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Selected and full publication records for movement ecology, demography and conservation methods.

2025 Global Change Biology

Demand‐Resource Mismatch Explains Body Shrinkage in a Migratory Shorebird

Oortwijn, T.; Lameris, T. K.; Zhemchuzhnikov, M. K.; Dekinga, A.; Ten Horn, J.; Kutcherov, D.; Lisovski, S.; Piersma, T.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Soloviev, M. Y.; Spaans, B.; Syroechkovsky, E. E.; Tomkovich, P. S.; Zhemchuzhnikova, E.; Van Gils, J. A. Demand‐Resource Mismatch Explains Body Shrinkage in a Migratory Shorebird. Global Change Biology 2025, 31 (4), e70170.

2025 Behav Ecol Sociobiol

Eurasian Spoonbill Chicks Receive Parental Care up to Several Months after Fledging, but Not into Migration

Lok, T.; De Goeij, P.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Piersma, T.; Vansteelant, W. Eurasian Spoonbill Chicks Receive Parental Care up to Several Months after Fledging, but Not into Migration. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2025, 79 (11), 109.

2024 Behavioral Ecology

Sex-Specific Nest Attendance Rhythm and Foraging Habitat Use in a Colony-Breeding Waterbird

Lok, T.; Van Der Geest, M.; De Goeij, P.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Piersma, T. Sex-Specific Nest Attendance Rhythm and Foraging Habitat Use in a Colony-Breeding Waterbird. Behavioral Ecology 2024, 35 (3), arae020.

2024 Global Change Biology

Global Temperature Homogenization Can Obliterate Temporal Isolation in Migratory Animals with Potential Loss of Population Structure

Bom, R. A.; Piersma, T.; Alves, J. A.; Rakhimberdiev, E. Global Temperature Homogenization Can Obliterate Temporal Isolation in Migratory Animals with Potential Loss of Population Structure. Global Change Biology 2024, 30 (1), e17069.

2023 Journal of Animal Ecology

Arriving Late and Lean at a Stopover Site Is Selected against in a Declining Migratory Bird Population

Peng, H.; Ma, Z.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; van Gils, J. A.; Battley, P. F.; Rogers, D. I.; Choi, C.; Wu, W.; Feng, X.; Ma, Q.; Hua, N.; Minton, C.; Hassell, C. J.; Piersma, T. Arriving Late and Lean at a Stopover Site Is Selected against in a Declining Migratory Bird Population. Journal of Animal Ecology 2023, 92 (10), 2109–2118.

2023 Mov Ecol

GPS Tracking Analyses Reveal Finely-Tuned Shorebird Space Use and Movement Patterns throughout the Non-Breeding Season in High-Latitude Austral Intertidal Areas

Basso, E.; Horstmann, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Abad-Gómez, J. M.; Masero, J. A.; Gutiérrez, J. S.; Valenzuela, J.; Ruiz, J.; Navedo, J. G. GPS Tracking Analyses Reveal Finely-Tuned Shorebird Space Use and Movement Patterns throughout the Non-Breeding Season in High-Latitude Austral Intertidal Areas. Mov Ecol 2023, 11 (1), 55.

2022 ZK

GPS Tracking Data of Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus Ostralegus) from the Netherlands and Belgium

Van Der Kolk, H.-J.; Desmet, P.; Oosterbeek, K.; Allen, A. M.; Baptist, M. J.; Bom, R. A.; Davidson, S. C.; De Jong, J.; De Kroon, H.; Dijkstra, B.; Dillerop, R.; Dokter, A. M.; Frauendorf, M.; Milotić, T.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Spanoghe, G.; Van De Pol, M.; Van Ryckegem, G.; Vanoverbeke, J.; Jongejans, E.; Ens, B. J. GPS Tracking Data of Eurasian Oystercatchers (Haematopus Ostralegus) from the Netherlands and Belgium. ZK 2022, 1123, 31–45.

2022 Methods Ecol Evol

Misidentification Errors in Reencounters Result in Biased Estimates of Survival Probability from CJS Models: Evidence and a Solution Using the Robust Design

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Karagicheva, J.; Saveliev, A.; Loonstra, A. H. J.; Verhoeven, M. A.; Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W.; Schaub, M.; Piersma, T. Misidentification Errors in Reencounters Result in Biased Estimates of Survival Probability from CJS Models: Evidence and a Solution Using the Robust Design. Methods Ecol Evol 2022, 13 (5), 1106–1118.

2022 Ibis

Central‐West Siberian‐breeding Bar‐tailed Godwits (Limosa Lapponica) Segregate in Two Morphologically Distinct Flyway Populations

Bom, R. A.; Conklin, J. R.; Verkuil, Y. I.; Alves, J. A.; De Fouw, J.; Dekinga, A.; Hassell, C. J.; Klaassen, R. H. G.; Kwarteng, A. Y.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Rocha, A.; Ten Horn, J.; Tibbitts, T. L.; Tomkovich, P. S.; Victor, R.; Piersma, T. Central‐West Siberian‐breeding Bar‐tailed Godwits (Limosa Lapponica) Segregate in Two Morphologically Distinct Flyway Populations. Ibis 2022, 164 (2), 468–485.

2021 Ibis

When a Typical Jumper Skips: Itineraries and Staging Habitats Used by Red Knots (Calidris Canutus Piersmai) Migrating between Northwest Australia and the New Siberian Islands

Piersma, T.; Kok, E. M. A.; Hassell, C. J.; Peng, H.; Verkuil, Y. I.; Lei, G.; Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Howey, P. W.; Tibbitts, T. L.; Chan, Y. When a Typical Jumper Skips: Itineraries and Staging Habitats Used by Red Knots (Calidris Canutus Piersmai) Migrating between Northwest Australia and the New Siberian Islands. Ibis 2021, 163 (4), 1235–1251.

2021 Acta Ornithologica

Testosterone Increase in Free-Living Young Blackcaps Sylvia Atricapilla and Wood Warblers Phylloscopus Sibilatrix during Post-Juvenile Molt with Possible Implications for Juvenile Dispersal

Goretskaia, M.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Naidenko, S.; Moskalenko, V.; Veselovskaya, E.; Gavrilov, V.; Vostretsova, E.; Beme, I. Testosterone Increase in Free-Living Young Blackcaps Sylvia Atricapilla and Wood Warblers Phylloscopus Sibilatrix during Post-Juvenile Molt with Possible Implications for Juvenile Dispersal. Acta Ornithologica 2021, 55 (2).

2020 Journal of Animal Ecology

Light‐level Geolocator Analyses: A User’s Guide

Lisovski, S.; Bauer, S.; Briedis, M.; Davidson, S. C.; Dhanjal‐Adams, K. L.; Hallworth, M. T.; Karagicheva, J.; Meier, C. M.; Merkel, B.; Ouwehand, J.; Pedersen, L.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Roberto‐Charron, A.; Seavy, N. E.; Sumner, M. D.; Taylor, C. M.; Wotherspoon, S. J.; Bridge, E. S. Light‐level Geolocator Analyses: A User’s Guide. Journal of Animal Ecology 2020, 89 (1), 221–236.

2020 Journal of Avian Biology

Descriptive and Experimental Evidence for Timing‐mediated Polygyny Risk in a Pied Flycatcher Ficedula Hypoleuca Population

Lamers, K. P.; Nicolaus, M.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Nilsson, J.; Both, C. Descriptive and Experimental Evidence for Timing‐mediated Polygyny Risk in a Pied Flycatcher Ficedula Hypoleuca Population. Journal of Avian Biology 2020, 51 (2), jav.02190.

2019 Science

Comment on “Global Pattern of Nest Predation Is Disrupted by Climate Change in Shorebirds”

Bulla, M.; Reneerkens, J.; Weiser, E. L.; Sokolov, A.; Taylor, A. R.; Sittler, B.; McCaffery, B. J.; Ruthrauff, D. R.; Catlin, D. H.; Payer, D. C.; Ward, D. H.; Solovyeva, D. V.; Santos, E. S. A.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Nol, E.; Kwon, E.; Brown, G. S.; Hevia, G. D.; Gates, H. R.; Johnson, J. A.; Van Gils, J. A.; Hansen, J.; Lamarre, J.-F.; Rausch, J.; Conklin, J. R.; Liebezeit, J.; Bêty, J.; Lang, J.; Alves, J. A.; Fernández-Elipe, J.; Exo, K.-M.; Bollache, L.; Bertellotti, M.; Giroux, M.-A.; Van De Pol, M.; Johnson, M.; Boldenow, M. L.; Valcu, M.; Soloviev, M.; Sokolova, N.; Senner, N. R.; Lecomte, N.; Meyer, N.; Schmidt, N. M.; Gilg, O.; Smith, P. A.; Machín, P.; McGuire, R. L.; Cerboncini, R. A. S.; Ottvall, R.; Van Bemmelen, R. S. A.; Swift, R. J.; Saalfeld, S. T.; Jamieson, S. E.; Brown, S.; Piersma, T.; Albrecht, T.; D’Amico, V.; Lanctot, R. B.; Kempenaers, B. Comment on “Global Pattern of Nest Predation Is Disrupted by Climate Change in Shorebirds.” Science 2019, 364 (6445), eaaw8529.

2018 Nat Commun

Fuelling Conditions at Staging Sites Can Mitigate Arctic Warming Effects in a Migratory Bird

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Duijns, S.; Karagicheva, J.; Camphuysen, C. J.; VRS Castricum; Van Loon, A.; Wijker, A.; Keijl, G.; Levering, H.; Jan Visser; Heemskerk, L.; Knijnsberg, L.; Van Roomen, M.; Ruiters, P.; Admiraal, P.; Veldt, P.; Reijnders, R.; Beentjes, W.; Dekinga, A.; Dekker, R.; Gavrilov, A.; Ten Horn, J.; Jukema, J.; Saveliev, A.; Soloviev, M.; Tibbitts, T. L.; Van Gils, J. A.; Piersma, T. Fuelling Conditions at Staging Sites Can Mitigate Arctic Warming Effects in a Migratory Bird. Nat Commun 2018, 9 (1), 4263.

2018 Current Biology

Inherent Limits of Light-Level Geolocation May Lead to over-Interpretation

Lisovski, S.; Schmaljohann, H.; Bridge, E. S.; Bauer, S.; Farnsworth, A.; Gauthreaux, S. A.; Hahn, S.; Hallworth, M. T.; Hewson, C. M.; Kelly, J. F.; Liechti, F.; Marra, P. P.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Ross, J. D.; Seavy, N. E.; Sumner, M. D.; Taylor, C. M.; Winkler, D. W.; Wotherspoon, S. J.; Wunder, M. B. Inherent Limits of Light-Level Geolocation May Lead to over-Interpretation. Current Biology 2018, 28 (3), R99–R100.

2018 Funct Ecol

Annual Chronotypes Functionally Link Life Histories and Life Cycles in Birds

Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Saveliev, A.; Piersma, T. Annual Chronotypes Functionally Link Life Histories and Life Cycles in Birds. Funct Ecol 2018, 32, 2369–2379.

2017 Current Biology

Long-Distance Range Expansion and Rapid Adjustment of Migration in a Newly Established Population of Barn Swallows Breeding in Argentina

Winkler, D. W.; Gandoy, F. A.; Areta, J. I.; Iliff, M. J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Kardynal, K. J.; Hobson, K. A. Long-Distance Range Expansion and Rapid Adjustment of Migration in a Newly Established Population of Barn Swallows Breeding in Argentina. Current Biology 2017, 27 (7), 1080–1084.

2017 Methods Ecol Evol

FLightR: An r Package for Reconstructing Animal Paths from Solar Geolocation Loggers

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Saveliev, A.; Piersma, T.; Karagicheva, J. FLightR: An r Package for Reconstructing Animal Paths from Solar Geolocation Loggers. Methods Ecol Evol 2017, 8 (11), 1482–1487.

2017 The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Geolocator Data Reveal the Migration Route and Wintering Location of a Caribbean Martin ( Progne Dominicensis )

Perlut, N. G.; Klak, T. C.; Rakhimberdiev, E. Geolocator Data Reveal the Migration Route and Wintering Location of a Caribbean Martin ( Progne Dominicensis ). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 2017, 129 (3), 605–610.

2017 Methods Ecol Evol

Ecological Forensics: Using Single Point Stable Isotope Values to Infer Seasonal Schedules of Animals after Two Diet Switches

Jouta, J.; Dietz, M. W.; Reneerkens, J.; Piersma, T.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Hallgrímsson, G. T.; Pen, I. Ecological Forensics: Using Single Point Stable Isotope Values to Infer Seasonal Schedules of Animals after Two Diet Switches. Methods Ecol Evol 2017, 8 (4), 492–500.

2017 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Timing Avian Long-Distance Migration: From Internal Clock Mechanisms to Global Flights

Åkesson, S.; Ilieva, M.; Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Tomotani, B.; Helm, B. Timing Avian Long-Distance Migration: From Internal Clock Mechanisms to Global Flights. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2017, 372 (1734), 20160252.

2016 Science

Body Shrinkage Due to Arctic Warming Reduces Red Knot Fitness in Tropical Wintering Range

van Gils, J. A.; Lisovski, S.; Lok, T.; Meissner, W.; Ozarowska, A.; de Fouw, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Soloviev, M. Y.; Piersma, T.; Klaassen, M. Body Shrinkage Due to Arctic Warming Reduces Red Knot Fitness in Tropical Wintering Range. Science 2016, 352 (6287), 819–821.

2016 Journal of Avian Biology

Comparing Inferences of Solar Geolocation Data against High-Precision GPS Data: Annual Movements of a Double-Tagged Black-Tailed Godwit

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Senner, N. R.; Verhoeven, M. A.; Winkler, D. W.; Bouten, W.; Piersma, T. Comparing Inferences of Solar Geolocation Data against High-Precision GPS Data: Annual Movements of a Double-Tagged Black-Tailed Godwit. Journal of Avian Biology 2016, 47 (4), 589–596.

2016 Wader Study

Ornithology by Light Levels Today: Dealing with a Developing Teenager

Rakhimberdiev, E. Ornithology by Light Levels Today: Dealing with a Developing Teenager. Wader Study 2016, 123 (1), 1–3.

2016 Ibis

Differences in Size between First and Replacement Clutches Match the Seasonal Decline in Single Clutches in Tree Swallows Tachycineta Bicolor

Karagicheva, J.; Liebers, M.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Hallinger, K. K.; Saveliev, A.; Winkler, David. W. Differences in Size between First and Replacement Clutches Match the Seasonal Decline in Single Clutches in Tree Swallows Tachycineta Bicolor. Ibis 2016, 158 (3), 607–613.

2016 Journal of Biological Rhythms

Seasonal Time Keeping in a Long-Distance Migrating Shorebird

Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Dekinga, A.; Brugge, M.; Koolhaas, A.; ten Horn, J.; Piersma, T. Seasonal Time Keeping in a Long-Distance Migrating Shorebird. Journal of Biological Rhythms 2016, 31 (5), 509–521.

2015 Movement Ecology

A Hidden Markov Model for Reconstructing Animal Paths from Solar Geolocation Loggers Using Templates for Light Intensity

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Winkler, D. W.; Bridge, E.; Seavy, N. E.; Sheldon, D.; Piersma, T.; Saveliev, A. A Hidden Markov Model for Reconstructing Animal Paths from Solar Geolocation Loggers Using Templates for Light Intensity. Movement Ecology 2015, 3 (1), 25.

2015 Journal of Avian Biology

Seasonal Mortality and Sequential Density Dependence in a Migratory Bird

Rakhimberdiev, E.; van den Hout, P. J.; Brugge, M.; Spaans, B.; Piersma, T. Seasonal Mortality and Sequential Density Dependence in a Migratory Bird. Journal of Avian Biology 2015, 46 (4), 332–341.

2014 Ecography

Latitudinal Variation in Clutch Size–Lay Date Regressions in Tachycineta Swallows: Effects of Food Supply or Demography

Winkler, D. W.; Ringelman, K. M.; Dunn, P. O.; Whittingham, L.; Hussell, D. J. T.; Clark, R. G.; Dawson, R. D.; Johnson, L. S.; Rose, A.; Austin, S. H.; Robinson, W. D.; Lombardo, M. P.; Thorpe, P. A.; Shutler, D.; Robertson, R. J.; Stager, M.; Leonard, M.; Horn, A. G.; Dickinson, J.; Ferretti, V.; Massoni, V.; Bulit, F.; Reboreda, J. C.; Liljesthröm, M.; Quiroga, M.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Ardia, D. R. Latitudinal Variation in Clutch Size–Lay Date Regressions in Tachycineta Swallows: Effects of Food Supply or Demography? Ecography 2014, no-no.

2014 Ibis

Naïve Migrants and the Use of Magnetic Cues: Temporal Fluctuations in the Geomagnetic Field Differentially Affect Male and Female Ruff Philomachus Pugnax during Their First Migration

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Karagicheva, J.; Jaatinen, K.; Winkler, D. W.; Phillips, J. B.; Piersma, T. Naïve Migrants and the Use of Magnetic Cues: Temporal Fluctuations in the Geomagnetic Field Differentially Affect Male and Female Ruff Philomachus Pugnax during Their First Migration. Ibis 2014, 156 (4), 864–869.

2013 Oecologia

Temperature Effects on Food Supply and Chick Mortality in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta Bicolor)

Winkler, D. W.; Luo, M. K.; Rakhimberdiev, E. Temperature Effects on Food Supply and Chick Mortality in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta Bicolor). Oecologia 2013, 173 (1), 129–138.

2012 Biological Conservation

Losing a Staging Area: Eastward Redistribution of Afro-Eurasian Ruffs Is Associated with Deteriorating Fuelling Conditions along the Western Flyway

Verkuil, Y. I.; Karlionova, N.; Rakhimberdiev, E. N.; Jukema, J.; Wijmenga, J. J.; Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W.; Pinchuk, P.; Wymenga, E.; Baker, A. J.; Piersma, T. Losing a Staging Area: Eastward Redistribution of Afro-Eurasian Ruffs Is Associated with Deteriorating Fuelling Conditions along the Western Flyway. Biological Conservation 2012, 149 (1), 51–59.

2011 Diversity and Distributions

A Global Population Redistribution in a Migrant Shorebird Detected with Continent-Wide Qualitative Breeding Survey Data: Eastward Redistribution of Arctic Breeding Ruffs

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Verkuil, Y. I.; Saveliev, A. A.; Väisänen, R. A.; Karagicheva, J.; Soloviev, M. Y.; Tomkovich, P. S.; Piersma, T. A Global Population Redistribution in a Migrant Shorebird Detected with Continent-Wide Qualitative Breeding Survey Data: Eastward Redistribution of Arctic Breeding Ruffs. Diversity and Distributions 2011, 17 (1), 144–151.

2011 Ibis

Individual Inter-Annual Nest-Site Relocation Behaviour Drives Dynamics of a Recently Established Barnacle Goose Branta Leucopsis Colony in Sub-Arctic Russia

Karagicheva, J.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Dobrynin, D.; Saveliev, A.; Rozenfeld, S.; Pokrovskaya, O.; Stahl, J.; Prop, J.; Litvin, K. Individual Inter-Annual Nest-Site Relocation Behaviour Drives Dynamics of a Recently Established Barnacle Goose Branta Leucopsis Colony in Sub-Arctic Russia. Ibis 2011, 153 (3), 622–626.

2007 Zoologicheskii Zhurnal

The Influence of Snow Cover on Selection of Nesting Grounds by Charadrii Waders in South-Eastern Taimyr Peninsula

Rakhimberdiev, E.; Soloviev, M. Y.; Golovnyuk, V.; Sviridova, T. The Influence of Snow Cover on Selection of Nesting Grounds by Charadrii Waders in South-Eastern Taimyr Peninsula. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 2007, 86 (12), 1490–1497.

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