Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

ANIMAL MIGRATION

Secrets of intercontinental flight

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Ecology & Evolution

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Analysis of data from weather radars across the continental United States shows that migratory birds flying further are more likely to survive the journey.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Mass migration.

AGAMI Photo Agency/Alamy Stock Photo

References

  1. Grandmont, F.-X. et al. Checklist S46116491 (eBird, Ithaca, accessed 9 August 2018); http://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46116491

  2. Dokter, A. M. et al. Nat. Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0666-4 (2018).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Runge, C. A. et al. Science 350, 1255–1258 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Wilcove, D. S. No Way Home: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations (Island, Washington DC, 2010).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Aharon-Rotman, Y., Gosbell, K., Minton, C. & Klaassen, M. Ecol. Evol. 6, 6616–6624 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Figuerola, J. & Green, A. J. Evol. Ecol. 14, 143–153 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Zamora-Vilchis, I., Williams, S. E. & Johnson, C. N. PLoS ONE 7, e39208 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Altizer, S., Bartel, R. & Han, B. A. Science 331, 296–302 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Richard A. Fuller

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA

    Charlotte E. Wainwright

Authors
  1. Richard A. Fuller
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Charlotte E. Wainwright
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Richard A. Fuller or Charlotte E. Wainwright.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Fuller, R.A., Wainwright, C.E. Secrets of intercontinental flight. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 1523–1524 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0693-1

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0693-1

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation