Information regarding microhabitat, here defined as small-scale vegetation structure, is often useful in predicting use of habitat by birds. Quantifying microhabitat, however, is expensive and labor intensive compared to assessment of habitat at a larger scale, possibly from remotely sensed imagery. To assess the importance of microhabitat information in constructing predictive models of habita...

-Migration of Spruce Grouse was observed in southwestern Alberta from 1970 to 1975 in a population of grouse that included both migratory and resident birds. Migrants comprised 39% of this population; these individuals migrated each year regardless of weather conditions. Migration occurred from mid-February to late May and from early September to midDecember. More females than males were migrat...

armenian gull larus armenicus formerly listed as a subspecies for herring gull larus argentatus and further introduced as a full species in 1980. this species mostly found in caucasus and middle east regions. thair breeding areas are in georgia, armenia, turkey and iran. meyghan wetland is an important wintering area for a number of migratory species especially for common crane grus grus, furth...

Wild birds share with humans the capacity for moving fast over large distances. During migratory movements, birds carry pathogens that can be transmitted between species at breeding, wintering, and stopover places where numerous birds of various species are concentrated. We consider the area of the Camargue (southern France) as an example to highlight how ad hoc information already available on...

An enduring problem in avian ecology and conservation is linking breeding and wintering grounds of migratory species. As migratory species and populations vary in the degree to which individuals from distinct breeding locales mix on stop-over sites and wintering grounds, establishing migratory connectivity informs our understanding of population demography and species management. We present a n...

Migratory birds are birds of two worlds, breeding in the temperate zone then living as tropical birds for most of the year. We show two aspects of this unique biology that are important considerations for their conservation. First, habitat selection for breeding must include their need for extra-pair mating opportunities. Second, non-breeding distributions in tropical latitudes are poorly known...

During the annual cycle, migratory waders may face strikingly different feeding conditions as they move between breeding areas and wintering grounds. Thus, it is of crucial importance that they rapidly adjust their behaviour and diet to benefit from peaks of prey abundance, in particular during migration, when they need to accumulate energy at a fast pace. In this study, we compared foraging be...