Publications of the Research Group of Collective Migration

Aplin, L. M.; Crates, R.; Flack, A.; McGregor, P.: Social learning and culture in birds: emerging patterns and relevance to conservation. Philosophical Transactions B 380 (1925), 20240128 (2025)

Keskin, G.; Duriez, O.; Lacerda, P.; Flack, A.; Nagy, M.: Adaptive cross-country optimization strategies in thermal soaring birds. iScience 28 (3), 112090 (2025)

Aikens, E. O.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior. PNAS 121 (12), e2306389121 (2024)

Brønnvik, H.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.: Experience reduces route selection for conspecifics by the collectively migrating white stork. Current Biology 34 (9), pp. 2030 - 2037 (2024)

Fisel, F.; Heine, G.; Rohde, C.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Influence of age on spatial and temporal migratory patterns of Black Storks from Germany. Journal of Ornithology (2024)

Wikelski, M.; Quetting, M.; Bates, J.; Berger-Wolf, T.; Bohrer, G.; Boerger, L.; Chapple, T.; Crofoot, M. C.; Davidson, S. C.; Dechmann, D. K. N. et al.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Ellwood, E. R.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Fruth, B.; Franconi, N.; Havmøller, R. W.; Hirt, J.; Hussey, N. E.; Iannarilli, F.; Landwehr, M.; Müller, M. E.; Mueller, T.; Mueller, U.; Oliver, R. Y.; Partecke, J.; Pokrovsky, I.; Pokrovskaya, L.; Rubenstein, D. R.; Rutz, C.; Safi, K.; Santangeli, A.; van Schalkwyk, O. L.; Sequeira, A. M. M.; Sherub, S.; Ramesh, T.; Viljoen, P.; Wasik, K. A.; Wild, T. A.; Yanco, S.; Kays, R.: Introducing a unique animal ID and digital life history museum for wildlife metadata. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2024)

Bontekoe, I. D.; Hilgartner, R.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.: The price of being late: short- and long-term consequences of a delayed migration timing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2003), 20231268 (2023)

Lopez-Calderon, C.; Martin-Velez, V.; Blas, J.; Hofle, U.; Sanchez, M. I.; Flack, A.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Green, A. J.: White stork movements reveal the ecological connectivity between landfills and different habitats. BMC Movement Ecology 11, 18 (2023)

Aikens, E. O.; Bontekoe, I. D.; Blumenstiel, L.; Schlicksupp, A.; Flack, A.: Viewing animal migration through a social lens. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37 (11), pp. 985 - 996 (2022)

Flack, A.; Aikens, E. O.; Kölzsch, A.; Nourani, E.; Snell, K. R. S.; Fiedler, W.; Linek, N.; Bauer, H.-G.; Thorup, K.; Partecke, J. et al.; Wikelski, M.; Williams, H. J.: New frontiers in bird migration research. Current Biology 32 (20), pp. R1187 - R1199 (2022)

Gauld, J. G.; Silva, J. P.; Atkinson, P. W.; Record, P.; Acacio, M.; Arkumarev, V.; Blas, J.; Bouten, W.; Burton, N.; Catry, I. et al.; Champagnon, J.; Clewley, G. D.; Dagys, M.; Duriez, O.; Exo, K. M.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Friedemann, G.; Fritz, J.; Garcia-Ripolles, C.; Garthe, S.; Giunchi, D.; Grozdanov, A.; Harel, R.; Humphreys, E. M.; Janssen, R.; Kölzsch, A.; Kulikova, O.; Lameris, T. K.; Lopez-Lopez, P.; Masden, E. A.; Monti, F.; Nathan, R.; Nikolov, S.; Oppel, S.; Peshev, H.; Phipps, L.; Pokrovsky, I. G.; Ross-Smith, V. H.; Saravia, V.; Scragg, E. S.; Sforzi, A.; Stoynov, E.; Thaxter, C.; Van Steelant, W.; Toor, M.; Vorneweg, B.; Waldenstrom, J.; Wikelski, M.; Zydelis, R.; Franco, A. M. A.: Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology 59 (6), pp. 1496 - 1512 (2022)

Kays, R.; Davidson, S. C.; Berger, M.; Bohrer, G.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Hirt, J.; Hahn, C.; Gauggel, D.; Russell, B. et al.; Kölzsch, A.; Lohr, A.; Partecke, J.; Quetting, M.; Safi, K.; Scharf, A. K.; Schneider, G.; Lang, I.; Schaeuffelhut, F.; Landwehr, M.; Storhas, M.; van Schalkwyk, O. L.; Vinciguerra, C.; Weinzierl, R.; Wikelski, M.: The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13 (3), pp. 419 - 431 (2022)

Arrondo, E.; García-Alfonso, M.; Blas, J.; Cortes-Avizanda, A.; De la Riva, M.; Devault, T. L.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Jimenez, J.; Lambertucci, S. A. et al.; Margalida, A.; Oliva-Vidal, P.; Phipps, L.; Sanchez-Zapata, J. A.; Wikelski, M.; Donazar, J. A.: Use of avian GPS tracking to mitigate human fatalities from bird strikes caused by large soaring birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 58 (7), pp. 1411 - 1420 (2021)

Pokrovsky, I.; Kölzsch, A.; Sherub, S.; Fiedler, W.; Glazov, P.; Kulikova, O.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Longer days enable higher diurnal activity for migratory birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 90 (9), pp. 2161 - 2171 (2021)

Wikelski, M.; Quetting, M.; Cheng, Y.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Gagliardo, A.; Salas, R.; Zannoni, N.; Williams, J.: Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 12912 (2021)

Becciu, P.; Rotics, S.; Horvitz, N.; Kaatz, M.; Fiedler, W.; Zurell, D.; Flack, A.; Jeltsch, F.; Wikelski, M.; Nathan, R. et al.; Sapir, N.: Causes and consequences of facultative sea crossing in a soaring migrant. Functional Ecology 34, pp. 840 - 852 (2020)

Blas, J.; Salas, R.; Flack, A.; Torres-Medina, F.; Sergio, F.; Wikelski, M.; Fiedler, W.: Overland and oversea migration of white storks through the water barriers of the straits of Gibraltar. Scientific Reports 10, 20760 (2020)

Flack, A.; Schaeffer, P. J.; Taylor, J. R. E.; Muller , I.; Wikelski, M.; Fiedler, W.: Daily energy expenditure in white storks is lower after fledging than in the nest. The Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb219337 (2020)

Kölzsch, A.; Flack, A.; Muskens, G.; Kruckenberg, H.; Glazov, P.; Wikelski, M.: Goose parents lead migration V. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (3) (2020)

Nagy, M.; Horicsanyi, A.; Kubinyi, E.; Couzin, I. D.; Vasarhelyi, G.; Flack, A.; Vicsek, T.: Synergistic benefits of group search in rats. Current Biology 30 (23), pp. 4733 - 4738 (2020)