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Seasonal and inter-annual  variation  in exposure to peregrines (Falco peregrinus) for southbound western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) by Ydenberg, Ronald C.

“…Abstract Background The western sandpiper ( Calidris mauri ) is an early southbound migrant species in North America. The ‘peregrine avoidance’ hypothesis…”
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Danger, risk and anti‐predator behavior in the life history of long‐distance migratory sandpipers by Ydenberg, Ronald C., Tavera, Eveling A., Lank, David B.

“…Two recent and independent studies both estimate substantially lower survival rates of semipalmated Calidris pusilla than of western C. mauri sandpipers,…”
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The Avian Hybrids Project: gathering the scientific literature on avian hybridization by Ottenburghs, Jente, Ydenberg, Ronald C., Van Hooft, Pim, Van Wieren, Sipke E., Prins, Herbert H.T.

“…Hybridization, the interbreeding of different species, plays an important role in several evolutionary processes, such as adaptive trait transfer (Arnold 2006,…”
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The exploitation of biofilm by migrant western sandpipers (Calidrismauri) by Canham, Rachel, Rourke, James, Ydenberg, Ronald C.

“…Assessing the quality of migratory shorebird stopover sites requires good measures of food availability. We developed simple methods to measure biofilm grazing…”
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The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more by Kurvers, Ralf H. J. M., Prins, Herbert H. T., van Wieren, Sipke E., van Oers, Kees, Nolet, Bart A., Ydenberg, Ronald C.

“…Animals foraging in groups can either search for food themselves (producing) or search for the food discoveries of other individuals (scrounging). Tactic use…”
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Variable and complex food web structures revealed by exploring missing trophic links between birds and biofilm by Kuwae, Tomohiro, Miyoshi, Eiichi, Hosokawa, Shinya, Ichimi, Kazuhiko, Hosoya, Jun, Amano, Tatsuya, Moriya, Toshifumi, Kondoh, Michio, Ydenberg, Ronald C., Elner, Robert W.

“…Ecology Letters (2012) 15: 347–356 Food webs are comprised of a network of trophic interactions and are essential to elucidating ecosystem processes and…”
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Avian wings can lengthen rather than shorten in response to increased migratory predation danger by Ydenberg, Ronald C., Fernández, Guillermo, Ortiz Lopez, Enver, Lank, David B.

“…Increasing predation danger can select for safety‐enhancing modifications to prey morphology. Here, we document the multi‐decade wing lengthening of a Pacific…”
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Spatial genetic structure of European wild boar, with inferences on late-Pleistocene and Holocene demographic history by de Jong, Joost F, Iacolina, Laura, Prins, Herbert H T, van Hooft, Pim, Crooijmans, Richard P M A, van Wieren, Sip E, Baños, Joaquin Vicente, Baubet, Eric, Cahill, Seán, Ferreira, Eduardo, Fonseca, Carlos, Glazov, Peter M, Jelenko Turinek, Ida, Lizana Martín, Victor M, Náhlik, András, Pokorny, Boštjan, Podgórski, Tomasz, Šprem, Nikica, Veeroja, Rauno, Ydenberg, Ronald C, Megens, Hendrik-Jan

“…European wildlife has been subjected to intensifying levels of anthropogenic impact throughout the Holocene, yet the main genetic partitioning of many species…”
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Large-Scale Reduction in the Extent of Agriculture around Stopover Sites of Migratory Geese in European Russia between 1990 and 2015 by Grishchenko, Mikhail, Ydenberg, Ronald C, Prins, Herbert H. T

“…Stopover sites are vital to the state of the population of many migratory bird species. The greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons is the most numerous…”
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Avian introgression in the genomic era by Ottenburghs, Jente, Kraus, Robert H. S., van Hooft, Pim, van Wieren, Sipke E., Ydenberg, Ronald C., Prins, Herbert H. T.

“…Introgression, the incorporation of genetic material from one (sub)species into the gene pool of another by means of hybridization and backcrossing, is a…”
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Intertidal biofilm distribution underpins differential tide-following behavior of two sandpiper species (Calidris mauri and Calidris alpina) during northward migration by Jiménez, Ariam, Elner, Robert W., Favaro, Corinna, Rickards, Karen, Ydenberg, Ronald C.

“…The discovery that some shorebird species graze heavily on biofilm adds importance to elucidating coastal processes controlling biofilm, as well as impetus to…”
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Oversummering juvenile and adult Semipalmated sandpipers in Perú gain enough survival to compensate for foregone breeding opportunity by Tavera, Eveling A, Stauffer, Glenn E, Lank, David B, Ydenberg, Ronald C

“…Age at maturity and the timing of first breeding are important life history traits. Most small shorebird species mature and breed as 'yearlings', but have…”
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Land use change and the migration geography of Greater White‐fronted geese in European Russia by Grishchenko, Mikhail, Prins, Herbert H. T., Ydenberg, Ronald C., Schaepman, Michael E., Boer, Willem F., Knegt, Henrik J.

“…Large areas of agricultural land have been abandoned in European Russia since 1991, triggering succession toward more wooded landscapes, especially in northern…”
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A monitoring framework for assessing threats to nonbreeding shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas by Reiter, Matthew E., Palacios, Eduardo, Eusse-Gonzalez, Diana, Johnston González, Richard, Davidson, Pete, Bradley, David W., Clay, Rob, Strum, Khara M., Chu, James, Barbaree, Blake A., Hickey, Catherine M., Lank, David B., Drever, Mark, Ydenberg, Ronald C., Butler, Robert

“…ABSTRACT Many shorebirds (Order: Charadriiformes; Family: Charadriidae, Recurvirostridae, Scolopacidae, Haematopodidae, Jacanidae) are highly migratory,…”
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Widespread horizontal genomic exchange does not erode species barriers among sympatric ducks by Kraus, Robert H S, Kerstens, Hindrik H D, van Hooft, Pim, Megens, Hendrik-Jan, Elmberg, Johan, Tsvey, Arseny, Sartakov, Dmitry, Soloviev, Sergej A, Crooijmans, Richard P M A, Groenen, Martien A M, Ydenberg, Ronald C, Prins, Herbert H T

“…The study of speciation and maintenance of species barriers is at the core of evolutionary biology. During speciation the genome of one population becomes…”
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Regulation of stroke pattern and swim speed across a range of current velocities: diving by common eiders wintering in polynyas in the Canadian Arctic by Heath, Joel P, Gilchrist, H Grant, Ydenberg, Ronald C

“…Swim speed during diving has important energetic consequences. Not only do costs increase as drag rises non-linearly with increasing speed, but speed also…”
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Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution by Sabal, Megan C., Boyce, Mark S., Charpentier, Corie L., Furey, Nathan B., Luhring, Thomas M., Martin, Hans W., Melnychuk, Michael C., Srygley, Robert B., Wagner, C. Michael, Wirsing, Aaron J., Ydenberg, Ronald C., Palkovacs, Eric P.

“…Migratory prey experience spatially variable predation across their life cycle. They face unique challenges in navigating this predation landscape, which…”
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The redistribution of non-breeding dunlins in response to the post-DDT recovery of falcons by Ydenberg, Ronald C., Barrett, Jennifer, Lank, David B., Xu, Cailin, Faber, Michiel

“…Large-scale changes in predator populations are occurring worldwide due to (re-)introductions, over-exploitation, or recovery after decimation by pesticides…”
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Spatial variation in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) in coastal British Columbia by Willie, Megan, Esler, Daniel, Boyd, W. Sean, Molloy, Philip, Ydenberg, Ronald C.

“…Barrow's goldeneyes are sea ducks that winter throughout coastal British Columbia (BC). Their diet consists primarily of intertidal blue mussels, which can…”
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Timing Games in the Reproductive Phenology of Female Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchusspp.) by Morbey, Yolanda E., Ydenberg, Ronald C.

“…We use a game‐theoretic framework to investigate the reproductive phenology of female kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka). As in the other semelparous species of…”
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