ArticleEcology and evolution2017
Long-term continental changes in wing length, but not bill length, of a long-distance migratory shorebird.
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Severe en route tropical weather is a predictor of morphological variation and body condition of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bill Length of Non-breeding Shorebirds Influences the Water Depth Preferences for Foraging in the West Coast of India.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Avian wings can lengthen rather than shorten in response to increased migratory predation danger.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Seasonal and inter-annual variation in exposure to peregrines (Falco peregrinus) for southbound western sandpipers (Calidris mauri).Movement ecology · 2022Article
- Semi-intensive shrimp farms as experimental arenas for the study of predation risk from falcons to shorebirds.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Limited flexibility in departure timing of migratory passerines at the East-Mediterranean flyway.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Low fitness at low latitudes: Wintering in the tropics increases migratory delays and mortality rates in an Arctic breeding shorebird.The Journal of animal ecology · 2020Article
- Long-distance migratory shorebirds travel faster towards their breeding grounds, but fly faster post-breeding.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Consistent declines in wing lengths of Calidridine sandpipers suggest a rapid morphometric response to environmental change.PloS one · 2019Article
- Long-term continental changes in wing length, but not bill length, of a long-distance migratory shorebird.Ecology and evolution · 2017Article
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Authors and funding
19 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
We compiled a >50-year record of morphometrics for semipalmated sandpipers (
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