale Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Can Local Disturbance Affect Distant Ecosystems through Migratory Shorebirds? BioScience 62: 676-685. DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.7.10. Key words: birds, carry-over effects, conservation, deepwater oil well blowout, migration, shorebirds
Henningsson, S. S, and T. Alerstam. 2005. Barriers and distances as determinants for the evolution of bird migration links: the arctic shorebird system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272: 2251-2258. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3221. Key words: barriers to migration, biogeography of migration, birds, migratory connectivity, migration distance
Herzka, S. Z., E. Mellink, D. M. Talley, G. R. Huxel, and P. K. Dayton. 2013. Stable isotope ratios of egg albumen of three waterbird species nesting in the Colorado River Delta indicate differences in foraging ground and isotopic niche breadth. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. (online preview). doi: 10.1002/aqc.2326. Key words: birds, behavior, brackish, estuary, foraging range, habitat management, stable isotopes.
Higa, M., Y. Yamaura, I. Koizumi, Y. Yabuhara, M. Senzaki, and S. Ono. 2015. Mapping large-scale bird distributions using occupancy models and citizen data with spatially biased sampling effort. Diversity and Distributions 21: 46-54. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12255. Key words: birds, imperfect detection, opportunistic citizen data, Maxlike, multispecies occupancy model, pseudo-absence data, spatially biased sampling effort;
Higuchi, H., and J. P. Pierre. 2005. Satellite tracking and avian conservation in Asia. Landscape Ecol. Eng. 1: 33–42. DOI 10.1007/s11355-005-0002-4. Key words: Asia, birds, conservation, cranes, satellite telemetry, storks
Hill, N. J., J. Y. Takekawa, J. T. Ackerman, K. A. Hobson, G. Herring, C. J. Cardona, J. A. Runstadler, and W. M. Boyce. 2012. Migration strategy affects avian influenza dynamics in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Molecular Ecology 21: 5986-5999. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05735.x. Key words: animal migration, avian influenza, birds, disease, Pacific Flyway, pathogen transmission, stable isotopes, waterfowl
Hobson, K. A. 2011. Isotopic ornithology: a perspective. J. Ornithol. 152 (Suppl 1):S49–S66. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0653-x. Key words: birds, stable isotopes, migratory connectivity, diet, reproductive investment, isoscapes
Hobson, K. A., A. P. Moller, S. L. Van Wilgenburg. 2012. A multi-isotope (C, N, H) approach to connecting European breeding and African wintering populations of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Animal Migration 1: 8-22 (available online). DOI: 10.2478/ami-2012-0002. Key words: barn swallow, birds, isoscapes, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Hobson, K. A., L. Atwell, and L. I. Wassenaar. 1999. Influence of drinking water and diet on the stable-hydrogen isotope ratios of animal tissues. PNAS 96: 8003-8006. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.14.8003. Key words: birds, diet source, hydrogen, stable isotopes, water source
Hobson, K. A., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, J. Faaborg, J. D. Toms, C. Rengifo, A. L. Sosa, Y. Aubry, and R. Brito Aguilar. 2014. Connecting breeding and wintering grounds of Neotropical migrant songbirds using stable hydrogen isotopes: a call for an isotopic atlas of migratory connectivity. Journal of Field Ornithology 85: 237-257. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12065. Key words: Bayesian statistical methods, birds, conservation, deuterium, feathers, isoscapes, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes;
Hobson, K. A., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, J. L. Guzman, and B. Arroyo. 2013. Origins of juvenile Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) harvested in Spain inferred from stable hydrogen isotope (delta H2) analyses of feathers. Journal of Ornithology 154: 1087-1094. DOI: 10.1007%2Fs10336-013-0977-9. Key words: birds, deuterium, feathers, harvest, migratory connectivity, Scolopax rusticola, stable isotopes, woodcock
Hobson, K. A., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, L. I. Wassenaar, K. Larson. 2012. Linking Hydrogen Isotopes in Feathers and Precipitation: Sources of Variance and Consequences for Assignment to Isoscapes. PLoS ONE 7: e35137. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035137. Key words: birds, feathers, hydrological isotopic spatio-temporal pattern, migration, stable isotopes, rainfall
Hobson, K. A., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, L. I. Wassenaar, R. L. Powell, C. J. Still, and J. M. Craine. 2012. A multi-isotope (C13, N15, H2) feather isoscape to assign Afrotropical migrant birds to origins. Ecosphere 3. doi: 10.1890/ES12-00018.1. Key words: Africa, birds, carbon-13, deuterium, feathers, isoscapes, Isoscapes Special Feature, migratory connectivity, nitrogen-15, stable isotopes
Hobson, K. A., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, T. Piersma, and L. I. Wassenaar. 2012. Solving a Migration Riddle Using Isoscapes: House Martins from a Dutch Village Winter over West Africa. PLoS ONE 7(9) : e45005. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045005. Key words: African isoscape, birds, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Hobson, K. A., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, Y. Ferrand, F. Gossman, and C. Bastat. 2013. A stable isotope (delta hydrogen) approach to deriving origins of harvested woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) taken in France. European Journal of Wildlife Research (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0742-7#page-1. Key words: birds, hydrogen, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes.
Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., R. E. Gill Jr., D. M. Mulcahy, T. L. Tibbitts, R. Kentie, G. J. Gerritsen, L. W. Bruinzeel, D. C. Tijssen, C. M. Harwood, and T. Piersma. 2013. Abdominally implanted satellite transmitters affect reproductions and survival rather than migration of large shorebirds. Journal of Ornithology (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-1026-4. Key words: birds, breeding success, egg malformation, implanted transmitter, Limosa l. limosa, nesting propensity, Numenius phaeopus, satellite telemetry, survival, tag effect
Hopkins, J. B. III, K. A. Cutting, and J. M. Warren. 2013. Use of Stable Isotopes to Investigate Keratin Deposition in the Claw Tips of Ducks. PLoS ONE 8(11): e81026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081026. Key words: birds, calibration, claw growth, stable isotopes
Horton, K. G., W. G. Shriver, and J. Buler. 2014. A Comparison of Traffic Estimates of Nocturnal Flying Animals Using Radar, Thermal Imaging, and Acoustic Recording. Ecological Applications (online preview). DOI: 10.1890/14-0279.1. Key words: acoustics, birds, nocturnal migration, radar, thermal image;
Hou, L., M. Verdirame, and K. C. Welch. 2014. Automated tracking of wild hummingbird mass and energetics over multiple time scales using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/jav.00478. Key words: birds, low-power radio frequency identification, radio telemetry, RFID;
Hoye, B. J., R. A. M. Fouchier, and M. Klaassen. 2012. Host behaviour and physiology underpin individual variation in avian influenza virus infection in migratory Bewick’s swans. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 529-534. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0958. Key words: antibody, avian influenza virus, Bewick’s swans, birds, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, disease, habitat use, host–parasite interactions, nucleoprotein, predisposition, stable isotopes, zoonotic
Hoye, B. J., S. Hahn, B. A. Nolet, M. Klaassen. 2012. Habitat use throughout migration: linking individual consistency, prior breeding success and future breeding potential. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 657-666. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01948.x. Key words: Bewick’s swan, birds, carbon, carry-over effects, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, dietary specialization, lifetime reproductive success, migratory flyway, resource use, seasonal interaction, stable isotopes
Huschle, G., J. E. Toepfer, and D. C. Douglas. 2013. Migration and Wintering Areas of American Bitterns (Botaurus lentiginosus) that Summer in Central North America as Determined by Satellite and Radio Telemetry, 1998-2003. Waterbirds 36: 300-309. DOI: 10.1675/063.036.0307. Key words: American Bittern, birds, Botaurus lentiginosus, breeding range, connectivity, dispersal , Everglades, Louisiana coast, migration, Platform Transmitter Terminals, satellite telemetry, winter range

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Ibrahim, W. A. L. 2013. An Overview of Bird Migration Studies in Egypt. Ring 33: 55-75. DOI: 10.2478/v10050-011-0005-5. Key words: bird banding, migration, Egypt, mark-recapture, overview, ringing, studies.
Igual, J. M., M. G. Forero, G. Tavecchia, J. Gonzalez-Solis, A. Martinez-Abrain, K. A. Hobson, X. Ruiz, D. Oro. 2005. Short-term effects of data-loggers on Cory’s shearwater (Calonectris diomedea). Marine Biology 146: 619–624. doi: 10.1007/s00227-004-1461-0. Key words: birds, body condition, breeding success, effects, Calonectris diomedea, foraging, light-level geolocator, Cory’s shearwater, stable isotopes
Ilieva, M., D. P. L. Toews, S. Bensch, C. Sjoholm, and S. Akesson. 2012. Autumn migratory orientation and displacement responses of two willow warbler subspecies (Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus and P. t. acredula) in South Sweden. Behavioural Processes 91: 253-261. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.09.005. Key words: birds, displacement, genetic variation, migratory divide, orientation, subspecies, willow warbler
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Iverson, S. A, A. Gavrilov, T. E. Katzner, J. Y. Takekawa, T. A. Miller, W. Hagemeijer, T. Mundkur, B. Sivananinthaperumal, C. C. DeMattos, L. S. Ahmed, and S. H. Newman. 2011. Migratory movements of waterfowl in Central Asia and avian influenza emergence: sporadic transmission of H5N1 from east to west. Ibis 153: 279-292. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01095.x. Key words: Anas, bird banding, bird migration, disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1, Kazakhstan, risk mapping, satellite telemetry, Tadorna
Iwamura, T., H. P. Possingham, I. Chades, C. Minton, N. J. Murray, D. I. Rogers, E. A. Treml, and R. A. Fuller, R. A. 2013. Migratory connectivity magnifies the consequences of habitat loss from sea-level rise for shorebird populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (online early). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0325. Key words: birds, East Asian–Australasian Flyway, ecological networks, graph theory, maximum flow, migratory network, migratory shorebirds, sea-level rise
Jaffre, M., G. Beaugrand, E. Goberville, F. Jiguet, N. Kjellen, G. Troost, P. J. Dubois, A. Lepretre, and C. Cuczak. 2013. Long-Term Phenological Shifts in Raptor Migration and Climate. PLoS ONE 8(11): e79112. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079112. Key words: birds, climate change, phenology, short-distance migration
Jahn, A. E., D. J. Levey, J. A. Hostetler, and A. M. Mamani. 2010. Determinants of partial bird migration in the Amazon Basin. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 983-992. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01713.x. Key words: birds, Bolivia, carry-over effects, cerrado, flycatcher, seasonal interactions, Tyrannidae
Jahn, A. E., D. J. Levey, V. R. Cueto, J. P. Ledezma, D. T. Tuero, J. W. Fox, and D. Masson. 2013. Long-distance bird migration within South America revealed by light-level geolocators. The Auk 130: 223-229. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12077. Key words: Argentina, birds, fork-tailed flycatcher, light-level geolocator, Neotropical austral migrants, Tyrannidae, Tyrannus savanna.
Jahn, A. E., V. R. Cueto, J. W. Fox, M. S. Husak, D. H. Kim, D. V. Landoll, J. P. Ledezma, H. K. LePage, D. J. Levey, M. T. Murphy, and R. B. Renfrew. 2013. Migration timing and wintering areas of three species of flycatchers (Tyrannus) breeding in the Great Plains of North America. The Auk 130: 247-257. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13010. Key words: birds, connectivity, eastern kingbird, light-level geolocator, migration speed, Nebraska, Neotropics, Oklahoma, scissor-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus, western kingbird, wintering area.
James, A. R., and K. C. Abbott. 2014. Phenological and geographical shifts have interactive effects on migratory bird populations. Am. Naturalist 183: 40-53. DOI: 10.1086/674129. Key words: birds, climate change, migration distance, migratory timing, phenology, population model
Jessopp, M. J., M. Cronin, T. K. Doyle, M. Wilson, A. McQuatters-Gollop, S. Newton, and R. A. Phillips. 2013. Transatlantic migration by post-breeding puffins: a strategy to exploit a temporarily abundant food resource? Marine Biology 160: 2755-2762. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2268-7. Key words: Atlantic puffin, birds, connectivity, diet, light-level geolocator, long-distance migration, migration strategy.
Johnson J. M., P. Clarkson, S. M. Haig, M. I. Goldstein, R. B. Lanctot, D. F. Tessler, and D. Zwiefelhofer. 2010. Seasonal movements, winter range and migratory connectivity in Black Oystercatchers. Condor 112: 731–743. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090215. Key words: Alaska, birds, black oystercatcher, British Columbia, Haematopus bachmani, migratory connectivity, satellite telemetry
Johnson, J. A., S. M. Matsuoka, D. F. Tessler, R. Greenberg, and J. W. Fox. 2012. Identifying Migratory Pathways Used by Rusty Blackbirds Breeding in Southcentral Alaska. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124: 698-703. doi: 10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.698. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, migration route
Johnson, O. W., L. Fielding, J. P. Fisher, R. S. Gold, R. H. Goodwill, A. E. Bruner, J. F. Furey, P. A. Brusseau, N. H. Brusseau, P. M. Johnson, J. Jukema, L. L. Prince, M. J. Tenney, and J. W. Fox. 2012. New insight concerning transoceanic migratory pathways of Pacific Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva): the Japan stopover and other linkages as revealed by geolocators. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119: 1-8. Key words: birds, breeding grounds, connectivity, data logger, East Asian-Australasian Flyway, flight time, ground speed, light-level geolocator, mid-Pacific Flyway, migration, migratory pathways, non-breeding grounds, Pacific Golden-Plover, Pluvialis fulva, rice fields, stopovers
Johnston, N. N., J. E. Bradley, A. C. Pomeroy, and K. A. Otter. 2013. Flight Paths of Migrating Golden Eagles and the Risk Associated with Wind Energy Development in the Rocky Mountains. Avian Conservation and Ecology 8: (online preview). DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00608-080212. Key words: Aquila chrysaetos, collision risk, flight behavior, Golden Eagle, migration, Rocky Mountains, visual observation, weather patterns, wind energy
Juhant, M. A., and J. I. Areta. 2013. Distribution and migration of Mississippi Kites in South America. Journal of Field Ornithology 84: 255-261. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12024. Key words: birds, Chaco forest, conservation, Ictinia mississippiensis, Neartic-Neotropical migrant, winter distribution, winter spatial segregation, wintering grounds
Juillet, C., R. Choquet, G. Gauthier, J. Lefebvre, and R. Pradel. 2012. Carry-over effects of spring hunt and climate on recruitment to the natal colony in a migratory species. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 1237-1246. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02199.x. Key words: arctic, birds, climate, conservation, harvest, hunting, mark-recapture, multistate models, population management, snow geese
Kazama, K., K. Hirata, T. Yamamoto, H. Hashimoto, A. Takahashi, Y. Niizuma, P. N. Trathan, and Y. Watanuki. 2013. Movements and activities of male black-tailed gulls in breeding and sabbatical years. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00103.x. Key words: birds, black-tailed gulls, Global location sensor, light-level geolocator, migration route, non-breeding movement
Kelly, J. F., V. Atudorei, Z. D. Sharp, and D. M. Finch. 2002. Insights into Wilson’s Warbler migration from analyses of hydrogen stable-isotope ratios. Oecologia 130: 216-221. DOI: 10.1007/s004420100789. Key words: birds, hydrogen-isotope ratio, leapfrog migration, stable isotopes, stopover biology, Wilson’s warbler, Wilsonia pusilla
Kemink, K. M. and D. C. Kesler. 2013. Using movement ecology to inform translocation efforts: a case study with an endangered lekking bird species. Animal Conservation (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/acv.12015. Key words: assisted colonization, birds, conservation introduction, dispersal, greater prairie-chicken, homing, post-release movements, radio telemetry, Tympanuchus cupido.
Kessler, A. E., N. Batbayar, T. Natsagdorj, D. Batsuur’, and A. T. Smith. 2013. Satellite telemetry reveals long-distance migration in the Asian great bustard, Otis tarda dybowskii. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00072.x. Key words: birds, connectivity, GPS telemetry, movement patterns.
King, D. I., C. C. Chandler, J. H. Rappole, R. B. Chandler, and D. W. Mehlman. 2012. Establishing quantitative habitat targets for a ‘Critically Endangered’ Neotropical migrant (Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia) during the non-breeding season. Bird Conservation International 22: 213-221. doi: 10.1017/S095927091100027X. Key words: birds, conservation, golden-cheeked warbler, habitat use, winter ecology
Klaassen, R. H. G., B. J. Ens, J. Shamoun-Baranes, K. M. Exo, and F. Bairlein. 2012. Migration strategy of a flight generalist, the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus. Behavioral Ecology 23: 58-68. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arr150. Key words: animal movement, birds, currency, flight modes, GPS telemetry, migration strategies, migratory stopover
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Klaassen, R. H. G., R. Strandberg, M. Hake, P. Olofsson, A. P. Tottrup, and T. Alerstam. 2010. Loop migration in adult marsh harriers Circus aeruginosus, as revealed by satellite telemetry. Journal of Avian Biology, 41: 200-207. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05058.x. Key words: birds, loop migration, migration route, satellite telemetry
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Kolzsch, A., S. Bauer, R. de Boer, L. Griffin, D. Cabot, K.-M. Exo, H. P. van der Jeugd, and B. A. Nolet. 2014. Forecasting spring from afar? Timing of migration and predictability of phenology along different migration routes of an avian herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12281. Key words: barnacle goose, birds, Branta leucopsis, capital breeding, climatic barrier, GDD jerk, green wave hypothesis, migration flyway, onset of spring;
Kopp, M., H. U. Peter, O. Mustafa, S. Lisovski, M. S. Ritz, R. A. Phillips, and S. Hahn. 2011. South polar skuas from a single breeding population overwinter in different oceans though show similar migration patterns. Marine Ecological Progress Series 435: 263-267. doi:10.3354/meps09229. Key words: annual cycle, Antarctic, birds, light-level geolocator, migratory connectivity, Pacific, seabird, trans-equatorial
Koppen, U., A. P. Yakovlev, R. Barth, M. Kaatz, and P. Berthold. 2010. Seasonal migrations of four individual bar-headed geese Anser indicus from Kyrgyzstan followed by satellite telemetry. Journal of Ornithology 151: 703-712. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0492-1. Key words: Anser indicus, bar-headed goose, birds, Kyrgyzstan, migration routes, satellite telemetry, stopover areas, wintering areas
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Korner-Nievergelt, F., L. Jenni, A. P. Tottrup, and G. Pasinelli. 2012. Departure directions, migratory timing and non-breeding distribution of the Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio: do ring re-encounters and light-based geolocator data tell the same story? Ringing and Migration 27: 83-93. DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2012.748508. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, mark-recapture, migration route, red-backed shrike
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La Manna, J. A., T. L. George, J. F. Saracco, M. P. Nott, D. F. DeSante. 2012. El Nino-Southern Oscillation influences annual survival of a migratory songbird at a regional scale. The Auk 129: 734-743. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.12017. Key words: bird banding, Catharus ustulatus, Cormack-Jolly-Seber, full life-cycle biology, MAPS program, mark-recapture, migration, precipitation, residency, survival, Swainson’s thrush
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Lascelles, B., G. N. Di Sciara, T. Agardy, A. Cuttelod, S. Eckert, L. Glowka, E. Hoyt, F. Llewellyn, M. Louzao, V. Ridoux, and M. J. Tetley. 2014. Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24: 111-127. Key words: birds, climate change, coastal, fish, fishing, mammals, Marine Protected Areas, migration, ocean, red list;
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Liechti, F., C. Scandolara, D. Rubolini, R. Ambrosini, F. Korner-Nievergelt, S. Hahn, R. Lardelli, M. Romano, M. Caprioli, A. Romano, B. Sicurella, and N. Saino. 2014. Timing of migration and residence areas during the non-breeding period of barn swallows Hirundo rustica in relation to sex and population. Journal of Avian Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/jav.00485. Key words: annual variation, birds, light-level geolocator, non-breeding movements, sex-dependent variation;
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Macdonald, C. A., K. C. Fraser, H. G. Gilchrist, T. K. Kyser, J. W. Fox, and O. P. Love. 2012. Strong Migratory Connectivity in a Declining Arctic Passerine (Migratory connectivity in an Arctic passerine). Animal Migration 1: 23–30. DOI: 10.2478/ami-2012-0003. Key words: band recoveries, birds, citizen science, connectivity, light-level geolocator, mark-recapture, migration ecology, migratory divide, Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, stable isotopes
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Margalida A., M. Carrete, D. Hegglin, D. Serrano, R. Arenas, and J. A. Donazar. 2013. Uneven Large-Scale Movement Patterns in Wild and Reintroduced Pre-Adult Bearded Vultures: Conservation Implications. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065857. Key words: birds, dispersal, GPS-GSM radio telemetry, movement pattern.
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McIntyre, C. L. 2012. Quantifying Sources of Mortality and Wintering Ranges of Golden Eagles from Interior Alaska Using Banding and Satellite Tracking. Journal of Raptor Research 46: 129-134. doi: 10.3356/JRR-10-96.1. Key words: annual cycle, Aquila chrysaetos, bird banding, full-life cycle biology, golden eagle, mortality, satellite telemetry, winter range
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McKinnon, E. A., C. O. Stanley, K. C. Fraser, M. M. MacPherson, G. Casbourn, P. P. Marra, C. E. Studds, N. Diggs, and B. J. M. Stutchbury. 2013. Estimating geolocator accuracy for a migratory songbird using live ground-truthing in tropical forest. Animal Migration 1: 31-38. DOI: 10.2478/ami-2013-0001. Key words: birds, Central America, connectivity, geo-logger accuracy, light-level geolocator, migration, sun elevation, tracking.
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Raine, A., J. Borg, H. Raine, and R. Phillips, R. 2013. Migration strategies of the Yelkouan Shearwater, Puffinus yelkouan. J. Ornithol. 154: 411-422. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0905-4. Key words: birds, connectivity, light-level geolocator, migration route.
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Wittenberg, S. R., S. E. Lehnen, and K. Smith. 2013. Use of stable isotopes of hydrogen to predict natal origins of juvenile merlins and northern harriers migrating through the Florida Keys. The Condor 115: 451-455. DOI: /10.1525/cond.2013.120130. Key words: birds, Circus cyancus, connectivity, Falco columbarius, hydrogen stable isotopes, merlin, northern harrier, raptor migration
Woodworth, B. K., G. W. Mitchell, D. R. Norris, C. M. Francis, and P. D. Taylor. 2014. Patterns and correlates of songbird movements at an ecological barrier during autumn migration assessed using landscape- and regional-scale automated radio telemetry. Ibis (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12228. Key words: birds, departure decisions, energetic condition, migratory orientation, radio telemetry, stopover, weather;
Xiong, Y., Z. Luo, B. Yan, D. J. Prosser, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2013. GPS Location History Data Mining and Anomalous Detection: The Scenario of Bar-Headed Geese Migration. Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information Technology and Software Engineering Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 211: 413-420. Key words: birds, data analysis, GPS telemetry, migration.
Yates, M. A., M. R. Fuller, C. J. Henny, W. S. Seegar, and J. Garcia. 2010. Wintering area DDE source to migratory white-faced ibis revealed by satellite telemetry and prey sampling. Ecotoxicology 19: 153-162. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0400-8. Key words: birds, DDE, earthworms, migration, North America, satellite telemetry, white-faced ibis
Ydenberg, R. C., R. W. Butler, and D. B. Lank. 2007. Effects of predator landscapes on the evolutionary ecology of routing, timing and molt by long-distance migrants. Journal of Avian Biology 38: 523-529. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04202.x. Key words: birds, evolution of migration, predation
Yohannes, E., R. Lee, V. Popenko, and U. Bauchinger. 2012. Bone collagen and muscle C13 in relation to the timing of the migration of Garden Warblers, Sylvia borin, during return migration from Africa. Journal of Ornithology Volume 153: 783-791. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0794-y. Key words: avian migration, birds, body condition, collagen, Palearctic-African migrant, pectoral muscle, seasonal interactions, stable isotopes
Zduniak, P., R. Yose, and K. Meyrom. 2012. A comparison of passerine migration in southern and northern Israel. Journal of Arid Environments 90: 22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.09.016. Key words: blackcap, bird banding, body mass, flyway, Israel, lesser whitethroat, mark-recapture, migration strategy, morphometric separation, reed warbler
Zenzal, Jr., T. J., R. H. Diehl, and F. R. Moore. 2014. The impact of radio-tags on Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). The Condor 116: 518-526. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-13-142.1. Key words: Archilochus colubris, behavior, birds, flight simulations, migration, radio-tagging, radio telemetry, radio transmitters, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds;
Zhang, Y., M. Hao, J. Y. Takekawa, F. Lei, B. Yan, D. J. Prosser, D. C. Douglas, Z. Xing, and S. H. Newman. 2011. Tracking the Autumn Migration of the Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) with Satellite Telemetry and Relationship to Environmental Conditions. International Journal of Zoology 2011 (323847). doi:10.1155/2011/323847. Key words: birds, migration route, satellite telemetry
Zwarts, L., J. van der Kamp, E. Klop, M. Sikkema, and E. Wymenga. 2014. West African Mangroves Harbour Millions of Wintering European Warblers. Ardea 102: 121-130. DOI: 10.5253/arde.v102i2.a2. Key words: Avicennia, birds, carry-over effect, European Reed Warbler, insectivorous warblers, mangrove, migration, Rhizophora, West Africa;

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Acolas, M. L., J. Labonne, J. L. Bagliniere, and J. M. Roussel. 2012. The role of body size versus growth on the decision to migrate: a case study with Salmo trutta. Naturwissenschaften 99: 11-21. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0861-5. Key words: Bayesian model, brown trout, capture-mark-recapture, fisheries, migration, partial migration, passive integrated transponders
Acolas, M. L., J. M. Roussel, and J. L. Bagliniere. 2008. Linking migratory patterns and diet to reproductive traits in female brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) by means of stable isotope analysis on ova. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17: 382-393. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00290.x. Key words: anadromy, fecundity, fisheries, migration strategy, ova size, piscivory, reproductive investment, stable isotopes
Alarcos, A. J., and J. T. Timi. 2013. Stocks and seasonal migrations of the flounder Xystreurys rasile as indicated by its parasites. Journal of Fish Biology 83: 531-541. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12190. Key words: fisheries, migratory pattern, parasite assemblages, partial migration, south-western Atlantic, stock dynamics
Andrews, K. S., and C. J. Harvey. 2013. Ecosystem-level consequences of movement: seasonal variation in the trophic impact of a top predator. Marine Ecology Progress Series 473: 247-260. doi: 10.3354/meps10095 . Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, bioenergetics models, fisheries, partial migration, tagging, movement, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus acanthias.
Aranda, G., F. J. Abascal, J. L. Varela, A. Medina. 2013. Spawning Behaviour and Post-Spawning Migration Patterns of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Ascertained from Satellite Archival Tags. PLoS ONE 8(10): e76445. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076445. Key words: archival tag, fisheries, migratory behavior, satellite telemetry, spawning
Araya, M., E. J. Niklitschek, D. H. Secor, and P. M. Piccoli. 2014. Partial migration in introduced wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of southern Chile. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 149: 87-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.07.011. Key words: fisheries, introduced species, life-history variation, otoliths microchemistry, partial migration, Sr:Ca Chile, Aysen region, Aysen watershed;
Baetens, J. M., S. Van Nieuland, I. S. Pauwels, B. De Baets, A. M. Mouton, and P. L. M. Goethals. 2013. An individual-based model for the migration of pike (Esox lucius) in the river Yser, Belgium. Ecological Modelling 258: 40-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.02.030. Key words: conservation, fisheries, individual-based model, migration, northern pike, rivers.
Beachama, T. D,, R. J. Beamisha, J. R. Candya, C. Wallacea, S. Tuckera, J. H. Mossb, and M. Trudela. 2014. Stock-Specific Migration Pathways of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in British Columbia Waters and in the Gulf of Alaska. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143: 1386-1403. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2014.935476. Key words: CPUE, fisheries, migration route, salmon, stock composition;
Bendall, B., A. Moore, D. Maxwell, P. Davison, N. Edmonds, D. Archer, D. Solomon, V. Greest, R. Wyatt, and K. Broad. 2012. Modelling the migratory behaviour of salmonids in relation to environmental and physiological parameters using telemetry data. Fisheries Management and Ecology 19: 475-483. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00811.x. Key words: fisheries, flow, migration, movement models, regression, salmon, sea trout, telemetry, temperature
Berge, J., H. Capra, H. Pella, T. Steig, M. Ovidio, E. Bultel, and N. Lamouroux. 2012. Probability of detection and positioning error of a hydro acoustic telemetry system in a fast-flowing river: Intrinsic and environmental determinants. Fisheries Research 125-126: 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.02.008. Key words: acoustic tags, acoustic telemetry, aquatic fish behavior, detection probability, fisheries, hydrophones configuration, triangulation parameters
Bertelsen, R. D. 2013. Characterizing daily movements, nomadic movements, and reproductive migrations of Panulirus argus around the Western Sambo Ecological Reserve (Florida, USA) using acoustic telemetry. Fisheries Research (in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.12.008. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, ecological reserve, fisheries, invertebrates, migration, movement, nomadic, Panulirus argus, spiny lobster.
Berumen, M. L., C. D. Braun, J. E. M. Cochran, G. B. Skomal, and S. R. Thorrold. 2014. Movement Patterns of Juvenile Whale Sharks Tagged at an Aggregation Site in the Red Sea. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103536. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103536. Key words: fisheries, satellite telemetry;
Bestley, S., T. A. Patterson, M. A. Hindell, and J. S. Gunn. 2008. Feeding ecology of wild migratory tunas revealed by archival tag records of visceral warming. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 1223-1233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01437.x. Key words: feeding telemetry, fisheries, foraging behavior, long-distance migration, oceanic residencies, pelagic predators
Block, B. A., I. D. Jonsen, S. J. Jorgensen, A. J. Winship, S. A. Shaffer, S. J. Bograd, E. L. Hazen, D. G. Foley, G. A. Breed, A.-L. Harrison, J. E. Ganong, A. Swithenbank, M. Castleton, H. Dewar, B. R. Mate, G. L. Shillinger, K. M. Schaefer, S. R. Benson, M. J. Weise, R. W. Henry, and D. P. Costa. 2011. Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean. Nature 475: 86–90. doi:10.1038/nature10082. Key words: animal behavior, birds, fisheries, long-distance migration, marine mammals, physiology, organismal biology, environmental science, reptiles, Tagging of Pacific Predators, satellite telemetry
Bloor, I. S. M., V. J. Wearmouth, S. P. Cotterell, M. J. McHugh, N. E. Humphries, E. L. Jackson, M. J. Attrill, and D. W. Sims. 2013. Movements and behaviour of European common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, in English Channel inshore waters: First results from acoustic telemetry. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 448: 19-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.013. Key words: acoustics, cephalopod, fishery, invertebrates, site fidelity, spawning, tagging, telemetry
Bond, M. H., and T. P. Quinn. 2013. Patterns and influences on Dolly Varden migratory timing in Chignik Lakes, Alaska, and comparison to populations throughout the Northeastern Pacific and Arctic oceans. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (online preview). DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0416. Key words: anadromous salmonid, falcultative migration, fisheries, iteroparous, paritial migration, radio telemetry.
Borcherding, J., A. W. Breukelaar, H. V. Winter, and U. Konig. 2013. Spawning migration and larval drift of anadromous North Sea houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus) in the River IJssel, the Netherlands. Ecology of Freshwater Fish (online preview). doi: 10.1111/eff.12058. Key words: anadromous salmonid, drift net sampling, discharge, fisheries, re-introduction programme, River Rhine, spawning migration, telemetry, temperature.
Bourret, V., M. P. Kent, C. R. Primmer, A. Vasemagi, S. Karlsson, K. Hindar, P. McGinnity, E. Verspoor, L. Bernatchez, and S. Lien. 2013. SNP-array reveals genome-wide patterns of geographical and potential adaptive divergence across the natural range of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Molecular Ecology 22: 532-551. doi: 10.1111/mec.12003. Key words: aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, population genetics, salmonids, selection, single nucleotide polymorphism.
Bronmark, C., K. Hulthen, A. Nilsson, C. Skov, L.-A. Hansson, J. Brodersen, and B. Chapman. 2013. There and back again: migration in freshwater fishes. Canadian Journal of Zoology (online preview). DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2012-0277. Key words: causes of migration, consequence of migration, fisheries, freshwater, migration theory.
Brown, R. S., K. A. Deters, K. V. Cook, and M. B. Eppard. 2013. A comparison of single-suture and double-suture incision closues in seaward-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon implanted with acoustic transmitters: implications for research in river basins containing hydropower structures. Animal Biotelemetry 1:10. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-1-10. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, barotrauma, fisheries, hydropower, juvenile salmon, methods, passive integrated transponder tag, surgery, sutures, tag effects
Bultel, E., E. Lasne, A. Acou, J. Guillaudeau, C. Bertier, and E. Feunteun. 2013. Migration behaviour of silver eels (Anguilla anguilla) in a large estuary of Western Europe inferred from acoustic telemetry. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.11.023. Key words: acoustic telemetry, biological traits, conservation, escapement, Europe, European Eel Management Plan, fisheries, France, Loire estuary, silver eel, spawning migration
Caldwell, I. R., and S. E. Gergel. 2013. Thresholds in seascape connectivity: influence of mobility, habitat description, and current strength on fish movement. Landscape Ecology 28: 1937-1948. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9930-9?no-access=true. Key words: conservation, damselfish, fisheries, fragmentation, habitat abundance, habitat loss, landscape, marine, movement models
Campbell, H. A., M. E. Watts, R. G. Dwyer, and C. E. Franklin. 2012. V-Track: software for analysing and visualising animal movement from acoustic telemetry detections. Marine and Freshwater Research 63: 815-820. doi: 10.1071/MF12194. Key words: acoustic telemetry, behaviour, data analysis methods, fisheries, R, tracking VEMCO, VR2W
Carlisle, A. B., S. L. Kim, B. X. Semmens, D. J. Madigan, S. J. Jorgensen, C. R. Perle, S. D. Anderson, T. K. Chapple, P. E. Kanive, B. A. Block. 2012. Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Understand the Migration and Trophic Ecology of Northeastern Pacific White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). PLoS ONE 7: e30492. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030492. Key words: carbon, Carcharodon carcharias, fisheries, migratory behavior, nitrogen, stable isotopes, white shark
Chapman, B. B., A. Eriksen, H. Baktoft, J. Brodersen, P. A. Nilsson PA, K. Hulthen, C. Bronmark, L.-A. Hansson, P. Gronkjaer, and C. Skov. 2013. A Foraging Cost of Migration for a Partially Migratory Cyprinid Fish. PLoS ONE 8(5): e61223. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061223. Key words: automated telemetry, cost-benefit, fisheries, partial migration, passive integrated transponder tag, passive telemetry, predation/growth potential trade-off, roach, Rutilus rutilus.
Chapman, B. B., C. Skov, K. Hulthen, J. Brodersen, P. A. Nilsson, L. A. Hansson, C. Bronmark. 2012. Partial migration in fishes: definitions, methodologies and taxonomic distribution. Journal of Fish Biology 81: 479-499. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03349.x. Key words: anadromy, catadromy, fish migration, fisheries, life history diversity, telemetry
Chianga, W.-C., M. K. Musyl, C.-L. Sun, G. DiNardo, H.-M. Hung, H.-C. Lin, S.-C. Chen, S.-Z. Yeh, W.-Y. Chen, and C.-L. Kuo. 2014. Seasonal movements and diving behaviour of black marlin (Istiompax indica) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.10.023. Key words: basking behaviour, fisheries, istiophorid, pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs), tag retention, thermal habitat, vertical and horizontal movements;
Chittenden, C. M., B. Adlandsvik, O.-P. Pedersen, D. Righton, and A. H. Rikardsen. 2013. Testing a model to track fish migrations in polar regions using pop-up satellite archival tags. Fisheries Oceanography 22: 1-13. doi: 10.1111/fog.12000. Key words: Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, Barents Sea, fisheries, migration, open ocean, pop-up archival satellite telemetry, SST, telemetry.
Cooke, S. J., C. M. Woodley, M. B. Eppard, R. S. Brown, and J. L. Nielsen. 2011. Advancing the surgical implantation of electronic tags in fish: a gap analysis and research agenda based on a review of trends in intracoelomic tagging effects studies. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 21: 127-151. DOI: 10.1007/s11160-010-9193-3. Key words: behavior, biotelemetry, electronic tags, fisheries, methods, surgery

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de C. Britto, S. G., and E. D. Carvalho. 2013. Reproductive migration of fish and movement in a series of reservoirs in the Upper Parana River basin, Brazil. Fisheries Management and Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/fme.12030. Key words: fish ladders, fish reproduction, fisheries, hydrostatic telemetry, migration barrier, Paranapanema River, Upper Paraná basin.
De Pontual, H., A. Jolivet, F. Garren, and M. Bertignac. 2013. New insights on European hake biology and population dynamics from a sustained tagging effort in the Bay of Biscay. J. Mar. Sci. (online preview). DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst102. Key words: age validation, attrition model, fisheries, fishing mortality, growth model, maturity, migration, natural mortality, telemetry
Del Raye, G., S. J Jorgensen, K. Krumhansl, J. M. Ezcurra, and B. A. Block. 2013 . Travelling light: white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) rely on body lipid stores to power ocean-basin scale migration. Proc. R. Soc. B. (online preview). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0836. Key words: bioenergetics, bouyancy, fisheries, migration, satellite telemetry, white shark
Demer, D. A., J. P. Zwolinski, K. A. Byers, G. R. Cutter, J. S. Renfree, T. S. Sessions, and B. J. Macewicz. 2012. Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem. Fishery Bulletin 110: 52-70. Key words: acoustic–trawl survey, fisheries, migratory behavior, model validation, Pacific sardine, potential habitat model, Sardinops sagax
Domeier, M. L., and N. Nasby-Lucas. 2013. Two-year migration of adult female white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) reveals widely separated nursery areas and conservation concerns. Animal Biotelemetry 1: 2. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-1-2. Key words: Baja, connectivity, fisheries, gestation, mating, migration, pupping, Mexico, Pacific, satellite-linked radio telemetry, white shark.
Donaldson, M. R., S. G. Hinch, C. D. Suski, A. T. Fisk, M. R. Heupel, and S. J. Cooke. 2014. Making connections in aquatic ecosystems with acoustic telemetry monitoring. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 565-573. DOI: 10.1890/130283. Key words: acoustic telemetry, fisheries, research gaps;
Dudgeon, C. L., J. M. Lanyon, and J. M. Semmens. 2013. Seasonality and site fidelity of the zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, in southeast Queensland, Australia. Animal Behaviour 85: 471-481. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.013. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, elasmobranch, fisheries, GLMM, leopard shark, migration movement, philopatry, Stegostoma fasciatum
Fromentin, J.-M., and D. Lopuszanski. 2013. Migration, residency, and homing of bluefin tuna in the western Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science (online preview). DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst157. Key words: Atlantic bluefin tuna, feeding area, fisheries, marine protected area, pop-up archival tag, spatial distribution, telemetry, Thunnus thynnus
Fuji, T., A. Kasai, M. Ueno, and Y. Yamashita. 2013. Growth and migration patterms of juvenile temperate seabass Lateolabrax japonicus in the Yura River estuary, Japan -combination of stable isotope ratio and otolith microstructure analyses. Environmental Biology of Fishes (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s10641-013-0209-4. Key words: carbon stable isotope ratio, density dependent, feeding condition, fisheries, growth back-calculation, otolith microstructure analysis, partial migration
Gingerich, A. J., B. J. Bellgraph, R. S. Brown, N. T. Tavan, Z. D. Deng, J. R. Brown. 2012. Quantifying reception strength and omnidirectionality of underwater radiotelemetry antennas: Advances and applications for fisheries research. Fisheries Research 121-122: 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.01.003. Key words: balanced loop-vee antenna, fisheries, methods, radio telemetry, signal strength, turnstile antenna, underwater dipole antenna
Gjelland, K. O., and R. D. Hedger. 2013. Environmental influence on transmitter detection probability in biotelemetry: developing a general model of acoustic transmission. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (online preview). doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12057. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, detection probability, fisheries, habitat use, methods, tracking, salmonids, Salmo trutta.
Gleiss, A. C., B. Norman, N. Liebsch, C. Francis, R. P. Wilson. 2009. A new prospect for tagging large free-swimming sharks with motion-sensitive data-loggers. Fisheries Research 97: 11–16. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.12.012. Key words: accelerometry, daily–diary, data-logging, fisheries, radio telemetry, shark, tagging, whale shark
Goetz, F. A., B. Baker, T. Buehrens, and T. P. Quinn. 2013. Diversity of movements by individual anadromous coastal cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii. Journal of Fish Biology 83: 1161-1182. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12209. Key words: acoustic telemetry, behaviour, estuary, fisheries, migration, Puget Sound, salmonid, telemetry
Graham, R. T., M. J. Witt, D. W. Castellanos, F. Remolina, S. Maxwell, B. J. Godley, and L. A. Hawkes. 2012. Satellite Tracking of Manta Rays Highlights Challenges to Their Conservation. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036834. Key words: fisheries, giant manta ray, Manta birostris, marine mega-fauna, satellite telemetry
Hansen, L. P., P. Hutchinson, D. G. Reddin, and M. L. Windsor. 2012. Salmon at Sea: Scientific Advances and their Implications for Management: an introduction. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 69: 1533-1537. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fss146. Key words: conservation, fisheries, management implications, marine mortality, migration, population genetics, research requirements, salmon, stable isotopes
Hansson, S., J. E. Hobbie, R. Elmgren, U. Larsson, B. Fry, and S. Johansson. 1997. The stable nitrogen isotope ratio as a marker of food-web interactions and fish migration. Ecology 78: 2249–2257. doi: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2249:TSNIRA]2.0.CO%3B2. Key words: Baltic Sea coastal areas, fish migration, fisheries, food-web structure nitrogen isotopes, pelagic food-web structure, sewage treatment effluent, stable isotopes, d15N values, trophic fractionation, trophic interactions
Harris, L. N., J.-S. Moore, C. G. McDermid, and H. K. Swanson. 2014. Long-distance anadromous migration in a fresh water specialist: the lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Canadian Field Naturalist (online preview). Key words: anadromy, fisheries, lake trout, migration, Salvelinus namaycush, Victoria Island;
Havrylkoff, J. M., M. S. Peterson, and W. T. Slack. 2012. Assessment of the seasonal usage of the lower Pascagoula River estuary by Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28: 681-686. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02056.x. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, automated digital telemetry array, connectivity, conservation management, fisheries
Hayden, T. A., C. M. Holbrook, D. G. Fielder, C. S. Vandergoot, R. A. Bergstedt, J. M. Dettmers, C. C. Krueger, S. J. Cooke.2014. Acoustic Telemetry Reveals Large-Scale Migration Patterns of Walleye in Lake Huron. PLoS ONE 9(12): e114833. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114833. Key words: acoustic telemetry, fisheries, Great Lakes, multistate mark-recapture models;
Hayes, S. A., N. M. Teutschel, C. J. Michel, C. Champagne, P. W. Robinson, M. Fowler, T. Yack, D. K. Mellinger, S. Simmons, D. P. Costa, and R. B. MacFarlane. 2013. Mobile receivers: releasing the mooring to ‘see’ where fish go. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96:189-201. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9940-x. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, elephant seal, fisheries, marine mammals, mobile receiver, offshore tracking, salmon.
Hearn, A. R., J. R. Green, E. Espinoza, C. Penaherrera, D. Acuna, and A. P. Klimley. 2013. Simple criteria to determine detachment point of towed satellite tags provide first evidence of return migrations of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Animal Biotelemetry 1: 11. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-1-11. Key words: fisheries, Galapagos Islands, homing migration, SPLASH tag, SPOT tag, tag detachment, telemetry, towed floating satellite tag, whale shark
Holland, K. M., S. M. Kajiura, D. G. Itano, and J. Sibert. 2001. Tagging Techniques Can Elucidate the Biology and Exploitation of Aggregated Pelagic Species. American Fisheries Society Symposium 25:211–218. Key words: fisheries, mark-recapture, movement patterns, tuna aggregations
Holmes, B. J., J. G. Pepperell, S. P. Griffiths, F. R. Jaine, I. R. Tibbetts, and M. B. Bennett. 2014. Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) movement patterns and habitat use determined by satellite tagging in eastern Australian waters. Marine Biology 161: 2645-2658. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2536-1. Key words: fisheries, partial migration, pop-up archival tags, telemetry;
Hoyos-Padilla, E. M., J. T. Ketchum, A. P. Klimley, and F. Galvan-Magana. 2014. Ontogenetic migration of a female scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in the Gulf of California. Animal Biot elemetry 2: 17. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-2-17. Key words: archival tag, fisheries, Gulf of California, hammerhead shark, juvenile, mark-recapture, movements, ontogeny;
Hueter, R. E., J. P. Tyminski, and R. de la Parra. 2013. Correction: horizontal movements, migration patterns, and population structure of whale sharks in the Gulf of Mexico and Northwestern Caribbean Sea. PLoS One 8(11). DOI: 10.1371/annotation/491b9b6c-7f77-4fb0-b336-572078aec830. Key words: connectivity, fisheries, mark-recapture, movement patterns, photo identification, satellite telemetry
Hueter, R. E., J. P. Tyminski, and R. de la Parra. 2013. Horizontal Movements, Migration Patterns, and Population Structure of Whale Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico and Northwestern Caribbean Sea. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71883. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071883. Key words: connectivity, fisheries, mark-recapture, movement patterns, photo identification, satellite telemetry
Jansen, T., A. Campbell, C. Kelly, H. Hatun, and M. R. Payne. 2012. Migration and Fisheries of North East Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in Autumn and Winter. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51541. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051541. Key words: bottom trawl survey, climate correlation, commercial fishery survey, distribution proxy, fisheries management, mackerel, migration pattern
Jansen, T., A. Campbell, T. Brunel, and C. L. Worsoe. 2013. Spatial Segregation within the Spawning Migration of North Eastern Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) as Indicated by Juvenile Growth Patterns. PLoS ONE 8(2): e58114. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0058114. Key words: fisheries, growth rate, migratory segregation, spatiotemporal distribution.
Jorgensen, S. J., N. S. Arnoldi, E. E. Estess, T. K. Chapple, M. Ruckert, S. D. Anderson, B. A. Block. 2012. Eating or Meeting? Cluster Analysis Reveals Intricacies of White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Migration and Offshore Behavior. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47819. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047819. Key words: behavioral models, cluster analysis, fisheries, PAT tag, pop-up archival telemetry, white shark
Keefer, M. L., R. J. Stansell, S. C. Tackley, W. T. Nagy, K. M. Gibbons, C. A. Peery, and C. C. Caudill. 2012. Use of Radiotelemetry and Direct Observations to Evaluate Sea Lion Predation on Adult Pacific Salmonids at Bonneville Dam. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141: 1236-1251. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.688918. Key words: conservation management, fisheries, radio telemetry, marine mammals, predation
Kitano, J., A. Ishikawa, M. Kume, and S. Mori. 2012. Physiological and genetic basis for variation in migratory behavior in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Ichthyological Research 59: 293-303. DOI 10.1007/s10228-012-0289-8. Key words: anadromy, fisheries, Gasterosteus aculeatus, genetic variation, genomics, genome scan analysis, hormone, migratory behavior, partial migration, QTL mapping, transcriptome analysis
Klimley, A. P., R. B. MacFarlane, P. T. Sandstrom, and S. T. Lindley. 2013. A summary of the use of electronic tagging to provide insights into salmon migration and survival. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96: 419-428. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0098-y. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, coded tag, fisheries, management, Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Program, salmon.
Kovach, R. P., A. J. Gharrett, and D. A. Tallmon. 2013. Temporal patterns of genetic variation in a salmon population undergoing rapid change in migration timing. Evolutionary Applications (online preview). doi: 10.1111/eva.12066. Key words: climate change, fisheries, genetic change, genetic divergence, genetic diversity, genetic effective population size, phenology, salmon.
Kovach, R. P., A. J. Gharrett, D. A. Tallmon. 2012. Genetic change for earlier migration timing in a pink salmon population. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 3870-3878. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1158. Key words: circadian rhythms, climate change, microevolution, fisheries, genetic change, migration timing, salmon

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Lacroix, G. L. 2013. Population-specific ranges of oceanic migration for adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) documented using pop-up satellite archival tags. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, (online preview). DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0038. Key words: fisheries, kelt, pop-up archival satellite tag, population-specific movement, salmon, satellite telemetry.
Lascelles, B., G. N. Di Sciara, T. Agardy, A. Cuttelod, S. Eckert, L. Glowka, E. Hoyt, F. Llewellyn, M. Louzao, V. Ridoux, and M. J. Tetley. 2014. Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24: 111-127. Key words: birds, climate change, coastal, fish, fishing, mammals, Marine Protected Areas, migration, ocean, red list;
Lemos, V. M., A. S. Varela, P. R. Schwingel, J. H. Muelbert, and J. P. Vieira. 2014. Migration and reproductive biology of Mugil liza (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in south Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology 85: 671-687. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12452. Key words: fishery, mullet, reproduction, southern population, spawning;
Lok, E. K., D. Esler, J. Y. Takekawa, S. W. De La Cruz, W. S. Boyd, D. R. Nysewander, J. R. Evenson, and D. H. Ward. 2012. Spatiotemporal associations between Pacific herring spawn and surf scoter spring migration: evaluating a ‘silver wave’ hypothesis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 457: 139-150. doi: 10.3354/meps09692. Key words: birds, fisheries, habitat use, herring spawn, Melanitta perspicillata, migration, phenology, satellite telemetry, surf scoter
Madigan, D. J., Z. Baumann, A. B. Carlisle, D. K. Hoen, B. N. Popp, H. Dewar, O. E. Snodgrass, B. A. Block, and N. S. Fisher. 2013. Reconstructing trans-oceanic migration patterns of Pacific bluefin tuna using a chemical tracer toolbox. Ecology (in press). DOI: 10.1890/13-1467.1. Key words: amino acid-stable isotope analysis, bulk tissue analysis, fisheries, Fukushima-derived radiotracer, Pacific bluefin tuna, trans-Pacific migration
Martignac, F., J. L. Bagliniere, L. Thieulle, D. Ombredane, and J. Guillard. 2013. Influences of a dam on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) upstream migration in the Couesnon River (Mont Saint Michel Bay) using hydroacoustics. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.02.003. Key words: acoustics, anadromous migration, Atlantic salmon, echo surveys, fisheries, fishery management, hydroacoustic, tracking.
Martins, E. G., L. F. Gutowsky, P. M. Harrison, J. E. Flemming, I. D. Jonsen, D. Z. Zhu, A. Leake, D. A. Patterson, M. Power, and S. J. Cooke. 2014. Behavioral attributes of turbine entrainment risk for adult resident fish revealed by acoustic telemetry and state-space modeling. Animal Biotelemetry 2: 13. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-2-13. Key words: acoustic telemetry, behavioral ecology, bull trout, code division multiple access, fisheries, forebay, hydropower, movement ecology, state-space model, turbine entrainment;
Mazel, V., F. Charrier, A. Legault, and P. Laffaille. 2012. Long-term effects of passive integrated transponder tagging (PIT tags) on the growth of the yellow European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 29: 906-908. DOI: 10.1111/jai.12111. Key words: fisheries, growth rate, long-term effect, mark-recapture, methodology, mortality, Passive Integrated Transponder tag, PIT tag
Melia, P., M. Schiavina, M. Gatto, L. Bonaventura, S. Masina, and R. Casagrandi. 2013. Integrating field data into individual-based models of the migration of European eeel larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 487: 135-149. DOI: 10.3354/meps10368. Key words: Angruilla anguilla, fisheries, Lanrangian simulations, larval dispersal, physical-biological coupling, movement ecology, life-history traits, data assimilation
Miethe, T., T. Grohsler, U. Bottcher, and C. von Dorrien. 2013. The effects of periodic marine inflow into the Baltic Sea on the migration patterns of Western Baltic spring-spawning herring. ICES Journal of Marine Science (online preview). DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst166. Key words: acoustics, centre of gravity, environment, fisheries, habitat connectivity, herring, migration, oxygen
Milner, N. J., D. J. Solomon, and G. W. Smith. 2012. The role of river flow in the migration of adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, through estuaries and rivers. Fisheries Management and Ecology 19: 537–547. doi: 10.1111/fme.12011. Key words: adaptation, conceptual model, fisheries, fitness, river flow, salmon migration
Mirallesa, L., F. Juanesb, and E. Garcia-Vazqueza. 2014. Interoceanic Sex-Biased Migration in Bluefish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143: 1308-1315. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2014.935480. Key words: bluefish, fisheries, gene flow, population structure, sex-biased dispersal;
Moser, M. L., M. S. Myers, J. E. West, S. M. O’Neill, and B. J. Burke. 2013. English sole sqauning migration and evidence for feeding site fidelity in Puget Sound, U.S.A., with implications for contaminant exposure. Northwest Science 87: 317-325. DOI: 10.3955/046.087.0403. Key words: acoustic telemetry, contaminant exposure, fisheries, flatfish, homing, movements, philopatry
Nelson, T. C., P. Doukakis, S. T. Lindley, A. D. Schreier, J. E. Hightower, L. R. Hildebrand, R. E. Whitlock, and M. A. H. Webb. 2013. Research Tools to Investigate Movements, Migrations, and Life History of Sturgeons (Acipenseridae), with an Emphasis on Marine-Oriented Populations. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71552. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071552. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, electronic tagging, fisheries, genetics, microchemistry, observation, PIT tag, radio telemetry, research technique, satellite telemetry, tagging
Nichol, D. G., S. Kotwicki, and M. Zimmermann. 2013. Diel vertical migration of adult Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, in Alaska. Journal of Fish Biology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/jfb.12160. Key words: archival tags, crepuscular, eastern Bering Sea, fisheries, foraging, Gulf of Alaska, prey search.
Norrgard, J. R. , L. A. Greenberg, J. J. Piccolo, M. Schmitz, E. Bergman. 2012. Multiplicative loss of landlocked Atlandic salmon Salmo salar L. smolts during downstream migration through multiple dams. River Res. Applic. doi: 10.1002/rra.2616. Key words: acoustic telemetry, dams, downstream migration, fisheries, landlocked Atlantic salmon, management, migratory success, Salmo salar, smolt, turbine mortality
Ohms, H. A., M. R. Sloat, G. H. Reeves, C. E. Jordan, and J. B. Dunham. 2013. Influence of sex, migration distance, and latitude on life history expression in steelhead and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (online preview). DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0274. Key words: fisheries, life history, partial migration, sex bias
Okland, F., and E. B. Thorstad. 2013. Recommendations on size and position of surgically and gastrically implanted electronic tags in European silver eel. Animal Biotelemetry 1: 6. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-1-6. Key words: attachment method, electronic tag, fisheries, gastric tag, surgical implant, telemetry.
Okland, F., E. B. Thorstad, H. Westerberg, K. Aarestrup, and J. D. Metcalfe. 2013. Development and testing of attachment methods for pop-up satellite archival transmitters in European eel. Animal Biotelemetry 1: 3. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-1-3. Key words: data storage tag, external tagging, fisheries, methodology, satellite tag, tagging effect, telemetry.
Olivier, T. J., K. Q. Handy, and R. T. Bauer. 2013. Effects of river control structures on the juvenile migration of Macrobrachium ohione. Freshwater Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12148. Key words: amphidromy, dams, fisheries, migrations, river shrimps, shrimp ramp.
Ostergren, J., J. Nilsson, and H. Lundqvist. 2012. Linking genetic assignment tests with telemetry enhances understanding of spawning migration and homing in sea trout, Salmo trutta L. Hydrobiologia 691: 123-134. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1063-7. Key words: fisheries, genetic assignment test, microsatellite DNA, straying, radio telemetry
Ovenden, J. R. 2013. Crinkles in connectivity: combining genetics and other types of biological data to estimate movement and interbreeding between populations. Marine and Freshwater Research 64: 201-207. DOI: 10.1071/MF12314. Key words: Australia, demography, dispersal, elasmobranch, fisheries management, migration, Timor Trench.
Papastamatiou, Y. P., C. G. Meyer, C. Carvalho, J. J. Dale, M. R. Hutchinson, and K. N. Holland. 2013. Partial Migration in Tiger Sharks. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 94: 250-251. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9623-94.3.250. Key words: fisheries, random walk models, telemetry, tiger shark
Papastamatiou, Y. P., C. G. Meyer, F. Carvalho, J. Dale, M. Hutchinson, and K. Holland. 2013. Telemetry and random walk models reveal complex patterns of partial migration in a large marine predator. Ecology 94: 2595-2606. DOI: 10.1890/12-2014.1. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, Brownian Bridge Movement Model, fisheries, GAMM, partial migration, sex biased-dispersal, tiger shark.
Patterson, T. A., M. Basson, M. V. Bravington, and J. S. Gunn. 2009. Classifying movement behaviour in relation to environmental conditions using hidden Markov models. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 1113-1123. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01583.x. Key words: archival and satellite telemetry, behavioural analysis, bluefin tuna, hidden Markov models, fisheries
Pedersen, M. W., and K. C. Weng. 2013. Estimating individual animal movement from observation networks. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12086. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, detection probability, fisheries, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, state-space model
Petersson, E., J. Rask, B. Ragnarsson, L. Karlsson, and J. Persson. 2013. Effects of fin-clipping regarding adult return rates I hatchery-reared brown trout. Aquaculture (in press). Key words: brown trout, coded wire tags, fin clipping, fisheries, mark-recapture, Salmo trutta, survival
Portnoy, D. S., C. M. Hollenbeck, C. N. Belcher, W. B. Driggers, B. S. Frazier, J. Gelsleichter, R. D. Grubbs, and J. R. Gold. 2014. Contemporary population structure and post-glacial genetic demography in a migratory marine species, the blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus. Molecular Ecology 23: 5480-5495. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12954. Key words: conservation genetics, elasmobranchs, fisheries, glacial refugia, secondary contact;
Prigge, E., L. Marohn, and R. Hanel. 2013. Tracking the migratory success of stocked European eels, Anguilla Anguilla, in the Baltic Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, 82: 686-699. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12032. Key words: fisheries, mark-recapture, migration delay, otolith microchemistry, spawning migration, stocking, T-bar tags.

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Raabe, J. K., and J. E. Hightower. 2014. Assessing Distribution of Migratory Fishes and Connectivity following Complete and Partial Dam Removals in a North Carolina River. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34: 955-969. DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2014.938140. Key words: dam removal, fisheries, migratory movement, PIT tags, telemetry;
Reckordt, M., C. Ubl, C. Wagner, J. Frankowski, and M. Dorow. 2013. Downstream migration dynamics of female and male silver eels (Anguilla Anguilla, L.) in the regulated German lowland Warnow River. Ecology of Freshwater Fish (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/eff.12080. Key words: Anguilla Anguilla, Baltic Sea, downstream migration dynamics, European eel management plan, fisheries, migration rate, phenology, regulated lowland river system, silver eel escapement
Rogers, P. J., C. Huveneers, S. D. Goldsworthy, J. G. Mitchell, and L. Seuront. 2013. Broad-scale movements and pelagic habitat of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, off Southern Australia determined using pop-up satellite archival tags. Fisheries Oceanography 22: 102-112. doi: 10.1111/fog.12009. Key words: carcharhinid, fisheries, Great Australian Bight, habitat use, Indian Ocean, migration, satellite telemetry, Southern Ocean
Rohde, J., A. N. Kagley, K. L. Fresh, F. A. Goetz, and T. P. Quinn. 2013. Partial Migration and Diel Movement Patterns in Puget Sound Coho Salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142: 1615-1628. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.822421. Key words: acoustics, coho salmon, fisheries, movement pattern, partial migration, passive telemetry, Puget Sound, VEMCO, VR2, VR3
Sahashi, G., and K. Morita. 2013. Migration costs drive convergence of threshold traits for migratory tactics. Proc. R. Soc. B. 280 (1773): 20132539. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2539. Key words: alternative migratory tactics, fisheries, life-history traits diversity, migration distance, partial migration, salmonid fish, selection
Santora, J. A. 2013. Dynamic intra-seasonal habitat use by Antarctic fur seals suggests migratory hotspots near the Antarctic Peninsula. Mar. Biol. (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2190-z. Key words: fisheries, marine mammal, seasonal variation, spatial distribution.
Saul, S., D. Die, E. N. Brooks, and K. Burns. 2012. An Individual-Based Model of Ontogenetic Migration in Reef Fish Using a Biased Random Walk. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141: 1439-1452. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.697091. Key words: fisheries, management, ontogeny, random walk model, regulation, simulated tagging
Schabetsberger, R., F. Okland, K. Aarestrup, D. Kalfatak, U. Sichrowsky, M. Tambets, G. Dall’Olmo, R. Kaiser, and P. I. Miller. 2013. Oceanic migration behaviour of tropical Pacific eels from Vanuatu. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 475: 177-190. doi: 10.3354/meps10254 . Key words: Anguilla, catadromy, diel vertical migration, fisheries, predator avoidance, satellite telemetry.
Sequeira, A. M. M., C. Mellin, M. G. Meekan, D. W. Sims, and C. J. A. Bradshaw. 2013. Inferred global connectivity of whale shark, Rhincodon typus, populations. Journal of Fish Biology 82: 367-389. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12017. Key words: connectivity, fisheries, meta-population, migration, movement model, sea surface temperature.
Seymour, M., K. Rasanen, R. Holderegger, and B. K. Kristjansson. 2013. Connectivity in a pond system influences migration and genetic structure in threespine stickleback. Ecology and Evolution (online preview). doi: 10.1002/ece3.476. Key words: fisheries, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Iceland, landscape genetics, microsatellites, periodic flooding.
Shepard Watkins, K., and K. A. Rose. 2013. Evaluating the performance of individual-based animal movement models in novel environments. Ecological Modelling 250: 214-234. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.11.011. Key words: animal, behavioral movement, fisheries, genetic algorithm, individual-based model, movement model.
Shepard Watkins, K., and K. A. Rose. 2014. The Effects of Spatial and Temporal Resolution in Simulating Fish Movement in Individual-Based Models. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143: 1143-1160. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2014.911208. Key words: event based, fisheries, individual-based models, kinesis, restricted-area search, run and tumble;
Skov, C., B. B. Chapman, H. Baktoft, J. Brodersen, C. Bronmark, L. -A. Hansson, K. Hulthen, and P. A. Nilsson. 2013. Migration confers survival benefits against avian predators for partially migratory freshwater fish. Biol. Lett. (online preview). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1178. Key words: fisheries, fixed-location antenna station, mark-recapture, migration, partial migration, passive integrated transponder tags, predation, residency, roach, survival.
Smircich, M. G., and J. T. Kelly. 2014. Extending the 2% rule: the effects of heavy internal tags on stress physiology, swimming performance, and growth in brook trout. Animal Biotelemetry 2:16. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-2-16. Key words: acoustic tagging, biotelemetry, fisheries, tag retention;
Speed, C. W., O. R. O’Shea, and M. G. Meekan. 2013. Transmitter attachment and release methods for short-term shark and stingray tracking on coral reefs. Marine Biology 160: 1041-1050. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2151-y. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, attachment method, fisheries.
Steel, A. E., J. H. Coates, A. R. Hearn, and A. P. Klimley. 2014. Performance of an ultrasonic telemetry positioning system under varied environmental conditions. Animal Biotelemetry 2: 15. DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-2-15. Key words: acoustics, fisheries, horizontal positioning error; positioning efficiency, ultrasonic telemetry, VEMCO positioning system (VPS);
Stehfest, K. M., T. A. Patterson, L. Dagorn, K. N. Holland, D. Itano, and J. M. Semmens. 2013. Network analysis of acoustic tracking data reveals the structure and stability of fish aggregations in the ocean. Animal Behaviour 85: 839-848. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.02.003. Key words: acoustics, acoustic tagging, aggregation, association, collective motion, co-occurrence, fisheries, Hawai’i, network analysis, Thunnus albacares, yellowfin tuna.
Stewart, J. S., E. L. Hazen, D. G. Foley, S. J. Bograd, and W. F. Gilly. 2012. Marine predator migration during range expansion: Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the northern California Current System. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 471: 135-150. DOI: 10.3354/meps1002. Key words: California Current System, diel vertical migration, fisheries, horizontal migration, invertebrates, jumbo squid, range expansion, satellite telemetry, swimming velocity
Sua, N.-J., C.-L. Suna, A. E. Puntb, S.-Z. Yeha, and G. DiNardoc. 2014. Environmental influences on seasonal movement patterns and regional fidelity of striped marlin, Kajikia audax, in the Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2014.07.017. Key words: catch per unit effort, CPUE, environmental preference, fisheries, habitat range, linear models, spatial pattern;
Suyama, S., M. Nakagami, M. Naya, and Y. Ueno. 2012. Migration route of Pacific saury Cololabis saira inferred from the otolith hyaline zone. Fish. Sci. 78: 1179-1186. DOI 10.1007/s12562-012-0546-9. Key words: age determination, annual ring, connectivity, fisheries, fishing season, morphological variation, North Pacific, otolith, Pacific saury
Taylor, B. M., and J. S. Mills. 2013. Movement and spawning migration patterns suggest small marine reserves can offer adequate protection for exploited emperorfishes. Coral Reefs (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1065-6. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, fisheries, Guam, marine reserve, movement pattern, Piti Marine Reserve, spawning migration
Teacher, A. G., C. Andre, P. R. Jonsson, and J. Merila. 2013. Oceanographic connectivity and environmental correlates of genetic structuring in Atlantic herring in the Baltic Sea. Evolutionary Applications (online preview). doi: 10.1111/eva.12042. Key words: Baltic Sea, Clupeaharengus, connecitivity, fisheries, genetics, herring, microsatellite, selection, transcriptome.
Teo, S. L. H., A. Boustany, S. Blackwell, A. Walli, K. C. Weng, and B. A. Block. 2004. Validation of geolocation estimates based on light level and sea surface temperature from electronic tags. Marine Ecology Progress Series 283: 81–98. Key words: archival tag, Atlantic bluefin tuna, blue shark, fisheries, light-level geolocator accuracy, Lamna ditropis, pop-up satellite tag, Prionace glauca, salmon shark, Thunnus thynnus
Teo, S. L. H., P. T. Sandstrom, E. D. Chapman, R. E. Null, K. Brown, A. P. Klimley, and B. A. Block. 2013. Archival and acoustic tags reveal the post-spawning migrations, diving behavior, and thermal habitat of hatchery-origin Sacramento River steelhead kelts (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Environmental Biology of Fishes 96: 175-187. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9938-4#page-1. Key words: acoustics, acoustic radar, acoustic telemetry, depth, electronic tag, fisheries, freshwater, light-level geolocator, marine, movement, ocean, salmonid, water temperature.
Torniainen, J., P. J. Vuorinen, R. I. Jones, M. Keinanen, S. Palm, K. A. M. Vuori, and M. Kiljunen. 2013. Migratory connectivity of two Baltic Sea salmon populations: retrospective analysis using stable isotopes of scales. ICES Journal of Marine Science (online preview). DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst153. Key words: Carlin-tagging, discriminant analysis, fisheries, hatchery-reared, mark-recapture, migration, SIA, stable isotopes, wild origin
Vandeperre, F., A. Aires-da-Silva, J. Fontes, M. Santos, R. Serrao Santos, and P. Afonso. 2014. Movements of Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) across Their Life History. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103538. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103538. Key words: fisheries, movement patterns, telemetry;
Varpe, O., and O. Fiksen. 1210. Seasonal plankton–fish interactions: light regime, prey phenology, and herring foraging. Ecology 91: 311-318. doi: 10.1890/08-1817.1. Key words: annual routine, climate change, encounter rate, fish migration, fisheries, Holling type II model, lipid storage, match–mismatch hypothesis, pelagic ecology, photoperiod, predator-prey interactions, seasonal interaction
Velez-Espino, L. A., R. L. McLaughlin, and M. Robillard. 2013. Ecological advantages of partial migration as a conditional strategy. Theoretical Population Biology 85: 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2013.01.004. Key words: coaster brook trout, conditional strategy, ecophenotypes, fisheries, migration, partial migration, perturbation analyses, stage-structured models.
Verbiest, H., A. Breukelaar, M. Ovidio, J. C. Philippart. and C. Belpaire. 2012. Escapement success and patterns of downstream migration of female silver eel Anguilla anguilla in the River Meuse. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 21: 395-403. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2012.00559.x. Key words: Anguilla anguilla, downstream migration, fisheries, remote telemetry, River Meuse, silver eel
Wall, C. C., P. Simard, M. Lindemuth, C. Lembke, D. F. Naar, C. Hu, B. B. Barnes, F. E. Muller-Karger, and D. A. Mann. 2014. Temporal and spatial mapping of red grouper, Epinephelus morio, sound production. Journal of Fish Biology 85: 1470-1488. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12500. Key words: AUV, fisheries, Gulf of Mexico, passive acoustic monitoring, spawning habitat, Steamboat Lumps Marine Reserve;
Wang, C. Y., H. Du, H. Zhang, J. M. Wu, Z. G. Liu, and Q. W. Wei. 2014. Migration of juvenile and sub-adult Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 in the Yangtze River, China below the Gezhouba Dam. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30: 1109-1114. DOI: 10.1111/jai.12599. Key words: acoustic telemetry, dam barrier, fisheries, migration distance, migration speed;
Welsh, J. Q., R. J. Fox, D. M. Webber, and D. R. Bellwood. 2012. Performance of remote acoustic receivers within a coral reef habitat: implications for array design. Coral Reefs 31: 693-702. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0892-1. Key words: acoustic telemetry, coral reef, detection efficiency, detection range, fisheries, passive monitoring
Westerberg, H., N. Sjoberg, I. Lagenfelt, K. Aarestrup, and D. Righton. 2013. Behaviour of stocked and naturally recruited European eels during migration. Marine Ecology Progress Series (in press). DOI: 10.3354/meps10646. Key words: acoustic telemetry, archival data tag, European eel, fisheries, migration ability, migration route, satellite telemetry translocation
Wishingrad, V., M. K. Carr, M. S. Pollock, M. C. O. Ferrari, and D. P. Chivers. 2014. Lake Sturgeon Geographic Range, Distribution, and Migration Patterns in the Saskatchewan River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 143: 1555-1561. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2014.954052. Key words: Acipenser fulvescens, fisheries, lake sturgeon, migration patterns;
Wright, G. V., R. M. Wright, and P. S. Kemp. 2014. Impact of tide gates on the migration of juvenile sea trout, Salmo trutta. Ecological Engineering 71: 615–622. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.080. Key words: fisheries, migratory delay, passage efficiency, sea trout, smolt, tide gate;
Zagars, M., K. Ikejima, N. Arai, H. Mitamura, K. Ichikawa, T. Yokota, and P. Tongnunui. 2012. Migration patterns of juvenile Lutjanus argentimaculatus in a mangrove estuary in Trang province, Thailand, as revealed by ultrasonic telemetry. Environmental Biology of Fishes 94: 377-388. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9954-4. Key words: fisheries, mangrove jack, remote telemetry, short-term migration, ultrasonic telemetry

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Altizer, S. M. 2010. Migratory behavior and host–parasite co-evolution in natural populations of monarch butterflies infected with a protozoan parasite. Evolutionary Ecology Research 3: 611–632. Key words: co-evolution, Danaus plexippus, host resistance, invertebrates, neogregarine, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, seasonal migration, virulence
Altizer, S., and A. K. Davis. 2010. Populations of monarch butterflies with different migratory behaviors show divergence in wing morphology. Evolution 64: 1018-1028. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00946.x. Key words: Danaus plexippus, image analysis, insects, invertebrates, long-distance migration, population divergence, populations genetics, wing morphology
Bell, J. R., P. Aralimarad, K. –S. Lim, and J. W. Chapman. 2013. Predicting Insect Migration Density and Speed in the Daytime Convective Boundary Layer. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54202. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054202. Key words: aerial density, convective atmospheric boundary layer, displacements speed, insects, invertebrates, meteorological mechanism, radar.
Bertelsen, R. D. 2013. Characterizing daily movements, nomadic movements, and reproductive migrations of Panulirus argus around the Western Sambo Ecological Reserve (Florida, USA) using acoustic telemetry. Fisheries Research (in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.12.008. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, ecological reserve, fisheries, invertebrates, migration, movement, nomadic, Panulirus argus, spiny lobster.
Betini, G. S., C. K. Griswold, and D. R. Norris. 2013. Carry-over effects, sequential density dependence and the dynamics of populations in a seasonal environment. Proc. R. Soc. B. (online preview). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0110. Key words: carry-over effects, Drosophila melanogaster, invertebrates, population regulation, regulatory mechanism, seasonal interactions, seasonality, stability.
Bloor, I. S. M., V. J. Wearmouth, S. P. Cotterell, M. J. McHugh, N. E. Humphries, E. L. Jackson, M. J. Attrill, and D. W. Sims. 2013. Movements and behaviour of European common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis, in English Channel inshore waters: First results from acoustic telemetry. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 448: 19-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.013. Key words: acoustics, cephalopod, fishery, invertebrates, site fidelity, spawning, tagging, telemetry
Boiteau, G., F. Meloche, C. Vincent, and T. C. Leskey. 2009. Effectiveness of glues used for harmonic radar tag attachment and impact on survival and behavior of three insect pests. Environmental Entomology 38: 168-175. DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0121. Key words: adhesives, attachment, bonding, behavior, cyanoacrylate, ethological software, harmonic radar, invertebrates, methods, mobility, toxicity, telemetry
Bradley, C. A., and S. Altizer. 2008. Parasites hinder monarch butterfly flight: implications for disease spread in migratory hosts. Ecology Letters 8: 290-300. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00722.x. Key words: Danaus plexippus, disease, flight mill, host-parasite interaction, insects, invertebrates, migratory culling, neogregarine protozoan, Ophryocystis, partial migration, seasonal migration, vertical transmission
Brattstrom, O., S. Bensch, L. I. Wassenaar, K. A. Hobson, and S. Akesson. 2010. Understanding the migration ecology of European red admirals Vanessa atalanta using stable hydrogen isotopes. Ecography 33: 720-729. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05748.x. Key words: deuterium, insects, invertebrates, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Chapman, J. W., V. A. Drake, and D. R. Reynolds. 2011. Recent Insights from Radar Studies of Insect Flight. Annual Review of Entomology 56: 337-356. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120709-144820. Key words: invertebrates, flight behavior, radar
Chapman. J. W., J. R. Bell, L. E. Burgin, D. R. Reynolds, L. B. Pettersson, J. K. Hill, M. B. Bonsall, J. A. Thomas. 2012. Seasonal migration to high latitudes results in major reproductive benefits in an insect. Proc Natl Acad Sci 109:14924-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207255109. Key words: invertebrates, source-sink dynamics, wind borne migration
Chen, J., and B. Cowie. 2013. Developing ‘Butterfly Warriors’: a Case Study of Science for Citizenship. Research in Science Education (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s11165-013-9349y. Key words: butterfly research, citizen science, education, invertebrates, science curriculum.
Dao, A., A. S. Yaro, M. Diallo, S. Timbine, D. L. Huestis, Y. Kassogue, A. I. Traore, Z. L. Sanogo, D. Samake, and T. Lehmann. 2014. Signatures of aestivation and migration in Sahelian malaria mosquito populations. Nature (online preview). DOI: 10.1038/nature13987. Key words: disease, invertebrate, long-distance migration, vector persistence;
Drake, V. A., and D. R. Reynolds (eds.), 2012. Radar entomology: observing insect flight and migration. Stylus Pub LLC, Sterling, VA. Key words: invertebrates, insects, methodology, migratory behavior, navigation, pest management, radar
Drake, V. A., and H. Wang. 2013. Recognition and characterization of migratory movements of Australian plague locusts, Chortoicetes terminifera, with an insect monitoring radar. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 7: 1-18. DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.075095. Key words: Australia, Chortoicetes terminifera, forecasting, invertebrates, locust, migration, radar
Flockhart, D. T. T., L. I. Wassenaar, T. g. Martin, K. A. Hobson, M. B. Wunder, and D. R. Norris. Tracking multi-generational colonization of the breeding grounds by monarch butterflies in eastern North America. Proc. R. Soc. B. 280 (online preview). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1087. Key words: carbon-13, Danaus plexippus, deuterium, insect migration, invertebrates, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Gelpi, C. G. Jr., B. Fry, R. E. Condrey, J. W. Fleeger, and S. F. Dubois. 2013. Using delta C and delta N to determine the migratory history of offshore Louisiana blue crab spawning stocks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 494: 205-218. DOI: 10.3354/meps10540. Key words: behavior, Callinectes sapidus, feeding ecology, Gulf of Mexico, invertebrates, migration, stable isotopes
Guerra, P., and S. M. Reppert. 2013. Coldness Triggers Northward Flight in Remigrant Monarch Butterflies. Current Biology (online early). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.052. Key words: invertebrates, migration trigger, migratory compass, orientation, overwinter, time-compensated sun compass.
Hanley, D., N. G. Miller, D. T. T. Flockhart, and D. R. Norris. 2013. Forewing pigmentation predicts migration distance in wild-caught migratory monarch butterflies. Behavioral Ecology (online preview). DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art037. Key words: flying ability, invertebrates, melanin, monarch butterfly, natal origin, stable isotopes, thermoregulation, wing color.
Hobson, K. A., D. X. Soto, D. R. Paulson, L. I. Wassenaar, J. H. Matthews. 2012. A dragonfly isoscape for North America: a new tool for determining natal origins of migratory aquatic emergent insects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3: 766–772. DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00202.x. Key words: hydrogen, invertebrates, isoscapes, isotopic assignment to origin, Odonata, oxygen-18, stable isotopes
Kissling, W. D., D. E. Pattemore, and M. Hagen. 2013. Challenges and prospects in the telemetry of insects. Biological Reviews (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/brv.12065. Key words: automated telemetry, body size, dispersal, invertebrates, landscape ecology, radio tag, radio tracking, receiver, satellite
Kyriacou, C. 2013. Animal Behaviour: Monarchs Catch a Cold. Current Biology 23: R235-R236. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.025. Key words: butterflies, environmental cue, invertebrates, migration, orientation.
Lyons, J. I., A. A. Pierce, S. M. Barribeau, E. D. Sterneberg, A. J. Mongue, J. C. De Roode. 2012. Lack of genetic differentiation between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations. Molecular Ecology 21: 3433-3444. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05613.x. Key words: Columbus hypothesis, conservation, gene flow, invertebrates, microsatellite, migration pattern, monarch butterfly

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May, M. L. 2012. A critical overview of progress in studies of migration of dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera), with emphasis on North America. J. Insect Conserv. 16: 6. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9540-x. Key words: Anax junius, climate, insect migration, invertebrates, Pantala flavescens, wetland ecology
Millerm, N. G., L. I. Wassenaar, K. A. Hobson, D. R. Norris. 2012. Migratory Connectivity of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus): Patterns of Spring Re-Colonization in Eastern North America. PLoS ONE 7(3): e31891. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031891. Key words: annual cycle, full-life cycle biology, invertebrates, monarch butterfly, single sweep hypothesis, successive brood hypothesis, stable isotopes
Mouritsen, H., R. Derbyshire, J. Stalleicken, O. O. Mouritsen, B. J. Frost, and D. R. Norris. 2013. An experimental displacement and over 50 years of tag-recoveries show that monarch butterflies are not true navigators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (online preview). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221701110. Key words: analytical expectation model, clock-and-compass orientation, invertebrates, longitudinal displacement, mark-recapture, numerical model
Osborne, J. L., A. Smith, S. J. Clark, D. R. Reynolds, M. C. Barron, K. S. Lim, and A. M. Reynolds. 2013. The Ontogeny of Bumblebee Flight Trajectories: From Naïve Explorers to Experienced Foragers. PLoS ONE 8(11): e78681. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078681. Key words: beans, bumblebees, foraging, insect flight, plant signaling, pollen, radar
Radchuk, V., C. Turlure and N. Schtickzelle. 2012. Each life stage matters: the importance of assessing the response to climate change over the complete life cycle in butterflies. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 275-285. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02029.x. Key words: Boloria eunomia, climate change, deterministic population matrix, finite rate of population increase, full life cycle, invertebrates, stage-specific vital rate, temperature
Raymond, L., A. Vialatte, and M. Plantegenest. 2014. Combination of morphometric and isotopic tools for studying spring migration dynamics in Episyrphus balteatus. Ecosphere 5: art88. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00075.1. Key words: biological control, deuterium, Episyrphus balteatus, Europe, hoverfly, invertebrates, migration, stable isotopes, wing morphometrics;
Rennie, S. J. 2013. Common orientation and layering of migrating insects in southeastern Australia observed with a Doppler weather radar. Met. Apps (online preview). doi: 10.1002/met.1378. Key words: crab angle, Doppler weather radar, invertebrates, migration, nocturnal jet, plague locust, Yarrawonga.
Ruiz-Cooley, R. I., L. T. Balance, and M. D. McCarthy. 2013. Range Expansion of the Jumbo Squid in the NE Pacific: delta-15-N Decrypts Multiple Origins, Migration and Habitat Use. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59651. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059651. Key words: connectivity, invertebrates, movement pattern, stable isotopes.
Saastamoinen, M., and M. J. Rantala. 2013. Influence of Developmental Conditions on Immune Function and Dispersal-Related Traits in the Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) Butterfly. PLoS ONE 8(11): e81289. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081289. Key words: butterfly, flight, food restriction, immune function, invertebrate
Spieth, H. R. and R. Cordes. 2012. Geographic comparison of seasonal migration events of the large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae. Ecological Entomology 37: 439-445. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01385.x. Key words: flight pattern, geographic adaptation, heritable flight direction, insects, invertebrates, migration, Pieris brassicae, return flight
Srygley, R. B., and R. Dudley. 2008. Optimal strategies for insects migrating in the flight boundary layer: mechanisms and consequences. Integr. Comp. Biol. 48: 119-133. doi: 10.1093/icb/icn011. Key words: aerosphere, behavioral adaptation, butterfly, dragonfly, evolution, flight boundary layer, insects, invertebrates, orientation, physiological adaptation
Stefanescu, C., F. Paramo, S. Akesson, M. Alarcon, A. Avila, T. Brereton, J. Carnicer, L. F. Cassar, R. Fox, J. Heliola, J. K. Hill, N. Hirneisen, N. Kjellen, E. Kuhn, M. Kuussaari, M. Leskinen, F. Liechti, M. Musche, E. C. Regan, D. R. Reynolds, D. B. Roy, N. Ryrholm, H. Schmaljohann, J. Settele, C. D. Thomas, C. van Swaay, and J. W. Chapman. 2012. Multi-generational long-distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic. Ecography 36: 474-486. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07738.x. Key words: citizen science, insects, invertebrates, multi-generational migration strategy, painted lady butterfly, radar, remote sensing
Stewart, J. S., E. L. Hazen, D. G. Foley, S. J. Bograd, and W. F. Gilly. 2012. Marine predator migration during range expansion: Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the northern California Current System. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 471: 135-150. DOI: 10.3354/meps1002. Key words: California Current System, diel vertical migration, fisheries, horizontal migration, invertebrates, jumbo squid, range expansion, satellite telemetry, swimming velocity
Wei S.-J., B.-C. Shi, Y.-J. Gong, G.-H. Jin, X.-X. Chen, and X.-F. Meng. 2013. Genetic Structure and Demographic History Reveal Migration of the Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) from the Southern to Northern Regions of China. PLoS ONE 8(4): e59654. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059654. Key words: invertebrates, gene flow analysis, migration pattern, population genetics.
Westbrook J. K., R. S. Eyster, and W. W. Wolf. 2013. WSR-88D doppler radar detection of corn earworm moth migration. International Journal of Biometeorology (online preview). Key words: agricultural pest, invertebrates, radar, remote sensing.
Wikelski, M., R. W. Kays, N. J. Kasdin, K. Thorup, J. A. Smith, and G. W. Swenson Jr. 2007. Going wild: what a global small-animal tracking system could do for experimental biologists. The J. of Exp. Biol. 210: 181-186. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02629. Key words: bat, birds, field experiments, ICARUS initiative, insect, invertebrates, mammals, migratory bird orientation, migration pattern, satellite telemetry, songbird, small animal, telemetry, tracking technology
Xing, K., C. Ma, J. Han. 2013. Evidence of long distance migration of diamondback moth (DBM) (Plutella xylostella): a review. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology 24: 1769-1776. DOI: . Key words: agricultural pest, genetic variation, insect vertical-looking radar, invertebrates, long distance migration, meteorological condition, overwintering, Plutella xylostella
Zhan, S., and S. M. Reppert. 2013. MonarchBase: the monarch butterfly genome database. Nucl. Acids Res. 41: 758-763. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1057. Key words: butterfly, genome, invertebrates, MonarchBase, open-access database.
Zipkin, E. F., L. Ries, R. Reeves , J. Regetz, and K. S. Oberhouser. 2012. Tracking climate impacts on the migratory monarch butterfly. Global Change Biology 18: 3039-3049. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02751. Key words: breeding habitat, Danaus plexippus, carry-over effects, climate change, conservation, full life cycle, growing degree day, invertebrates, monarch butterfly, palmer drought index, phenology, Poisson regression model, return migration

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Avgar, T., A. Mosser, G. S. Brown, and J. M. Fryxell. 2013. Environmental and individual drivers of animal movement patterns across a wide geographical gradient. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 96-106. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02035.x. Key words: connectivity, GPS telemetry, mammals, mixed effects, population spread, random walk, reindeer, residence time, resource selection, scale-dependent movement, space use, squared displacement.
Baerwald, E. F., and R. M. R. Barclay. 2009. Geographic Variation in Activity and Fatality of Migratory Bats at Wind Energy Facilities. Journal of Mammalogy 90: 1341-1349. doi: 10.1644/09-MAMM-S-104R.1. Key words: acoustic monitoring, conservation, hoary bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans, Lasiurus cinereus, mammals, migration, silver-haired bat, wind energy
Baerwald, E. F., W. P. Patterson, and R. M. R. Barclay. 2014. Origins and migratory patterns of bats killed by wind turbines in southern Alberta: evidence from stable isotopes. Ecosphere 5: 118. DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00380.1. Key words: Alberta, bat fatalities, catchment area, hoary bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans, Lasiurus cinereus, mammals, migration, silver-haired bat, stable isotopes, wind energy;
Bailleul, F., V. Grimm, C. Chion, and M. Hammill. 2013. Modeling implications of food resource aggregation on animal migration phenology. Ecology and Evolution (online preview). doi:10.1002/ece3.656. Key words: animal migration, beluga whale, food structuring, global change, individual-based model, marine mammals, phenology, polar environment, satellite telemetry, seasonal interaction
Barnowe-Meyer, K. K., P. J. White, L. P. Waits, and J. A. Byers. 2013. Social and genetic structure associated with migration in pronghorn. Biological conservation 168: 108-115. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.09.022. Key words: female philopatry, genetics, mammals, matrilineal social structure, partial migration, pronghorn, subdivision, tradition, Yellowstone
Bartlam-Brooks, H. L. A., P. S. A. Beck, G. Bohrer, and S. Harris. 2013. In search of greener pastures: using satellite images to predict the effects of environmental change on zebra migration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (online preview). DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20096. Key words: climate change, environmental uncertainty, GPS telemetry, mammals, migration, normalized difference vegetation index, remote sensing, tropical rainfall measuring mission, ungulates
Beck, C. A. 2002. An algorithm to improve geolocation positions using sea surface temperature and diving depth. Marine Mammal Science 18:940-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01083.x. Key words: Argos, bathymetry, light-level geolocator, gray seals, marine mammals, sea-surface temperature
Ben-David, M., and E. A. Flaherty. 2012. Stable isotopes in mammalian research: a beginner’s guide. Journal of Mammalogy 93: 312-328. doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-166.1. Key words: carbon, diet, enrichment, hydrogen, incorporation, mammals, migration, mixing models, natural abundance, nitrogen, stable isotopes, strontium
Bernard, E., A. Paese, R. B. Machado, and L. M. de Souza Aguiar. 2014. Blown in the wind: bats and wind farms in Brazil. Natureza and Conservacao (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.ncon.2014.08.005. Key words: Chiroptera, clean energy, Environmental Impact Assessment, mammals, renewable energy, wind energy, wildlife interaction;
Bestley, S., I. D. Jonsen, M. A. Hindell, C. Guinet, and J. B. Charrassin. 2012. Integrative modelling of animal movement: incorporating in situ habitat and behavioural information for a migratory marine predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 1750. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2262. Key words: animal telemetry, foraging behavior, individual movement, mammals, oceanographic drivers of movement, southern elephant seal, spatial ecology, state-space model
Bischof, R., L. E. Loe, E. L. Meisingset, B. Zimmermann, B. Van Moorter, and A. Mysterud. 2012. A Migratory Northern Ungulate in the Pursuit of Spring: Jumping or Surfing the Green Wave? The American Naturalist 180: 407-424. doi: 10.1086/667590. Key words: animal movement, Cervus elaphus, forage-maturation hypothesis, GPS telemetry, home range, mammals, NDVI, partial migration, plant phenology, springness, stopover
Block, B. A., I. D. Jonsen, S. J. Jorgensen, A. J. Winship, S. A. Shaffer, S. J. Bograd, E. L. Hazen, D. G. Foley, G. A. Breed, A.-L. Harrison, J. E. Ganong, A. Swithenbank, M. Castleton, H. Dewar, B. R. Mate, G. L. Shillinger, K. M. Schaefer, S. R. Benson, M. J. Weise, R. W. Henry, and D. P. Costa. 2011. Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean. Nature 475: 86–90. doi:10.1038/nature10082. Key words: animal behavior, birds, fisheries, long-distance migration, marine mammals, physiology, organismal biology, environmental science, reptiles, Tagging of Pacific Predators, satellite telemetry
Britzke, E. R., S. C. Loeb, C. S. Romanek, K. A. Hobson, and M. J. Vonhof. 2012. Variation in catchment areas of Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) hibernacula inferred from stable hydrogen isotope analysis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90:1243-1250. doi: 10.1139/z2012-093. Key words: bats, catchment area, deuterium, hibernacula, hydrogen, Indiana bat, mammals, Myotis sodalis, migration, stable isotopes
Britzke, E. R., S. C. Loeb, K. A. Hobson, C. S. Romanek, and M. J. Vonhof. 2009. Using hydrogen isotopes to assign origins of bats in the eastern United States. Journal of Mammalogy 90): 743–751. Key words: bats, interspecific variation, intraspecific variation, Lasiurus borealis, mammals, migratory connectivity, Myotis lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis, Myotis sodalis, stable hydrogen isotope
Bunnefeld, N., L. Borger, B. van Moorter, C. M. Rolandsen, H. Dettki, E. J. Solberg, and G. Ericsson. 2011. A model-driven approach to quantify migration patterns: individual, regional and yearly differences. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 466-476. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01776.x. Key words: animal movement, mammals, migratory stragety, moose, net squared displacement, nonlinear mixed models, satellite telemetry, spatial ecology
Burton, R. K., and P. L. Koch. 1999. Isotopic tracking of foraging and long-distance migration in northeastern Pacific pinnipeds. Oecologia 119: 578-585. DOI: 10.1007/s004420050822. Key words: foraging, mammals, migration, pinnipeds, stable isotopes
Byng, J. W., P. A. Racey, and M. D. Swaine. 2010. The ecological impacts of a migratory bat aggregation on its seasonal roost in Kasanka National Park, Zambia. African Journal of Ecology 48: 29-36. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01074.x. Key words: bats, ecological impact, Eidolon, fire, mammals, migration, mushitu, seasonal roosts, swamp forest
Caballero, S., M. C. de O. Santo, A. Sanches, and A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni. 2013. Initial description of the phylogeography, population structure and genetic diversity of Atlantic spotted dolphins from Brazil and the Caribbean, inferred from analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 48: 263-270. DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2012.12.016. Key words: α-Lactalbumin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, connectivity, marine mammals, mitochondrial DNA, phylogeography, population genetics, population structure, Stenella frontalis.
Campbell, G. S., L. Thomas, K. Whitaker, A. B. Douglas, J. Calambokidis, and J. A. Hildebrand. 2014. Inter-annual and seasonal trends in cetacean distribution, density and abundance off southern California. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.10.008. Key words: abundance, CalCOFI, cetaceans, density, distribution, line transect, marine mammal, southern California, trends;
Cervinka, J., M. Salek, E. Padysakova, and P. Smilauer. 2013. The effects of local and landscape-scale habitat characteristics and prey availability on corridor use by carnivores: A comparison of two contrasting farmlands. Journal for Nature Conservation (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.11.004. Key words: agricultural landscape, carnivores, corridors, Czech Republic, habitat characteristics, mammals, prey availability.
Cherry, S. G., A. E. Derocher, G. W. Thiemann, and N. J. Lunn. 2013. Migration phenology and seasonal fidelity of an Arctic marine predator in relation to sea ice dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12050. Key words: Arctic marine ecosystems, mammals, migratory behavior, polar bears, satellite-linked telemetry, sea ice break-up and freeze-up, seasonal habitat use, site fidelity, spatiotemporal mismatch.
Colbeck, G. J., P. Duchesne, L. D. Postma, V. Lesage, M. O. Hammill, and J. Turgeon. 2013. Groups of related belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) travel together during their seasonal migrations in and around Hudson Bay. Proc. R. Soc. B. 280: 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2552. Key words: behavior, cetacean, genetic variation, learning, marine mammals, migration, relatedness, sex-biased group, social structure.
Copeland, H. E., H. Sawyer, K. L. Monteith, D. E. Naugle, A. Pocewicz, N. Graf, and M. J. Kauffman. 2014. Conserving migratory mule deer through the umbrella of sage-grouse. Ecosphere 5: 117. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00186.1. Key words: Centrocerus urophasianus, conservation easements, conservation effectiveness, energy development, Green River Basin, mammals, migratory corridors, mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, sage-grouse core area, umbrella conservation, ungulate migration;
Cozzi, G., F. Broekhuis, J. W. McNutt, and B. Schmid. 2013. Comparison of the effects of artificial and natural barriers on large African carnivores: Implications for interspecific relationships and connectivity. Journal of Animal Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12039. Key words: animal behavior, coexistence, GPS-radio telemetry, habitat fragmentation, large carnivore guild, mammals, movement barrier, movement pattern, spatial distribution, spatial refuge, sympatric species.
Cryan, P. M. 2011. Wind turbines as landscape impediments to the migratory connectivity of bats. Environmental Law 41:355-370. Key words: bats, conservation, fatal collisions, mammals, wind turbines
Cryan, P. M., M. A. Bogan, R. O. Rye, G. P. Landis, and C. L. Kester. 2004. Stable hydrogen isotope analysis of bat hair as evidence for seasonal molt and long-distance migration. Journal of Mammalogy 85: 995-1001. doi: 10.1644/BRG-202. Key words: deuterium, hoary bat, hydrogen, Lasiurus cinereus, mammals, migration, molt, stable isotopes

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Davies, N., G. Gramotnev, L. Seabrook, A. Bradley, G. Baxter, J. Rhodes, D. Lunney, and C. McAlpine. 2013. Movement patterns of an arboreal marsupial at the edge of its range: a case study of the koala. Movement Ecology 1: 8. DOI: 10.1186/2051-3933-1-8. Key words: Australia, GPS telemetry, home range, koala, mammals, movement patterns, resource selection, semi-arid, spatial distribution
Davis, M. J., S. Thokala, X. Xing, N. T. Hobbs, M. W. Miller, R. Han, and S. Mishra. 2013. Testing the functionality and contact error of a GPS-based wildlife tracking network. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37: 855-861. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.303. Key words: bighorn sheep, contact error, data transfer, delay tolerant network, global positioning system telemetry, mammals, Ovis canadensis, proximity logger, satellite telemetry
de Boer, M. N., J. Clark, M. F. Leopold, M. P. Simmonds, and P. J. H. Reijnders. 2013. Photo-Identification Methods Reveal Seasonal and Long-Term Site-Fidelity of Risso’s Dolphins (Grampus griseus) in Shallow Waters (Cardigan Bay, Wales). Open Journal of Marine Science 3: 66-75. DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2013.32A007. Key words: abundance, conservation, Grampus griseus, mark-recapture, marine mammals, movement pattern, photo-identification, Risso’s dolphin
Dechmann, D. K. N., M. Wikelski, K. Varga, E. Yohannes, W. Fiedler, Kamran Safi, W.-D. Burkhard, and M. T. O’Mara. 2014. Tracking Post-Hibernation Behavior and Early Migration Does Not Reveal the Expected Sex-Differences in a “Female-Migrating” Bat. PLoS ONE 9(12): e114810. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114810. Key words: mammals, mark-recapture, sex-biased migration, radio telemetry, stable isotopes, subcutaneous pit-tag;
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Fraser, E. E., L. P. McGuire, J. L. Eger, F. J. Longstaffe, and M. B. Fenton. 2012. Evidence of Latitudinal Migration in Tri-colored Bats, Perimyotis subflavus. PLoS ONE 7: e31419. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031419. Key words: annual movements, hydrogen, mammals, Perimyotis subflavus, precipitation, stable isotopes, tri-colored bats
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Glasby, L., and R. W. Yarnell. 2013. Evaluation of the performance and accuracy of global positioning system bug transmitters deployed on a small mammal. European Journal of Wildlife Research 59: 915-919. DOI: 10.1007%2Fs10344-013-0770-3. Key words: Erinaceus europaeus, error, global positioning system, GPS, hedgehog, mammals, movement ecology, telemetry
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Hayes, S. A., N. M. Teutschel, C. J. Michel, C. Champagne, P. W. Robinson, M. Fowler, T. Yack, D. K. Mellinger, S. Simmons, D. P. Costa, and R. B. MacFarlane. 2013. Mobile receivers: releasing the mooring to ‘see’ where fish go. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96:189-201. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9940-x. Key words: acoustics, acoustic telemetry, elephant seal, fisheries, marine mammals, mobile receiver, offshore tracking, salmon.
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Hedenstrom, A. 2009. Optimal Migration Strategies in Bats. Journal of Mammalogy 90: 1298-1309. doi: 10.1644/09-MAMM-S-075R2.1. Key words: flight mechanics, flight speed, fuel load, hibernation, mammals, migration speed, migration theory, optimality theory
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Hindrikson, M., J. Remm, P. Mannil, J. Ozolins, E. Tammeleht, and U. Saarma. 2013. Spatial Genetic Analyses Reveal Cryptic Population Structure and Migration Patterns in a Continuously Harvested Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) Population in North-Eastern Europe. PLoS ONE 8(9): e75765. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075765. Key words: DResD, mammals, population structure, spatial genetics, STRUCTURE
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Hughes, J., S. D. Albon, R. J. Irvine, and S. Woodin. 2009. Is there a cost of parasites to caribou? Parasitology 136: 253-265. doi: 10.1017/S0031182008005246. Key words: carry-over effects, competition, evolution, mammals, muskox, Ostertagia, Ovibos moschatus, parasite, Rangifer tarandus, reproduction, Teladorsagia, warble fly
Jachowski, D. S., R. A. Montgomery, R. Slotow, and J. J. Millspaugh. 2013. Unravelling complex associations between physiological state and movement of African elephants. Functional Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12118. Key words: Brownian bridge movement model, GPS telemetry, Loxodonta africana, mammals, movement ecology, refuge behaviour, space use, spatial mixed model, stress hormones.
Johnson, C. J., and D. E. Russell. 2014. Long-term distribution responses of a migratory caribou herd to human disturbance. Biological Conservation 177: 52-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.007. Key words: caribou, habituation, human disturbance, mammals, Rangifer tarandus granti, resource selection, zone of influence;
Jones, T., A. J. Bamford, D. Ferrol-Schulte, P. Hieronimo, N. McWilliam, and F. Rovero. 2012. Vanishing wildlife corridors and options for restoration: a case study from Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science 5: 463-474. Key words: connectivity, elephant, habitat fragmentation, mammals, Selous, Tanzania, Udzungwa, wildlife corridor
Kaczensky, P., R. Kuehn, B. Lhagvasuren, S. Pietsch, W. Yang, and C. Walzer. 2011. Connectivity of the Asiatic wild ass population in the Mongolian Gobi. Biol. Conserv. 144: 920–929. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.013. Key words: Asiatic wild ass, barriers, China, Equus hemionus, fragmentation, landscape genetics, long-distance migration, mammals, migratory connectivity, Mongolia, protected areas, radio telemetry
Keefer, M. L., R. J. Stansell, S. C. Tackley, W. T. Nagy, K. M. Gibbons, C. A. Peery, and C. C. Caudill. 2012. Use of Radiotelemetry and Direct Observations to Evaluate Sea Lion Predation on Adult Pacific Salmonids at Bonneville Dam. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141: 1236-1251. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.688918. Key words: conservation management, fisheries, radio telemetry, marine mammals, predation
Krueger, K., B. Flauger, K. Farmer, and C. Hemelrijk. 2013. Movement initiation in groups of feral horses. Behavioural Processes (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.10.007. Key words: departure, distributed leadership, Equus ferus caballus, herding, horse, mammals, movement, rank
Kuhn, C. E., D. S. Johnson, R. R. Ream, and T. S. Gelatt. 2009. Advances in the tracking of marine species: using GPS locations to evaluate satellite track data and a continuous-time movement model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 393:97-109. doi: 10.3354/meps08229. Key words: at-sea behavior, correlated random walk, GPS tracking, marine mammals, movement models, movement patterns, satellite telemetry
Langrock, R., R. King, J. Matthiopoulos, L. Thomas, D. Fortin, and J. M. Morales. 2012. Flexible and practical modeling of animal telemetry data: hidden Markov models and extensions. Ecology 93: 2336-2342. doi: 10.1890/11-2241.1. Key words: behavioral state, Bison bison, mammals, maximum likelihood, random effects, random walk, semi-Markov model, state-space model, telemetry data
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Lascelles, B., G. N. Di Sciara, T. Agardy, A. Cuttelod, S. Eckert, L. Glowka, E. Hoyt, F. Llewellyn, M. Louzao, V. Ridoux, and M. J. Tetley. 2014. Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24: 111-127. Key words: birds, climate change, coastal, fish, fishing, mammals, Marine Protected Areas, migration, ocean, red list;
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Lendrum, P. E., C. R. Anderson Jr., K. L. Monteith, J. A. Jenks, and R. T. Bowyer. 2013. Migrating Mule Deer: Effects of Anthropogenically Altered Landscapes. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64548. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064548. Key words: GPS telemetry, mammals, migratory movement, oil and gas development, ungulate.
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Lidgard, D. C., W. D. Bowen, I. D. Jonsen, B. J. McConnell, P. Lovell, D. M. Webber, T. Stone, and S. J. Iverson. 2014. Transmitting species-interaction data from animal-borne transceivers through Service Argos using Bluetooth communication. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 864-871. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12235. Key words: archival data, bluetooth, community ecology, GPS telemetry, marine mammals, monitoring, population ecology, sampling, satellite telemetry, species interactions;
Lin, T.-H., H.-Y. Yu, C.-F. Chen, and L.-S. Chou. 2014. Passive acoustic monitoring on the seasonal species composition of cetaceans from a marine observatory. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 136: 2074. DOI: 10.1121/1.4899446. Key words: acoustics, biodiverstity, cetacean, marine mammal, Taiwan;
Lydersen, C., C. Freitas, O. Wiig, L. Bachmann, M. P. Heide-Jorgensen, R. Swift, and K. M. Kovacs. 2012. Lost Highway Not Forgotten: Satellite Tracking of a Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) from the Critically Endangered Spitsbergen Stock. Arctic institute of North America 65: 76-86. Key words: Balaena mysticetus, bowhead whale, first-passage time, habitat use, marine mammals, satellite telemetry
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Martin, J., B. van Moorter, E. Revilla, P. Blanchard, S. Dray, P. -Y. Quenette, D. Allaine, and J. E. Swenson. 2013. Reciprocal modulation of internal and external factors determines individual movements. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 290-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02038.x. Key words: animal movements, GPS telemetry, mammals, movement ecology, spatial ecology, spatial scales, Ursus arctos.
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McClintock, B. T., D. J. F. Russell, J. Matthiopoulos, and R. King. 2013. Combining individual animal movement and ancillary biotelemetry data to investigate population-level activity budgets. Ecology 94: 838-849. DOI: 10.1890/12-0954.1. Key words: animal location data, harbor seal, hierarchical model, mammals, movement model, state-space model, switching behavior, telemetry.
McClintock, B. T., D. S. Johnson, M. B. Hooten, J. M. Ver Hoef, and J. M. Morales. 2014. When to be discrete: the importance of time formulation in understanding animal movement. Movement Ecology 2: 21. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-014-0021-6. Key words: animal location data, diffusion, marine mammals, movement model, random walk, state-space model, switching behavior, telemetry;
McClintock, B. T., J. M. London, M. F. Cameron, and P. L. Boveng. 2014. Modelling animal movement using the Argos satellite telemetry location error ellipse. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12311. Key words: animal location data, Argos satellite telemetry, Erignathus barbatus, hierarchical model, marine mammal, measurement error, Monachus schauinslandi ,movement model, pinniped, state-space model, switching behaviour;
McClintock, B. T., R. King, L. Thomas, J. Matthiopoulos, B. J. McConnell, and J. M. Morales. 2012. A general discrete-time modeling framework for animal movement using multistate random walks. Ecological Monographs 82: 335-349. doi: 10.1890/11-0326.1. Key words: animal location data, Bayesian model selection, biased correlated random walk, grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, marine mammals, movement model, North Sea, reversible-jump Markov chain Monte Carlo, state-space model, switching behavior, telemetry
McGuire, L. P. and W. A. Boyle. 2013. Altitudinal migration in bats: evidence, patterns, and drivers. Biological Reviews 88: 767-786. doi: 10.1111/brv.12024. Key words: bats, chiroptera, differential migration, evolution of migration, mammals, partial migration, seasonal movements, sexual segregation.
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Monteith, K. L., T. R. Stephenson, V. C. Bleich, M. M. Conner, B. M. Pierce, and R. T. Bowyer. 2013. Risk-sensitive allocation in seasonal dynamics of fat and protein reserves in a long-lived mammal. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 377-388. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12016. Key words: California, carry-over effects, compensation, cost of reproduction, life-history strategies, mammals, mule deer, nutritional condition, recruitment, Sierra Nevada, trade-offs.
Monteith, K. L., V. C. Bleich, T. R. Stephenson, B. M. Pierce, M. M. Conner, R. W. Klaver, and R. T. Bowyer. 2011. Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life-history characteristics. Ecosphere 2: 1-34. doi: 10.1890/ES10-00096.1. Key words: climate change, life-history characteristics, mammals, migration pattern, mule deer, NDVI, nutritional condition, Odocoileus hemionus, plant phenology, risk averse, risk prone, Sierra Nevada, snow depth, trophic mismatch
Morelle, K., F. Lehaire, and P. Lejeune. 2014. Is wild boar heading towards movement ecology? A review of trends and gaps. Wildlife Biology 20: 196-205. DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00017. Key words: GPS telemetry, mammals, radio telemetry, wild boar;
Moussy, C., D. J. Hosken, F. Mathews, G. C. Smith, J. N. Aegerter, and S. Bearhop. 2012. Migration and dispersal patterns of bats and their influence on genetic structure. Mammal Review 43: 183-195. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2012.00218.x. Key words: Chiroptera, ecology, gene flow, mammals, mating systems, philopatry, population genetics
Mueller, T., Olson, K. A., Fuller, T. K., Schaller, G. B., Murray, M. G. and Leimgruber, P. 2008. In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite-based estimates of vegetation productivity. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 649-658. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01371.x. Key words: dynamic landscape, forage maturation, grassland, mammals, migration, Mongolia, NDVI, nomadism, ungulate, Procapra gutturosa
Mysterud, A., R. Bischof, L. E. Loe, J. Odden, and J. D. C. Linnell. 2012. Contrasting migration tendencies of sympatric red deer and roe deer suggest multiple causes of migration in ungulates. Ecosphere 3. doi: 10.1890/ES12-00177.1. Key words: competition avoidance, browser, deer, diet type, feeding type, forage maturation, GPS telemetry, grazer, mammals, ungulates
Naidoo, R., P. Du Preez, G. Stuart-Hill, P. Beytell, and R. Taylor. 2014. Long-range migrations and dispersals of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation area. African Journal of Ecology 52: 581-584. DOI: 10.1111/aje.12163. Key words: African buffalo, ear tag, GPS telemetry, mammals, Syncerus caffer;
Nelson, A. A., M. J. Kauffman, A. D. Middleton, M. D. Jimenez, D. E. McWhirter J. Barber, and K. Gerow. 2012. Elk migration patterns and human activity influence wolf habitat use in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications 22: 2293-2307. doi: 10.1890/11-1829.1. Key words: Absaroka Mountains, Argos, Canis lupus, Cervus elaphus, elk, GPS telemetry, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, habitat use, large carnivore conservation, livestock conflict, mammals, partial migration, species interactions, ungulate migration, wolves
Ngana, J. J., L. S. Luboobi, and D. Kuznetsov. 2014. Mathematical model for the population dynamics of the Serengeti ecosystem. Applied and Computational Mathematics 3: 171-176. DOI: 10.11648/j.acm.20140304.18. Key words: carnivores, ecosystem, grass, herbivores, mammals, migration, population dynamics, wildebeest;
Noren, K., L. Carmichael, E.Fuglei, N. E. Eide, P. Hersteinsson, and A. Angerbjorn. 2011. Pulses of movement across the sea ice: population connectivity and temporal genetic structure in the arctic fox. Oecologia 166: 973-984. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1939-7. Key words: Arctic fox, facultative migration, genetic structure, immigration, lemming cycle, mammals, microsatellites, sea ice, Vulpes lagopus
Noyce, K. V., and D. L. Garshelis. 2011. Seasonal migrations of black bears (Ursus americanus): causes and consequences. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 823-835. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1086-x. Key words: cost-benefit trade-offs, facultative migration, food abundance, hunting mortality, mammals, oak mast, radio telemetry, reproductive threshold, seasonal movements
Noyce, K. V., and D. L. Garshelis. 2014. Follow the leader: social cues help guide landscape-level movements of American black bears (Ursus americanus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 92: 1005-1017. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2014-0029. Key words: American black bear, conspecific cueing, facultative migration, mammals, movements, migration, social learning, Ursus americanus;
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Pauli, J. N., W. P. Smith, and M. Ben-David. 2012. Quantifying dispersal rates and distances in North American martens: a test of enriched isotope labeling. Journal of Mammalogy 93: 390-398. doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-163.1. Key words: carbon, deuterium, isotopic enrichment, mammals, Martes americana, Martes caurina, mesocarnivore, nitrogen, stable isotopes
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Popa-Lisseanu, A. G., K. Sorgel, A. Luckner, L. I. WassenaarI, C. Ibanez, S. Kramer-Schadt, M. Ciechanowski, T. Gorfol, I. Niermann, G. Beuneux, R. W. Mystajek, J. Juste, J. Fonderflick, D. H. Kelm, C. C. Voigt. 2012. A Triple-Isotope Approach to Predict the Breeding Origins of European Bats. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30388. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030388. Key words: bats, carbon, hydrogen, mammals, migratory connectivity, nitrogen, stable isotopes
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Risch, D., M. Castellote, C. W. Clark, G. E. Davis, P. J. Dugan, L. E. W. Hodge, A. Kumar, K. Lucke, D. K. Mellinger, S. L. Nieukirk, C. M. Popescu, C. Ramp, A. J. Read, A. N. Rice, M. A. Silva, U. Siebert, K. M. Stafford, H. Verdaat, and S. M. Van Parijs. 2014. Seasonal migrations of North Atlantic minke whales: novel insights from large-scale passive acoustic monitoring networks. Movement Ecology 2: 24. Key words: Balaenoptera acutorostrata, geographic variation, marine mammal, migration, minke whales, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), pulse trains, seasonality;
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Samaran, F., K. M. Stafford, T. A. Branch, J. Gedamke, Y.-Y. Royer, R. P. Dziak, and C. Guinet. 2013. Seasonal and Geographic Variation of Southern Blue Whale Subspecies in the Indian Ocean. PLoS ONE 8(8): e71561. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071561. Key words: acoustics, marine mammals, seasonal movement patterns
Santora, J. A. 2013. Dynamic intra-seasonal habitat use by Antarctic fur seals suggests migratory hotspots near the Antarctic Peninsula. Mar. Biol. (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2190-z. Key words: fisheries, marine mammal, seasonal variation, spatial distribution.
Sawyer, H., and M. J. Kauffman. 2011. Stopover ecology of a migratory ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 1078-1087. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01845.x. Key words: Brownian bridge movement model, GPS radio telemetry, mammals, migration routes, movement corridors, mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, phenology, stopover ecology, ungulate migration
Sawyer, H., M. J. Kauffman, A. D. Middleton, T. A. Morrison, R. M. Nielson, and T. B. Wyckoff. 2012. A framework for understanding semi-permeable barrier effects on migratory ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 68-78. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12013. Key words: Brownian bridge movement model, connectivity, GPS telemetry, mammals, migration routes, mule deer, stopovers
Seidler, R. G., R. A. Long, J. Berger, S. Bergen, and J. P. Beckmann. 2014. Identifying Impediments to Long-Distance Mammal Migrations. Conservation Biology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12376. Key words: Brownian bridge movement model, Greater Yellowstone, highway, long-distance migration, mammals, natural gas, pronghorn, resource utilization function, stopover;
Sharma, S., T. Dutta, J. E. Maldonado, T. C. Wood, H. Singh Panwar, and J. Seidensticker. 2013. Spatial genetic analysis reveals high connectivity of tiger (Panthera tigris) populations in the Satpura–Maikal landscape of Central India. Ecology and Evolution 3: 48-60. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.432/abstract. Key words: central India, connectivity, non-invasive genetic analysis, mammals, Panthera tigris, spatial genetics, tiger.
Silva, M. A., R. Prieto, I. Jonsen, M. F. Baumgartner, and R. S. Santos. 2013. North Atlantic Blue and Fin Whales Suspend Their Spring Migration to Forage in Middle Latitudes: Building up Energy Reserves for the Journey? PLoS ONE 8(10): e76507. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076507. Key words: feeding, marine mammals, migratory behavior, satellite telemetry
Singh, N. J., I. A. Grachev, A. B. Bekenov, and E. J. Milner-Gulland. 2010. Tracking greenery across a latitudinal gradient in central Asia – the migration of the saiga antelope. Diversity and Distributions 16: 663-675. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00671.x. Key words: Kazakhstan, long-distance migration, mammals, normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI, precipitation, Russia, Saiga tatarica
Singh, Navinder J., L. Borger, H. Dettki, N. Bunnefeld, and G. Ericsson. 2012. From migration to nomadism: movement variability in a northern ungulate across its latitudinal range. Ecological Applications 22: 2007-2020. doi: 10.1890/12-0245.1. Key words: age, animal movement, distance, duration, GPS telemetry, mammals, migration, moose, net squared displacement, nomadism, partial migration, snow, timing, ungulates, wireless remote animal monitoring
Smith, C. S., J. H. Epstein, A. C. Breed, R. K. Plowright, K. J. Olival, C. de Jong, P. Daszak, and H. E. Field. 2011. Satellite Telemetry and Long-Range Bat Movements. PLoS ONE 6(2): e14696. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014696. Key words: accuracy, Argos telemetry, collar transmitter, mammals, methods, platform terminal transmitter
Sollmann, R., B. Gardner, A. W. Parsons, J. J. Stocking, B. T. McClintock, T. R. Simons, K. H. Pollock, and A. O’Connell. In press. A spatial mark-resight model augmented with telemetry data. Ecology 94: 553-559. doi: 10.1890/12-1256.1. Key words: abundance, Bayesian statistics, camera trapping, density, mammals, mark-resight, Metropolis-within-Gibbs sampler, movement model, population estimation, raccoons, spatial capture-recapture, telemetry
Squires, J. R., N. J. DeCesare, L. E. Olson, J. A. Kolbe, M. Hebblewhite, and S. A. Parks. 2013. Combining resource selection and movement behavior to predict corridors for Canada lynx at their southern range periphery. Biological Conservation 157: 187-195. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.018. Key words: Canada lynx, connectivity, corridors, least-cost paths, mammals, Montana, resource selection.
Suba, J., G. Petersons, and J. Rydell. 2012. Fly-and-forage strategy in the bat Pipistrellus nathusii during autumn migration. Acta Chiropterologica 14: 379-385. DOI: 10.3161/150811012X661693. Key words: Baltic Sea, feeding strategy, Latvia, mammals, migration foraging, Pape Ornithological Research Station
Sullivan, A. R., J. K. Bump, L. A. Kruger, and R. O. Peterson. 2012. Bat-cave catchment areas: using stable isotopes (D) to determine the probable origins of hibernating bats. Ecological Applications 22: 1428-1434. doi: 10.1890/11-1438.1. Key words: deuterium, disease transmission, geographic origin, hibernacula, hydrogen isotope, isoscapes, little brown bat, mammals, migration, migratory connectivity, molt period, Myotis lucifugus, stable isotopes, white-nose syndrome
Tracey, J. A., J. Zhu, E. Boydston, L. Lyren, R. N. Fisher, and K. R. Crooks. 2013. Mapping behavioral landscapes for animal movement: a finite mixture modeling approach. Ecological Applications 23:654-669. DOI: 10.1890/12-0687.1. Key words: circular data, conservation biology, hierarchical mixture of experts, landscape connectivity, landscape ecology, Lynx rufus, mammals, movement model, particle swarm optimization.
van Moorter, B., N. Bunnefeld, M. Panzacchi, C. M. Rolandsen, E. J. Solberg, and B. -E. Saether. 2013. Understanding scales of movement: animals ride waves and ripples of environmental change. Journal of Animal Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12045. Key words: Alces alces, foraging, Fourier transform, GPS, mammals, migration, NDVI, phenology, resource, spatiotemporal scales, snow, telemetry.
Van Opzeeland, I., S. Van Parijs, L. Kindermann, E. Burkhardt, and O. Boebel. 2013. Calling in the Cold: Pervasive Acoustic Presence of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Antarctic Coastal Waters. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73007. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073007. Key words: acoustics, acoustic detection, Antarctic Ocean, marine mammals, partial migration, PerenniAL Acoustic Observatory
Verlinden, A., I. K. N. Gavorv. 2012. Satellite tracking of elephants in northern Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 36: 105-116. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1998.00118.x. Key words: Botswana, elephants, habitat, mammals, partial migration, satellite telemetry, water
Víkingsson, G. A. and M. P. Heide-Jorgensen. 2014. First indications of autumn migration routes and destination of common minke whales tracked by satellite in the North Atlantic during 2001–2011. Marine Mammal Science (onlinr preview). DOI: 10.1111/mms.12144. Key words: Icelandic shelf, marine mammal, migratory connectivity, rorqualm satellite telemetry;
Voigt, C. C., K. Schneeberger, and A. Luckner. 2013. Ecological and dietary correlates of stable hydrogen isotope ratios in fur and body water of syntopic tropical bats. Ecology 94: 346-355. DOI: 10.1890/12-1187.1. Key words: connectivity, discrimination, geolocation, hydrogen stable isotopes, keratin, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, mammals, migration, Neotropical bats, trophic level.
Voigt, C. C., K. Sorgel, J. Suba, O. Keiss, and G. Petersons. 2012. The insectivorous bat Pipistrellus nathusii uses a mixed-fuel strategy to power autumn migration. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 3772-3778. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0902. Key words: carbon, chiroptera, diet, energetic, fuel choice, mammals, migration, Pipistrellus nathusii, stable isotopes, vertebrate flight
Voigt, C. C., M. Helbig-Bonitz, S. Kramer-Schadt, and E. K. V. Kalko. 2013. The third dimension of bat migration: evidence for elevational movements of Miniopterus natalensis along the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Oecologia (online preview). DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2819-0. Key words: connectivity, elevational migration, light-level geolocator, mammal, migration, movement ecology
Wall, J., G. Wittemyer, B. Klinkenberg, V. LeMay, and I. Douglas-Hamilton. 2013. Characterizing properties and drivers of long distance movements by elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Gourma, Mali. Biological Conservation 157: 60-68. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.019. Key words: GPS telemetry, home-range, Loxodonta africana, mammals, migration, movement ecology, Sahel, time-density algorithm, velocity-grid algorithm.
Webb, S. L., M. R. Dzialak, D. Houchen, K. L. Kosciuch, and J. B. Winstead. 2013. Spatial ecology of female mule deer in an area proposed for wind energy development. Western North American Naturalist 73: (in press). Key words: GPS telemetry, mammals, mule deer, satellite telemetry, wind energy
White, K., N. Barten, S. Crouse, and J. Crouse. 2013. Benefits of migration in relation to nutritional condition and predation-risk in a partially migratory moose population. Ecology (in press). DOI: 10.1890/13-0054.1. Key words: forage maturation hypothesis, mammals, migratory strategy, moose, partial migration, predation-risk avoidance hypothesis, radio telemetry
White, P. J., T. L. Davis, K. K. Barnowe-Meyer, R. L. Crabtree, and R. A. Garrott. 2007. Partial migration and philopatry of Yellowstone pronghorn. Biological Conservation 135: 502-510. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.041. Key words: corridor, mammals, partial migration, pronghorn, radio telemetry, strategy, ungulate, Yellowstone
Wiederholt, R., L. Lopez-Hoffman, J. Cline, R. A. Medellin, P. Cryan, A. Russell, G. McCracken, J. Diffendorfer, and D. Semmens. 2013. Moving across the border: modeling migratory bat populations. Ecosphere 4: 1-16. DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00023.1. Key words: bat conservation, breeding roosts, mammals, Mexican free-tailed bats, migratory patterns, network models, Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana, U.S.-Mexico cross-border migration route
Wikelski, M., R. W. Kays, N. J. Kasdin, K. Thorup, J. A. Smith, and G. W. Swenson Jr. 2007. Going wild: what a global small-animal tracking system could do for experimental biologists. The J. of Exp. Biol. 210: 181-186. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02629. Key words: bat, birds, field experiments, ICARUS initiative, insect, invertebrates, mammals, migratory bird orientation, migration pattern, satellite telemetry, songbird, small animal, telemetry, tracking technology
Wladichuk, J. L., J. Delarue, B. Martin, X. Mouy, and H. Frouin-Mouy. 2013. A disproportion in bowhead whale call counts around an acoustic array during the fall 2012 migration in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska: an investigation into the potential of acoustic masking. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134(5): 4148. DOI: 10.1121/1.4831205. Key words: acoustic telemetry, background noise, bowhead whale, Chukchi Sea, mammals, migration, shipping traffic
Wunder, M. B. 2012. Determining geographic patterns of migration and dispersal using stable isotopes in keratins. Journal of Mammalogy, 93: 360–367. doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-182.1. Key words: assignment models, geographic migration, hair, isoscape, mammals, migratory connectivity, stable isotopes
Zazzo, A., R. Bendrey, D. Vella, A. P. Moloney, F. J. Monahan, O. Schmidt. 2012. A refined sampling strategy for intra-tooth stable isotope analysis of mammalian enamel. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 84: 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.012. Key words: mammals, stable isotopes, time resolution, tooth enamel
Zhang, Z., J. K. Sheppard, R. R. Swaisgood, G. Wang, Y. Nie, W. Wei, N. Zhao, and F. Wei. 2012. Ecological Scale and Seasonal Heterogeneity in the Spatial Behaviors of Giant Pandas. Integrative Zoology (online preview). DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12030. Key words: elevational migration, giant panda, GPS telemetry, habitat use, mammals, movements, spatial heterogeneity

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Allen, C. D., G. E. Lemons, T. Eguchi, R. A. LeRoux, C. C. Fahy, P. H. Dutton, S. Hoyt Peckham, and J. A. Seminoff. 2013. Stable isotope analysis reveals migratory origin of loggerhead turtles in the Southern California Bight. MEPS 472: 275-285. DOI: 10.3354/meps10023. Key words: Baja California Peninsula, California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, California drift gillnet fishery, carbon, Caretta caretta, connectivity, Hawaii-based longline fishery, management, movement pattern, nitrogen, reptiles, stable isotopes, sea turtles, time-area closure.
Blake, S., C. B. Yackulic, F. Cabrera, W. Tapia, J. P. Gibbs, F. Kummeth, and M. Wikelski. 2013. Vegetation dynamics drive segregation by body size in Galapagos tortoises migrating across altitudinal gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 310-321. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12020. Key words: allometry, elevational migration, GPS telemetry, megavertebrate, NDVI, oceanic islands, partial migration, reptiles.
Blanco, G. S., S. J. Morreale, J. A. Seminoff, F. V. Paladino, R. Piedra, and J. R. Spotila. 2013. Movements and diving behavior of internesting green turtles along Pacific Costa Rica. Integrative Zoology 8: 293-306. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00298.x. Key words: Chelonia mydas, Costa Rica, East Pacific green turtle, internesting period, movement pattern, reptiles, satellite telemetry, spatial ecology
Block, B. A., I. D. Jonsen, S. J. Jorgensen, A. J. Winship, S. A. Shaffer, S. J. Bograd, E. L. Hazen, D. G. Foley, G. A. Breed, A.-L. Harrison, J. E. Ganong, A. Swithenbank, M. Castleton, H. Dewar, B. R. Mate, G. L. Shillinger, K. M. Schaefer, S. R. Benson, M. J. Weise, R. W. Henry, and D. P. Costa. 2011. Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean. Nature 475: 86–90. doi:10.1038/nature10082. Key words: animal behavior, birds, fisheries, long-distance migration, marine mammals, physiology, organismal biology, environmental science, reptiles, Tagging of Pacific Predators, satellite telemetry
Casale, P., D. Freggi, A. Cina, and M. Rocco. 2013. Spatio-temporal distribution and migration of adult male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea: further evidence of the importance of neritic habitats off North Africa. Mar. Biol. 160: 703-718. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2125-0. Key words: conservation, migratory route, reptiles, satellite telemetry, sea turtle, site fidelity.
Casale, P., M. Affronte, D. Scaravelli, B. Lazar, C. Vallini, and P. Luschi. 2012. Foraging grounds, movement patterns and habitat connectivity of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) tracked from the Adriatic Sea. Marine Biology 159: 1527-1535. doi: 10.1007%2Fs00227-012-1937-2. Key words: juvenile, loggerhead turtle, migratory route, reptiles, satellite telemetry
Ceriani, S. A., J. D. Roth, C. R. Sasso, C. M. McClellan, M. C. James, H. L. Haas, R. J. Smolowitz, D. R. Evans, D. S. Addison, D. A. Bagley, L. M. Ehrhart, and J. F. Weishampel. 2014. Modeling and mapping isotopic patterns in the Northwest Atlantic derived from loggerhead sea turtles. Ecosphere 5: 122. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00230.1. Key words: carbon-13, Caretta caretta, geographic assignment models, isoscapes, migratory connectivity, Northwest Atlantic, nitrogen-15, reptiles, satellite telemetry, stable isotopes;
Ceriani, S. A., J. D. Roth, D. R. Evans, J. F. Weishampel, and L. M. Ehrhart. 2012. Inferring Foraging Areas of Nesting Loggerhead Turtles Using Satellite Telemetry and Stable Isotopes. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45335. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045335. Key words: loggerhead turtles, reptiles, satellite telemetry, stable isotopes
Dethmers, K. E. M., M. P. Jensen, N. N. FitzSimmons, D. Broderick, C. J. Limpus, and C. Moritz. 2010. Migration of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Australasian feeding grounds inferred from genetic analyses. Marine and Freshwater Research 61: 1376-1387. doi: 10.1071/MF10084. Key words: dispersal, Indo-Pacific, migratory connectivity, mixed-stock analysis, mtDNA, population genetics, reptiles
Dujon, A. M., R. T. Lindstrom, and G. C. Hays. 2014. The accuracy of Fastloc-GPS locations and implications for animal tracking. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 1162-1169. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12286. Key words: animal tags, positioning error, reptiles, satellite telemetry, sea turtle, sensitivity analysis;
Galli, S., P. Gaspar, S. Fossette, B. Calmettes, G. C. Hays, J. R. E. Lutjeharms, and P. Luschi. 2012. Orientation of migrating leatherback turtles in relation to ocean currents. Animal Behaviour 84: 1491-1500. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.022. Key words: Dermochelys coriacea, drift, leatherback sea turtle, migration, navigation, oceanic current, reptiles, satellite telemetry, swimming speed
Gomez, L., K. W. Larsen, and P. T. Gregory. 2014. Contrasting Patterns of Migration and Habitat Use in Neighboring Rattlesnake Populations. Journal of Herpetology (in-press). DOI: 10.1670/13-138. Key words: partial migration, reptiles;
Hatase, H., K. Omuta, and K. Tsukamoto. In press. A mechanism that maintains alternative life histories in a loggerhead sea turtle population. Ecology (online preview). DOI: 10.1890/12-1588.1. Key words: foraging guild, life history, reptiles, stable isotopes.
Hays, G. C. 2008. Sea turtles: A review of some key recent discoveries and remaining questions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356: 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.016. Key words: Argos, Fastloc, GPS telemetry, IUCN, movement analysis, Red Lists, reptiles, sea turtles, state space modeling
Hays, G. C., and R. Scott. 2013. Global patterns for upper ceilings on migration distance in sea turtles and comparisons with fish, birds and mammals. Functional Ecology (online preview). doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12073. Key words: biologging, Fastloc GPS telemetry, migration, movement ecology, movement models, reptiles, tracking.
Hoenner, X., S. D. Whiting, M. A. Hindell, and C. R. McMahon. 2012. Enhancing the Use of Argos Satellite Data for Home Range and Long Distance Migration Studies of Marine Animals. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40713. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040713. Key words: Argos, error, GPS telemetry, hawksbill sea turtle, reptiles, state-space models
Lenhardt, P. P., R. B. Schafer, K. Theissinger, and C. A. Bruhl. 2013. An expert-based landscape permeability model for assessing the impact of agricultural management on amphibian migration. Basic and Applied Ecology (online preview). DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.05.004. Key words: agriculture, amphibians, connectivity, conservation, fragmentation, migration barrier, pesticide.
Letessier, T. B., P. J. Bouchet, J. Reisser, and J. J. Meeuwig. 2014. Baited videography reveals remote foraging and migration behaviour of sea turtles. Marine Biodiversity (onlie preview). DOI: 10.1007/s12526-014-0287-3. Key words: reptiles, sea turtle, stereo baited remote underwater video system;
Marcovaldi, M. A., G. G. Lopez, L. S. Soares, and M. Lopez-Mendilaharsu. 2012. Satellite tracking of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata nesting in northern Bahia, Brazil: turtle movements and foraging destinations. Endangered Species Research 17:123-132. DOI: 10.3354/esr00421. Key words: Brazil, Eretmochelys imbricate, genetic hybrid, internesting, postnesting, migration, reptiles, sea turtles, satellite telemetry
Maritz, B., and G. J. Alexander. 2012. Movement Patterns in the Smallest Viper, Bitis schneideri. Copeia: 2012: 732-737. DOI: 10.1643/CE-12-023. Key words: movement patterns, radio telemetry, reptiles
Read, M. A., G. C. Grigg, S. R. Irwin, D. Shanahan, and C. E. Franklin. 2007. Satellite Tracking Reveals Long Distance Coastal Travel and Homing by Translocated Estuarine Crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus. PLoS ONE 2(9): e949. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000949. Key words: crocodile, movement pattern, reptiles, satellite telemetry
Rittenhouse, T. A. G., R. D. Semlitsch, and F. R. Thompson. 2009. Survival costs associated with wood frog breeding migrations: effects of timber harvest and drought. Ecology 90: 1620-1630. doi: 10.1890/08-0326.1. Key words: amphibians, anurans, desiccation, drought, predation, radio telemetry, Rana sylvatica, timber harvest, wood frogs
Roe, J. H., and A. Georges. 2008. Maintenance of variable responses for coping with wetland drying in freshwater turtles. Ecology 89: 485-494. doi: 10.1890/07-0093.1. Key words: Australia, behavior, Chelodina longicollis, estivation, freshwater turtle, partial migration, plasticity, population, reptiles, temporary wetland, terrestrial habitat
Roe, J. H., S. J. Morreale, F. V. Paladino, G. L. Shillinger, S. R. Benson, S. A. Eckert, H. Bailey, P. Santidrian Tomillo, S. J. Bograd, T. Eguchi, P. H. Dutton, J. A. Seminoff, B. A. Block, and J. R. Spotila. 2014. Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback turtles on longlines in the Pacific Ocean. Proc. R. Soc. B. 281: 1777 20132559. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2559. Key words: critically endangered species, fisheries bycatch, marine conservation, marine turtles, migratory pelagic vertebrate, reptile, satellite telemetry
Schofield, G., A. Dimadi, S. Fossette, K. A. Katselidis, D. Koutsoubas, M. K. S. Lilley, A. Luckman, J. D. Pantis, A. D. Karagouni, and G. C. Hays. 2013. Satellite tracking large numbers of individuals to infer population level dispersal and core areas for the protection of an endangered species. Diversity and Distributions (online preview). doi: 10.1111/ddi.12077. Key words: adaptive behavior, conservation management, dispersal, predictive models, reptiles, sample size, satellite telemetry, spatial ecology.
Schofield, G., V. J. Hobson, S. Fossette, M. K. S. Lilley, K. A. Katselidis, and G. C. Hays. 2010. Fidelity to foraging sites, consistency of migration routes and habitat modulation of home range by sea turtles. Diversity and Distributions 16: 840-853. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00694.x. Key words: archived GPS telemetry, biodiversity scale, conservation management, endangered, marine vertebrate, phenology, remote technology, reptiles, satellite telemetry
Scott, R., A. Biastoch, C. Roder, V. A. Stiebens, and C. Eizaguirre. 2014. Nano-tags for neonates and ocean-mediated swimming behaviours linked to rapid dispersal of hatchling sea turtles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1209. Key words: juvenile dispersal, miniaturization, nano tag, reptiles, sea turtle, telemetry;
Seminoff, J. A., S. R. Benson, K. E. Arthur, T. Eguchi, P. H. Dutton, R. F. Tapilatu, and B. N. Popp. 2012. Stable Isotope Tracking of Endangered Sea Turtles: Validation with Satellite Telemetry and Analysis of Amino Acids. PLoS One 7: e37403. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037403. Key words: amino acids, leatherback sea turtles, migratory connectivity, reptiles, satellite telemetry, stable isotopes
Sinsch, U., N. Oromi, C. Miaud, J. Denton, and D. Sanuy. 2012. Connectivity of local amphibian populations: modeling the migratory capacity of radio-tracked natterjack toads. Animal Conservation 15:388-396. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00527.x. Key words: amphibians, conservation, genetic connectivity, metapopulations, migratory capacity, migratory connectivity, natterjack toad, radio telemetry
Stewart, K. R., M. C. James, S. Roden, and P. H. Dutton. 2013. Assignment tests, telemetry, and tag-recapture data converge to identify natal origins of leatherback turtles foraging in Atlantic Canadian waters. J. Anim. Ecol. 82:791-803. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12056. Key words: combine methods, connectivity, flipper tag, genetics, homing, international, migrations, passive integrated transponder tag, reptiles, satellite telemetry, stock structure, validation
Thums, M., S. D. Whiting, J. W. Reisser, K. L. Pendoley, C. B. Pattiaratchi, R. G. Harcourt, C. R. McMahon, and M. G. Meekan. 2013. Tracking sea turtle hatchlings -a pilot study using acoustic telemetry. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 440:156-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.12.006. Key words: acoustics, acoustic-coded telemetry, in-water movement, reptiles, VR2W positioning system.
Tucker, A. D. 2010. Nest site fidelity and clutch frequency of loggerhead turtles are better elucidated by satellitetelemetry than by nocturnal tagging efforts: Implications for stock estimation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 383: 48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.11.009. Key words: Caretta caretta, fecundity, loggerhead turtle, reptiles, satellite telemetry, site fidelity, stock evaluation
Vander Zanden, H. B., A. D. Tucker, K. M. Hart, M. M. Lamont, I. Fujisaki, D. S. Addison, K. L. Mansfield, K. F. Phillips, M. B. Wunder, G. J. Bowen, M. Pajuelo, A. B. Bolten, and K. A. Bjorndal. 2014. Determining origin in a migratory marine vertebrate: a novel method to integrate stable isotopes and satellite tracking. Ecological Applications (in press). DOI: 10.1890/14-0581.1. Key words: reptiles, satellite telemetry, sea turtles, stable isotopes;
Varo-Cruz, N., L. A. Hawkes, D. Cejudo, P. Lopez, M. S. Coyne, B. J. Godley, L. F. Lopez-Jurado. 2013. Satellite tracking derived insights into migration and foraging strategies of male loggerhead turtles in the eastern Atlantic. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 443: 134-140. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.02.046. Key words: adult males, Cape Verde, Caretta caretta, conservation, migratory plasticity, reptiles, satellite telemetry, sea turtle.

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