Publications of Martin Wikelski

Lazaro, J.; Hertel, M.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Stiehler, M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Cognitive skills of common shrews (Sorex araneus) vary with seasonal changes in skull size and brain mass. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (2), jeb166595 (2018)

O'Mara, M. T.; Rikker, S.; Wikelski, M.; Ter Maat, A.; Pollock, H. S.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats. Royal Society Open Science 4 (12), 171359 (2017)

Zuniga, D.; Gager, Y.; Kokko, H.; Fudickar, A. M.; Schmidt, A.; Naef-Daenzer, B.; Wikelski, M.; Partecke, J.: Migration confers winter survival benefits in a partially migratory songbird. eLife 6, e28123 (2017)

Lazaro, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N.; LaPoint, S. D.; Wikelski, M.; Hertel, M.: Profound reversible seasonal changes of individual skull size in a mammal. Current Biology 27 (20), pp. R1106 - R1107 (2017)

Juvaste, R.; Arriero, E.; Gagliardo, A.; Holland, R.; Huttunen, M. J.; Mueller, I.; Thorup, K.; Wikelski, M.; Hannila, J.; Penttinen, M.-L. et al.; Wistbacka, R.: Satellite tracking of red-listed nominate lesser black-backed gulls (Larus f. fuscus): Habitat specialisation in foraging movements raises novel conservation needs. Global Ecology and Conservation 10, pp. 220 - 230 (2017)

O'Mara, M. T.; Wikelski, M.; Voigt, C. C.; Ter Maat, A.; Pollock, H. S.; Burness, G.; Desantis, L. M.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Cyclic bouts of extreme bradycardia counteract the high metabolism of frugivorous bats. eLife 6, e26686 (2017)

Dechmann, D. K. N.; Wikelski, M.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Safi, K.; O'Mara, M. T.: Determinants of spring migration departure decision in a bat. Biology Letters 13 (9), 20170395 (2017)

Hawkes, L. A.; Batbayar, N.; Butler, P. J.; Chua, B.; Frappell, P. B.; Meir, J. U.; Milsom, W. K.; Natsagdorj, T.; Parr, N.; Scott, G. R. et al.; Takekawa, J. Y.; Wikelski, M.; Witt, M. J.; Bishop, C. M.: Do bar-headed geese train for high altitude flights? Integrative and Comparative Biology 57 (2), pp. 231 - 239 (2017)

Santos, C. D.; Hanssen, F.; Muñoz, A.-R.; Onrubia, A.; Wikelski, M.; Silva, R. M. J. P.: Match between soaring modes of black kites and the fine-scale distribution of updrafts. Scientific Reports 7, 6421 (2017)

Bastille‐Rousseau, G.; Gibbs, J. P.; Yackulic, C. B.; Frair, J. L.; Cabrera, F.; Rousseau, L.; Wikelski, M.; Kümmeth, F.; Blake, S.: Animal movement in the absence of predation: Environmental drivers of movement strategies in a partial migration system. Oikos 126 (7), pp. 1004 - 1019 (2017)

Sherub; Fiedler, W.; Duriez, O.; Wikelski, M.: Bio-logging, new technologies to study conservation physiology on the move: A case study on annual survival of Himalayan vultures. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 203 (6-7), pp. 531 - 542 (2017)

Franchini, P.; Irisarri, I.; Fudickar, A. M.; Schmidt, A.; Meyer, A.; Wikelski, M.; Partecke, J.: Animal tracking meets migration genomics: Transcriptomic analysis of a partially migratory bird species. Molecular Ecology 26 (12), pp. 3204 - 3216 (2017)

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)

Dechmann, D. K. N.; LaPoint, S. D.; Dullin, C.; Hertel, M.; Taylor, J. R. E.; Zub, K.; Wikelski, M.: Profound seasonal shrinking and regrowth of the ossified braincase in phylogenetically distant mammals with similar life histories. Scientific Reports 7, 42443 (2017)

Thorup, K.; Tottrup, A. P.; Willemoes, M.; Klaassen, R. H. G.; Strandberg, R.; Vega, M. L.; Dasari, H. P.; Araujo, M. B.; Wikelski, M.; Rahbek, C.: Finding food getting harder for migratory birds. Avian Biology Research 10 (1), p. 58 (2017)

LaPoint, S. D.; Keicher, L.; Wikelski, M.; Zub, K.; Dechmann, D. K. N.: Growth overshoot and seasonal size changes in the skulls of two weasel species. Royal Society Open Science 4 (1), 160947 (2017)

van Toor, M. L.; Arriero, E.; Holland, R. A.; Huttunen, M. J.; Juvaste, R.; Mueller, I.; Thorup, K.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: Flexibility of habitat use in novel environments: Insights from a translocation experiment with lesser black-backed gulls. Royal Society Open Science 4 (1), 160164 (2017)

Thorup, K.; Tøttrup, A. P.; Willemoes, M.; Klaassen, R. H. G.; Strandberg, R.; Vega, M. L.; Dasari, H. P.; Araújo, M. B.; Wikelski, M.; Rahbek, C.: Resource tracking within and across continents in long-distance bird migrants. Science Advances 3 (1), e1601360 (2017)

Norbu, N.; Ugyen; Wikelski, M.; Wilcove, D. S.: Partial altitudinal migration of the near threatened satyr tragopan Tragopan satyra in the Bhutan Himalayas: Implications for conservation in mountainous environments. Oryx 51 (1), pp. 166 - 173 (2017)

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)