U. Querner

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Rapid microevolution of migratory behaviour in a wild bird species
THE Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla, a widespread Palearctic migratory bird, rarely wintered in Britain until the 1950s. The winter population has since increased to several thousand birds1,2. Ringing… Expand
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All across Africa: highly individual migration routes of Eleonora's falcon
Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a rare raptor species that delays its breeding period until late summer to feed its young with passerines at the peak of autumn migration. Since the 1950s, this… Expand
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Heritability of the timing of autumn migration in a natural bird population
In recent decades, global temperature has increased at an unprecedented rate. This has been causing rapid environmental shifts that have altered the selective regimes determining the annual… Expand
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25-Year Study of the Population Development of Central European Songbirds: A General Decline, Most Evident in Long-Distance Migrants
During the past century a decline hasbeen noted in European bird popula-tions, both in large species [1] andpossibly also in songbirds [2]. Todaythe “Red List” (of endangered spe-cies) includes about… Expand
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SATELLITE TRACKING OF CORY'S SHEARWATER MIGRATION
Abstract Transmitters were attached to four adult male Cory's Shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) caught at their breeding sites off Crete, Greece, in autumn 1998. The birds had left the Mediterranean… Expand
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Migratory orientation of first-year white storks (Ciconia ciconia): inherited information and social interactions
SUMMARY We used satellite tracking to study the migratory orientation of juvenile white storks from the population in the Kaliningrad Region (Russia) during their first autumn migration. Two series… Expand
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Steuerung und potentielle Evolutionsgeschwindigkeit des obligaten Teilzieherverhaltens: Ergebnisse eines Zweiweg-Selektionsexperiments mit der Mönchsgrasmücke (Sylvia atricapilla)
1. In Südfrankreich lebt eine obligat teilziehende Population der Mönchsgrasmücke (Sylvia atricapilla) mit rund drei Vierteln Zugvögeln und einem Viertel Standvögeln. Das Teilzugverhalten dieser… Expand
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Genetic transmission of migratory behavior into a nonmigratory bird population
Crossbreeding experiments with blackcaps from a nonmigratory population (of the Cape Verde Islands) and a migratory population (from southern Germany) demonstrated that the urge to migrate as well as… Expand
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Inheritance of a novel migratory direction in Central European blackcaps
described above differ markedly from those of all avian species studied to date [2]. Most notable is the panoramic nature of vision beneath the bill. We propose that this feature is closely… Expand
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Eastern European white stork populations: migration studies and elaboration of conservation measures
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