A5006641753- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Literary and Cultural Studies
BlueGreen Labs (bv) (Belgium)
2022-2023
Bluegreen Strategy (Italy)
2023
Spectacular long-distance migration has evolved repeatedly in animals enabling exploration of resources separated time and space. In birds, these patterns are largely driven by seasonality, cost migration, asymmetries competition leading most often to leapfrog where northern breeding populations winter furthest the south. Here, we show that highly aerial common swift Apus apus, spending nonbreeding period on wing, instead exhibits a rarely found chain pattern, southern Europe migrate...
Recent studies have suggested the presence of moonlight mediated behaviour in avian aerial insectivores, such as swifts. Here, we use combined analysis state-of-the-art activity logger data across three swift species, common, pallid and alpine swifts, to quantify flight height responses moonlight-driven crepuscular nocturnal light conditions. Our results show a significant response heights illuminance for common i.e. when moon increased also increased, while is absent We weak relationship...
As a widely distributed and aerial migratory bird, the Common Swift (Apus apus) flies over wide geographic range in Eurasia Africa during migration. Although some studies have revealed migration routes phenology of European populations, A. a. apus (from hereon nominate apus), route used by its East Asian counterpart pekinensis pekinensis) remained mystery.Using light level geolocators, we studied adult breeding Beijing from 2014 to 2018, analysed full annual tracks obtained 25 individuals....
Trans‐Saharan migratory bird species encounter large scale seasonal atmospheric convergence zones, where opposing monsoon and continental air masses meet. These macro‐scale conditions determine local weather, influence foraging behaviour survival rates. Here, we investigate the flight of pallid swifts Apus pallidus , a small aerial insectivore, in relation to non‐breeding season using state‐of‐the‐art GPS logged data. Our analysis shows two novel diurnal patterns which suggest that swift...
Abstract Recent studies have suggested the presence of moonlight mediated behaviour in avian aerial insectivores, such as swifts. At same time swift species also show differences prey (size) preferences. Here, we use combined analysis state-of-the-art activity logger data across three species, Common, Pallid and Alpine swifts, to quantify flight height responses crepuscular nocturnal light conditions. Our results a significant response heights illuminance for Common while driven is absent...