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Bird Flight and the Atmosphere

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Birds".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 4490

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Dr. Michael Garstang

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Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Interests: animal behavior; interdisciplinary studies of animals behavior; the earth's physical systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Birds in flight have been found in cave paintings 11,000 years old (Videler, Avian Flight). Artic Terns are known to migrate essentially between the poles. Yet volumes dealing with migration as a central feature of avian flight devote little space to the interplay between birds and the atmosphere.

This special issue will describe bird flight responses to atmospheric scales of motion and stability fields. These scales of motion and states of the atmosphere will be related to the corresponding bird adaptations providing a quantitative framework that can be verified with rapidly improving and expanding observations of both bird flight and the atmosphere.

Dr. Michael Garstang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • bird–atmosphere interactions
  • turbulence and thermals
  • slope and mountain waves
  • gravity waves
  • stratification and stability
  • sound and navigation
  • migration

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Large-Scale Climatic Patterns Have Stronger Carry-Over Effects than Local Temperatures on Spring Phenology of Long-Distance Passerine Migrants between Europe and Africa
by Magdalena Remisiewicz and Les G. Underhill
Animals 2022, 12(13), 1732; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani12131732 - 05 Jul 2022
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Earlier springs in temperate regions since the 1980s, attributed to climate change, are thought to influence the earlier arrival of long-distance migrant passerines. However, this migration was initiated weeks earlier in Africa, where the Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole, North Atlantic Oscillation drive [...] Read more.
Earlier springs in temperate regions since the 1980s, attributed to climate change, are thought to influence the earlier arrival of long-distance migrant passerines. However, this migration was initiated weeks earlier in Africa, where the Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole, North Atlantic Oscillation drive climatic variability, and may additionally influence the migrants. Multiple regressions investigated whether 15 indices of climate in Africa and Europe explained the variability in timing of arrival for seven trans-Saharan migrants. Our response variable was Annual Anomaly (AA), derived from standardized mistnetting from 1982–2021 at Bukowo, Polish Baltic Sea. For each species, the best models explained a considerable part of the annual variation in the timing of spring’s arrival by two to seven climate variables. For five species, the models included variables related to temperature or precipitation in the Sahel. Similarly, the models included variables related to the North Atlantic Oscillation (for four species), Indian Ocean Dipole (three), and Southern Oscillation (three). All included the Scandinavian Pattern in the previous summer. Our conclusion is that climate variables operating on long-distance migrants in the areas where they are present in the preceding year drive the phenological variation of spring migration. These results have implications for our understanding of carry-over effects. Full article
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Home Range and Habitat Use of the Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides L. 1758) during Wintering in the Seocheon Tidal Flat, South Korea, Using GPS-Based Telemetry
by Sungbae Joo, Yu-Seong Choi and Sang-Yeon Lee
Animals 2022, 12(21), 3048; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ani12213048 - 06 Nov 2022
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The Seocheon Tidal Flat is an important staging and wintering site for the Far East Russian population of Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. However, rapid environmental changes for tourism in this area can threaten the survival of [...] Read more.
The Seocheon Tidal Flat is an important staging and wintering site for the Far East Russian population of Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. However, rapid environmental changes for tourism in this area can threaten the survival of this vulnerable population by hindering sufficient rest and wintering; therefore, establishing protection strategies based on Swan Goose behavioral characteristics is necessary. Here, we estimated Swan Goose core home ranges and habitat use based on GPS tracking data collected at the Seocheon Tidal Flat in South Korea from 2017–2018. The home range of Swan Geese was estimated to be an area from Yubu Island in the south to Janggu Bay in the north; however, the core home range and habitat use characteristics differed significantly between daytime and nighttime (Day: 59.9 km2, Night: 40.3 km2, on average, 100% MCP). During the day (08:00–18:00), Swan Geese mostly spent time resting or feeding on tidal flats, especially those around tidal channels or paddy fields near Janggu Bay, whereas they mostly rested on sand dunes near Yubu Island along with the mudflats at Janggu Bay at night. Our results provide practical information on the habitat use of wintering Swan Geese population over time and indicate that Yubu Island is an important resting place. Hence, these results can contribute to evaluating threats to Swan Geese and establishing management and protection strategies for the Seocheon Tidal Flat, a major wintering site for the Far East Russian population of Swan Geese. Full article
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