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Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:59
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Diurnal migration patterns in willow warblers differ between the western and eastern flyways
It is a long-standing view that the main mechanism maintaining narrow migratory divides in passerines is the selection against intermediate and suboptimal migratory direction, but empirical proof of this is st...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:58 -
Comparison of triploid and diploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fine-scale movement, migration and catchability in lowland lakes of western Washington
Fisheries managers stock triploid (i.e., infertile, artificially produced) rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in North American lakes to support sport fisheries while minimizing the risk of genetic introgression b...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:57 -
Rhythm of relationships in a social fish over the course of a full year in the wild
Animals are expected to adjust their social behaviour to cope with challenges in their environment. Therefore, for fish populations in temperate regions with seasonal and daily environmental oscillations, char...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:56 -
GPS tracking analyses reveal finely-tuned shorebird space use and movement patterns throughout the non-breeding season in high-latitude austral intertidal areas
Long-distance migratory birds spend most of their annual cycle in non-breeding areas. During this period birds must meet their daily nutritional needs and acquire additional energy intake to deal with future e...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:55 -
Seasonal variation in activity and nearshore habitat use of Lake Trout in a subarctic lake
In lake ecosystems, predatory fish can move and forage across both nearshore and offshore habitats. This coupling of sub-habitats, which is important in stabilizing lake food webs, has largely been assessed fr...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:54 -
Do beluga whales truly migrate? Testing a key trait of the classical migration syndrome
Migration enables organisms to access resources in separate regions that have predictable but asynchronous spatiotemporal variability in habitat quality. The classical migration syndrome is defined by key trai...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:53 -
Autumn migration of the migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) at the Baltic coast
Migratory insects are important for the provision of ecosystem services both at the origin and destination sites but – apart from some iconic species – the migration routes of many insect species have not been...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:52 -
Weather, sex and body condition affect post-fledging migration behaviour of the greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Understanding which intrinsic and extrinsic factors dictate decision-making processes such as leaving the natal area or not (migratory vs resident strategy), departure time, and non-breeding destination are ke...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:51 -
Linking fine-scale behaviour to the hydraulic environment shows behavioural responses in riverine fish
Fish migration has severely been impacted by dam construction. Through the disruption of fish migration routes, freshwater fish communities have seen an incredible decline. Fishways, which have been constructe...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:50 -
Individual variation in the habitat selection of upstream migrating fish near a barrier
Migration is a vital element of the life cycle of many freshwater fish species but is increasingly hampered globally by riverine barriers. Fish passes are a common approach to enable migration past barriers bu...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:49 -
Multi-isotope (δ2H, δ13C, δ15N) feather profiles and morphometrics inform patterns of migratory connectivity in three species of North American swallows
Aerial insectivorous birds have suffered steep population declines in North America over the last 60 years. A lack of information on migratory connectivity between breeding and non-breeding grounds for these ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:48 -
Modelling the timing of migration of a partial migrant bird using ringing and observation data: a case study with the Song Thrush in Italy
The study of the timing of migration is fundamental to the understanding of the ecology of many bird species and their response to climate change, and it has important conservation and management implications ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:47 -
Variation in herbivore space use: comparing two savanna ecosystems with different anthrax outbreak patterns in southern Africa
The distribution of resources can affect animal range sizes, which in turn may alter infectious disease dynamics in heterogenous environments. The risk of pathogen exposure or the spatial extent of outbreaks m...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:46 -
Acoustic accelerometer transmitters and their growing relevance to aquatic science
There has recently been great interest in the use of accelerometers onboard electronic transmitters to characterise various aspects of the ecology of wild animals. We review use cases and outline how these too...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:45 -
Soaring migrants flexibly respond to sea-breeze in a migratory bottleneck: using first derivatives to identify behavioural adjustments over time
Millions of birds travel every year between Europe and Africa detouring ecological barriers and funnelling through migratory corridors where they face variable weather conditions. Little is known regarding the...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:44 -
Multispecies fish tracking across newly created shallow and deep habitats in a forward-restored lake
Freshwater fish communities typically thrive in heterogenous ecosystems that offer various abiotic conditions. However, human impact increasingly leads to loss of this natural heterogeneity and its associated ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:43 -
Movement and behavioral states of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in response to a behavioral deterrent in a navigational lock
Freshwater ecosystems are some of the most affected by biological invasions due, in part, to the introduction of invasive carp worldwide. Where carp have become established, management programs often seek to l...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:42 -
Animal behaviour on the move: the use of auxiliary information and semi-supervision to improve behavioural inferences from Hidden Markov Models applied to GPS tracking datasets
State-space models, such as Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), are increasingly used to classify animal tracks into behavioural states. Typically, step length and turning angles of successive locations are used to i...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:41 -
Consequences of migratory distance, habitat distribution and season on the migratory process in a short distance migratory shorebird population
The migratory process in birds consists of alternating periods of flight and fueling. Individuals of some populations make few flights and long stopovers, while others make multiple flights between short stopo...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:40 -
Effect of harness design for tag attachment on the flight performance of five soaring species
Bio-logging devices play a fundamental and indispensable role in movement ecology studies, particularly in the wild. However, researchers are aware of the influence that attaching devices can have on animals, ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:39 -
Correction to: Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:38 -
Gauge-and-compass migration: inherited magnetic headings and signposts can adapt to changing geomagnetic landscapes
For many migratory species, inexperienced (naïve) individuals reach remote non-breeding areas independently using one or more inherited compass headings and, potentially, magnetic signposts to gauge where to s...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:37 -
Changes in movement, habitat use, and response to human disturbance accompany parturition events in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Parturition and the early neonatal period are critical life history stages in ungulates with considerable implications for population growth and persistence. Understanding the changes in behaviour induced by u...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:36 -
Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast
Along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) are present during fall mating and migration, though little is currently known about most aspects of bat migration. To revea...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:35 -
A novel method for identifying fine-scale bottom-use in a benthic-foraging pinniped
For diving, marine predators, accelerometer and magnetometer data provides critical information on sub-surface foraging behaviours that cannot be identified from location or time-depth data. By measuring head ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:34 -
Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data
High-resolution sound and movement recording tags offer unprecedented insights into the fine-scale foraging behaviour of cetaceans, especially echolocating odontocetes, enabling the estimation of a series of f...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:33 -
Linking changes in individual specialization and population niche of space use across seasons in the great evening bat (Ia io)
The niche breadth of an animal population comprises both within-individual and between-individual variation (individual specialization). Both components can be used to explain changes in population niche bread...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:32 -
Divergent migration routes reveal contrasting energy-minimization strategies to deal with differing resource predictability
Seasonal long-distance movements are a common feature in many taxa allowing animals to deal with seasonal habitats and life-history demands. Many species use different strategies to prioritize time- or energy-...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:31 -
Flexible hidden Markov models for behaviour-dependent habitat selection
There is strong incentive to model behaviour-dependent habitat selection, as this can help delineate critical habitats for important life processes and reduce bias in model parameters. For this purpose, a two-...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:30 -
Combining accelerometry with allometry for estimating daily energy expenditure in joules when in-lab calibration is unavailable
All behaviour requires energy, and measuring energy expenditure in standard units (joules) is key to linking behaviour to ecological processes. Animal-borne accelerometers are commonly used to infer proxies of...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:29 -
Context drives movement patterns in a mobile marine predator
Intra-specific variability in movement behaviour occurs in all major taxonomic groups. Despite its common occurrence and ecological consequences, individual variability is often overlooked. As a result, there ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:28 -
Predicting movement speed of beetles from body size and temperature
Movement facilitates and alters species interactions, the resulting food web structures, species distribution patterns, community structures and survival of populations and communities. In the light of global ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:27 -
Correction: Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:26 -
Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk
Each spring and fall billions of songbirds depart on nocturnal migrations across the globe. Theory suggests that songbirds should depart on migration shortly after sunset to maximize their potential for nightl...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:24 -
Atmospheric pressure predicts probability of departure for migratory songbirds
Weather can have both delayed and immediate impacts on animal populations, and species have evolved behavioral adaptions to respond to weather conditions. Weather has long been hypothesized to affect the timin...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:23 -
Combining acoustic tracking and LiDAR to study bat flight behaviour in three-dimensional space
Habitat structure strongly influences niche differentiation, facilitates predator avoidance, and drives species-specific foraging strategies of bats. Vegetation structure is also a strong driver of echolocatio...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:25 -
Resource predictability modulates spatial-use networks in an endangered scavenger species
Changes in human-induced resource availability can alter the behaviour of free-living species and affect their foraging strategies. The future European Landfill Waste Directive and Circular Economy Action Plan wi...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:22 -
Crabs ride the tide: incoming tides promote foraging of Giant Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)
Effective fisheries management of mobile species relies on robust knowledge of animal behaviour and habitat-use. Indices of behaviour can be useful for interpreting catch-per-unit-effort data which acts as a p...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:21 -
Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate
Animals select habitats based on food, water, space, and cover. Each of those components are essential to the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in a particular habitat. Selection of resources i...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:20 -
Multi-sensor geolocators unveil global and local movements in an Alpine-breeding long-distance migrant
To understand the ecology of long-distance migrant bird species, it is necessary to study their full annual cycle, including migratory routes and stopovers. This is especially important for species in high-ele...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:19 -
White stork movements reveal the ecological connectivity between landfills and different habitats
Connections between habitats are key to a full understanding of anthropic impacts on ecosystems. Freshwater habitats are especially biodiverse, yet depend on exchange with terrestrial habitats. White storks (Cico...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:18 -
Linking movement and dive data to prey distribution models: new insights in foraging behaviour and potential pitfalls of movement analyses
Animal movement data are regularly used to infer foraging behaviour and relationships to environmental characteristics, often to help identify critical habitat. To characterize foraging, movement models make a...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:17 -
Diverse environmental cues drive the size of reproductive aggregation in a rheophilic fish
Animal migrations are periodic and relatively predictable events, and their precise timing is essential to the reproductive success. Despite large scientific effort in monitoring animal reproductive phenology,...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:16 -
Categorizing the geometry of animal diel movement patterns with examples from high-resolution barn owl tracking
Movement is central to understanding the ecology of animals. The most robustly definable segments of an individual’s lifetime track are its diel activity routines (DARs). This robustness is due to fixed start ...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:15 -
Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey
For resident birds of prey in the temperate zone, the cold non-breeding period can have strong impacts on survival and reproduction with implications for population dynamics. Therefore, the non-breeding period...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:14 -
When complex movement yields simple dispersal: behavioural heterogeneity, spatial spread and parasitism in groups of micro-wasps
Understanding how behavioural dynamics, inter-individual variability and individual interactions scale-up to shape the spatial spread and dispersal of animal populations is a major challenge in ecology. For bi...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:13 -
Residency and space use estimation methods based on passive acoustic telemetry data
Acoustic telemetry has helped overcome many of the challenges faced when studying the movement ecology of aquatic species, allowing to obtain unprecedented amounts of data. This has made it into one of the mos...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:12 -
Natal colony influences age-specific movement patterns of the Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis)
As for other life history traits, variation occurs in movement patterns with important impacts on population demography and community interactions. Individuals can show variation in the extent of seasonal move...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:11 -
Overwintering aggregation patterns of European catfish Silurus glanis
Animal aggregation, particularly in large-bodied species, is both a fascinating and intriguing phenomenon. Here we analyzed the overwintering behavior of the European catfish, Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, the l...
Citation: Movement Ecology 2023 11:9