Department of Migration Publications

Arrondo, E.; Carracedo, J.; McAllister, P.; Morales-Reyes, Z.; Scacco, M.; Pascual-Rico, R.; Cortés-Avizanda, A.; Donazar, J. A.; Moleón, M.; Sánchez-Zapata, J. A.: Unravelling the decision making of foraging vultures: Insights from a field experiment. Royal Society Open Science 12 (4), 250085 (2025)

Baldoni, C.; Raptis, K.; Farantouri, M.; Lenzi, I.; Lim, K. S.; Menz, M. H. M.; Muturi, M.; Reisert, M.; Bedoya Duque, M. A.; Thomas, W. R. et al.; Dávalos, L. M.; Nieland, J. D.; von Elverfeldt, D.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Captivity alters behaviour but not seasonal brain size change in semi-naturally housed shrews. Royal Society Open Science 12 (3), 242138 (2025)

Beltran, R. S.; Kilpatrick, A. M.; Adamczak, S. K.; Beumer, L. T.; Czapanskiy, M. F.; Davidson, S. C.; McLean, B. S.; Mueller, T.; Payne, A. R.; Soria, C. D. et al.; Weeks, B. C.; Williams, T. M.; Salguero-Gómez, R.: Integrating animal tracking and trait data to facilitate global ecological discoveries. The Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (2025)

Calderon-Capote, M. C.; O'Mara, M. T.; Crofoot, M. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Intraspecific variability of social structure and linked foraging behavior in females of a widespread bat species (Phyllostomus hastatus). PLOS ONE 20 (3), e0313782 (2025)

Cruz, S. M.; Halpin, L. R.; Proaño, C. B.; Anderson, D. J.; Wikelski, M.: The owl gull: exclusively nocturnal foraging by the swallow-tailed gull Creagrus furcatus in Galapagos. Marine Ornithology 53 (1), pp. 67 - 73 (2025)

Curk, T.; Rast, W.; Portas, R.; Kohles, J. E.; Shatumbu, G.; Cloete, C.; Curk, T.; Radchuk, V.; Aschenborn, O.; Melzheimer, J.: Advantages and disadvantages of using social information for carcass detection-A case study using white-backed vultures. Ecological Modelling 499, 110941 (2025)

Curto, M.; Batista, S.; Santos, C. D.; Ribeiro, F.; Nogueira, S.; Ribeiro, D.; Prindle, B.; Licari, D.; Riccioni, G.; Dias, D. et al.; Pina-Martins, F.; Jentoft, S.; Veríssimo, A.; Alves, M. J.; Gante, H. F.: Freshwater fish community assessment using eDNA metabarcoding vs. capture-based methods: Differences in efficiency and resolution coupled to habitat and ecology. Environmental Research 274, 121238 (2025)

Davidson, S. C.; Cagnacci, F.; Newman, P.; Dettki, H.; Urbano, F.; Desmet, P.; Bajona, L.; Bryant, E.; Carneiro, A. P. B.; Dias, M. P. et al.; Fujioka, E.; Gambin, D.; Hoenner, X.; Hunter, C.; Kato, A.; Kot, C. Y.; Kranstauber, B.; Lam, C. H.; Lepage, D.; Naik, H.; Pye, J. D.; Sequeira, A. M. M.; Tsontos, V. M.; van Loon, E.; Vo, D.; Rutz, C.: Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth. Nature Ecology & Evolution (2025)

de Wit, L. A.; Akre, K. L.; O'Mara, M. T.; Flanders, J.; Nakamoto, M.; Frick, W. F.: Co-benefits from species-level conservation contribute to multilateral environmental agreement targets. Conservation Letters 18 (1), e13072 (2025)

Duque, M. A. B.; Thomas, W. R.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Nieland, J.; Baldoni, C.; von Elverfeldt, D.; Muturi, M.; Corthals, A. P.; Dávalos, L. M.: Gene expression comparisons between captive and wild shrew brains reveal captivity effects. Biology Letters 21 (1), 20240478 (2025)

Efrat, R.; Lehnardt, Y.; Berkowic, D.; Leshem, Y.; Dor, R.; Bragin, A.; Bragin, E.; Katzner, T.; Sapir, N.: Using GPS tracking data to validate the conservation value of bird migration counts. Biological Conservation 302, 110959 (2025)

Feare, C. J.; Bristol, R. M.; Larose, C. S.; Wikelski, M.; Müller, U.: Nest site and mate fidelity in a large sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus breeding colony. Ardea 113 (1), pp. 1 - 9 (2025)

Fluhr, J.; Duriez, O.; Blary, C.; Chambert, T.; Almasi, B.; Byholm, P.; Buitendijk, N.; Champagnon, J.; Dagys, M.; Fiedler, W. et al.; Francesiaz, C.; Jiguet, F.; Lee, S.; Millon, A.; Monti, F.; Morcelet, L.; Nathan, R.; Nolet, B.; Nuijten, R.; Pilard, P.; Ponchon, C.; Roulin, A.; Santos, C. D.; Spiegel, O.; Schalcher, K.; De Seynes, A.; Spanoghe, G.; Wikelski, M.; Žydelis, R.; Besnard, A.: Eoldist, a web application for estimating cautionary detection distance of birds by automatic detection systems to reduce collisions with wind turbines. Wind Energy 28 (2), e2971 (2025)

Hurme, E.; Lenzi, I.; Wikelski, M.; Wild, T. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Bats surf storm fronts during spring migration. Science 387 (6729), pp. 97 - 102 (2025)

Jiguet, F.; Mayrose, A.; Piha, M.; Efrat, R.; Seimola, T.; Sapir, N.; Timonen, S.; Wasserlauf, Y.; Besnard, A.; Bocher, P. et al.; Kölzsch, A.; Lehikoinen, A.; Monnet, A. C.; Procházka, P.; Perlman, Y.: GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts. Nature Communications 16 (1), 1199 (2025)

Klarevas-Irby, J. A.; Nyaguthii, B.; Farine, D. R.: Moving as a group imposes constraints on the energetic efficiency of movement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2041), 20242760 (2025)

Komar, E.; Szafrańska, P. A.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; Keicher, L.; Koprowska, D.; Shipley, J. R.; Ruczyński, I.: Positive consequences of group living among male bats during spermatogenesis. The Journal of Experimental Biology (2025)

Montalcini, C. M.; Driver, C.C.; Mendl, M. T.: Relevance of state-behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare. Biological Reviews (2025)

Nyaguthii, B.; Dehnen, T.; Klarevas-Irby, J. A.; Papageorgiou, D.; Kosgey, J.; Farine, D. R.: Cooperative and plural breeding by the precocial vulturine guineafowl. Ibis (2025)

Panter, C. T.; Nebel, C.; Raab, M.; Strauss, V.; Freytag, C.; Wojta, M.; Böing, H.; Hacker, P.; Raab, R.; Windt, J. et al.; Posautz, A.; Kuebber-Heiss, A.; Scherler, P.; Grüebler, M. U.; Kormann, U. G.; Kolbe, M.; Millon, A.; de la Puente, J.; Viñuela, J.; Orr-Ewing, D.; Krone, O.; Langgemach, T.; Åkesson, S.; Mattsson, B.; Sumasgutner, P.; Alcántara de la Fuente, M.; Alvarez, E.; Arizaga, J.; Bach Pagès, A.; Bermejo, A.; Ceccolini, G.; Chakarov, N.; Derpmann-Hagenström, P.; Dostál, M.; Fabian, G.; Fiedler, W.; Galán, M.; Ganier, C.; Gärtner, A.; Glesener, L.; Godino, A.; Guziová, Z.; Haraszthy, L.; Karlsson, C.; Klein, K.; Literák, I.; Lorenzini, N.; Löwold, M.; Lüning, C.; Maderič, B.; Makoň, K.; Mammen, K.; Mammen, U.; Marczak, T.; Matušík, H.; Mionnet, A.; Morollón, S.; Mráz, J.; Nachtigall, W.; Nicolai, B.; Olalde Fernández, M.; Ottensmann, M.; Palacios González, M. J.; Paquet, J.-Y.; Pečeňák, V.; Peške, L.; Pfeiffer, T.; Pudwill, R.; Rak, D.; Rapp, T. M.; Resetaritz, A.; van Rijn, S.; Riols, R.; Rodríguez, A.; Scholze, L.; Schulte, L.; de Seynes, A.; Škrábal, J.; Spakovszky, P.; Steinborn, E.; Svetlík, J.; Talhoet, S.; Vaczi, M.; Verdier, A.-G.; Vermouzek, Z.; Villanúa Inglada, D.; Westphal, J.; Raab, R.: A LEAP forward in wildlife conservation: a standardized framework to determine mortality causes in large GPS-tagged birds. Ecology and Evolution 15 (4), e70975 (2025)

Santos, C. D.; Paludo, D.; Silvestro, P.; Monteiro, J. O.; Pachelle, P. P. G.; Oliveira, V.; Mobley, J. A.: Sea-level rise causes feeding habitat loss for migratory shorebirds in remote coastal wetlands of Brazilian Amazon. Environmental Research Letters 20 (3), 034038 (2025)

Snell, K. R. S.; Machado dos Santos, I. A.; van Bemmelen, R. S. A.; Moe, B.; Thorup, K.: Wintering, rather than breeding, oceanic conditions may modulate declining survival in a long-distance migratory seabird. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 754, pp. 93 - 103 (2025)

Taborsky, M.: The evolution of division of labour: preconditions and evolutionary feedback. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 380 (1922), 20230262 (2025)

Taborsky, M.; Fewell, J. H.; Gilles, R.; Taborsky, B.: Division of labour as key driver of social evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 380 (1922), 20230261 (2025)

Veríssimo, J.; Curto, M.; Alves, M. J.; de Almeida, P. R.; Aparicio, E.; Clavero, M.; Chaves, C.; Fernandez-Delgado, C.; Hernández, J.; Jentoft, S. et al.; Kalous, L.; Magalhães, M. F.; Martins, F. M. S.; Mateus, C. S.; Nogueira, J. G.; Oliveira, I.; Perdices, A.; Rocaspana, R.; Ribeiro, F.; Risueño, P.; Pou i Rovira, Q.; Queirós, J.; Santos, C. D.; Teixeira, A.; Veríssimo, A.; Volta, P.; Beja, P.; Gante, H. F.; Lopes-Lima, M.: The mitochondrial genomes of Iberian freshwater and diadromous fishes. Scientific Data 12 (1), 349 (2025)

Weissensteiner, M. H.; Delmore, K.; Peona, V.; Ramos, J. S. L.; Arnaud, G.; Blas, J.; Faivre, B.; Pokrovsky, I.; Wikelski, M.; Partecke, J. et al.; Liedvogel, M.: Combining individual-based radio-tracking with whole-genome sequencing data reveals candidate for genetic basis of partial migration in a songbird. Ecology and Evolution 15 (1), e70800 (2025)

Wild, T.; Wikelski, M.: Autonomous data logger. EP Patent, p. EP4285084B1 (2025)

Yanco, S. W.; Rutz, C.; Abrahms, B.; Cooper, N. W.; Marra, P. P.; Mueller, T.; Weeks, B. C.; Wikelski, M.; Oliver, R. Y.: Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 40 (1), pp. 47 - 56 (2025)