Publications of Andrea Flack

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Journal Article (41)

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

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

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Bronnvik, 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Scacco, M.; Arrondo, E.; Donázar, J. A.; Flack, A.; Sánchez‑Zapata, J. A.; Duriez, O.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: The species‑specificity of energy landscapes for soaring birds, and its consequences for transferring suitability models across species. Landscape Ecology 38 (1), pp. 239 - 252 (2023)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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

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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)

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Shipley, J. R.; Twining, C. W.; Taff, C. C.; Vitousek, M. N.; Flack, A.; Winkler, D. W.: Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (41), pp. 25590 - 25594 (2020)

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Cheng, Y.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: "Closer-to-home" strategy benefits juvenile survival in a longdistance migratory bird. Ecology and Evolution 9 (16), pp. 8945 - 8952 (2019)

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Klein, K.; Sommer, B.; Nim, H. T.; Flack, A.; Safi, K.; Nagy, M.; Feyer, S. P.; Zhang, Y.; Rehberg, K.; Gluschkow, A. et al.; Quetting, M.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Schreiber, F.: Fly with the flock: Immersive solutions for animal movement visualization and analytics. Interface: Journal of the Royal Society 16 (153), 20180794 (2019)

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Scacco, M.; Flack, A.; Duriez, O.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: Static landscape features predict uplift locations for soaring birds across Europe. Royal Society Open Science 6 (1), 181440 (2019)

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Sommer, B.; Feyer, S.; Klinkhammer, D.; Klein, K.; Wieland, J.; Fink, D.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Nagy, M.; Wikelski, M. et al.; Reiterer, H.; Schreiber, F.: BinocularsVR – A VR experience for the exhibition "From Lake Constance to Africa, a long distance travel with ICARUS". Electronic Imaging, pp. 177-1 - 177-8 (2019)

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Berdahl, A. M.; Kao, A. B.; Flack, A.; Westley, P. A. H.; Codling, E. A.; Couzin, I. D.; Dell, A. I.; Biro, D.: Collective animal navigation and migratory culture: From theoretical models to empirical evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 373 (1746), 20170009 (2018)

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Flack, A.; Nagy, M.; Fiedler, W.; Couzin, I. D.; Wikelski, M.: From local collective behaviour to global migratory patterns in white storks. Science 360 (6391), pp. 911 - 914 (2018)

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Nagy, M.; Couzin, I. D.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Synchronization, coordination and collective sensing during thermalling flight of freely migrating white storks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 373 (1746), 20170011 (2018)

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Rotics, S.; Turjeman, S.; Kaatz, M.; Resheff, Y. S.; Zurell, D.; Sapir, N.; Eggers, U.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Jeltsch, F. et al.; Wikelski, M.; Nathan, R.: Wintering in Europe instead of Africa enhances juvenile survival in a long-distance migrant. Animal Behaviour 126, pp. 79 - 88 (2017)

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Flack, A.; Fiedler, W.; Blas, J.; Pokrovsky, I. G.; Kaatz, M.; Mitropolsky, M.; Aghababyan, K.; Fakriadis, I.; Makrigianni, E.; Jerzak, L. et al.; Azafzaf, H.; Feltrup-Azafzaf, C.; Rotics, S.; Mokotjomela, T. M.; Nathan, R.; Wikelski, M.: Costs of migratory decisions: A comparison across eight white stork populations. Science Advances 2 (1), e1500931 (2016)

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Rotics, S.; Kaatz, M.; Resheff, Y. S.; Turjeman, S. F.; Zurell, D.; Sapir, N.; Eggers, U.; Flack, A.; Fiedler, W.; Jeltsch, F. et al.; Wikelski, M.; Nathan, R.: The challenges of the first migration: Movement and behavior of juvenile versus adult white storks with insights regarding juvenile mortality. Journal of Animal Ecology 85 (4), pp. 938 - 947 (2016)

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Weinzierl, R.; Bohrer, G.; Kranstauber, B.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Wind estimation based on thermal soaring of birds. Ecology and Evolution 6 (24), pp. 8706 - 8718 (2016)

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Flack, A.; Biro, D.; Guilford, T.; Freeman, R.: Modelling group navigation: Transitive social structures improve navigational performance. Interface: Journal of the Royal Society 12 (108), 20150213 (2015)

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Nesterova, A. P.; Flack, A.; van Loon, E. E.; Bonadonna, F.; Biro, D.: The effect of experienced individuals on navigation by king penguin chick pairs. Animal Behaviour 104, pp. 69 - 78 (2015)

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Flack, A.; Guilford, T.; Biro, D.: Learning multiple routes in homing pigeons. Biology Letters 10 (4), 20140119 (2014)

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Nesterova, A. P.; Flack, A.; Emiel van Loon, E.; Marescot, Y.; Bonadonna, F.; Biro, D.: Resolution of navigational conflict in king penguin chicks. Animal Behaviour 93, pp. 221 - 228 (2014)

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Flack, A.; Ákos, Z.; Nagy, M.; Vicsek, T.; Biro, D.: Robustness of flight leadership relations in pigeons. Animal Behaviour 86 (4), pp. 723 - 732 (2013)

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Flack, A.; Biro, D.: Collective learning in route navigation. Communicative & Integrative Biology 6 (6), e26521 (2013)

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Flack, A.; Freeman, R.; Guilford, T.; Biro, D.: Pairs of pigeons act as behavioural units during route learning and co-navigational leadership conflicts. The Journal of Experimental Biology 216 (8), pp. 1434 - 1438 (2013)

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Pettit, B.; Flack, A.; Freeman, R.; Guilford, T.; Biro, D.: Not just passengers: Pigeons, Columba livia, can learn homing routes while flying with a more experienced conspecific. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1750), 20122160 (2013)

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Flack, A.; Pettit, B.; Freeman, R.; Guilford, T.; Biro, D.: What are leaders made of? The role of individual experience in determining leaderefollower relations in homing pigeons. Animal Behaviour 83 (3), pp. 703 - 709 (2012)

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Book Chapter (1)

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Obringer, R.; Bohrer, G.; Weinzierl, R.; Dodge, S.; Deppe, J.; Ward, M.; Brandes, D.; Kays, R.; Flack, A.; Wikelski, M.: Track annotation: Determining the environmental context of movement through the air. In: Aeroecology, pp. 71 - 86 (Eds. Chilson, P. B.; Frick, W. F.; Kelly, J. F.; Liechti, F.). Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Schweiz (2017)

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Thesis - PhD (1)

Thesis - PhD

Flack, A.: Collective decision-making in homing pigeon navigation. Dissertation (2013)

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Thesis - Diploma (1)

Thesis - Diploma

Flack, A.: Spatial knowledge and dance communication in honeybees. Diploma, Freie Universität, Berlin (2008)

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Other (1)

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Freeman, R.; Flack, A.; Taylor, C.; Dean, B.; Kirk, H.; Fayet, A.; Perrins, C.; Guilford, T.: The foraging and migration of manx shearwaters on Lundy, Annual Report, pp. 104 - 108 (2011)

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