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Peer-reviewed articles

Ibis · 2026 · Research paper
Exploration speed in Red Knots affects spring migration timing, but only after experimentally constrained fuelling conditions.
Tal, T., Bijleveld, A.I., van Bijssum, K., Kressin, H. & Lameris, T.K.
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Ibis · 2026 · Research paper
Low breeding propensity in a declining Arctic-breeding swan revealed by telemetry data.
Tal, T., Nolet, B., Versluijs, T., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Eichhorn, G., Urban, S. & Linssen, H.J.
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Journal coverArdea · 2026 · Research paper
Full-Season Spring Migration Counts Reveal Seasonal Contrasts in Raptor Migration through the Eastern Black Sea Flyway.
Tal, T., Jansen, D., Jansen, E., Green, A.W., Hoekstra, E., Heetkamp, M., T'jollyn, F., Engelen, D., Hoekstra, B., Kaasiku, T. & Vansteelant, W.M.G.
113(2)
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Biological Conservation · 2025 · Commentary
Toward integrating migration counts and GPS tracking for flyway-scale avian population monitoring — A response to Efrat et al. (2025).
Hoekstra, B., Vansteelant, W.M.G., Engelen, D. & Tal, T.
111467
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Global Change Biology · 2025 · Research paper
Migratory birds advance spring arrival and egg-laying in the Arctic, mostly by travelling faster.
Lameris, T.K., Boom, M.P., Nuijten, R.J.M., Buitendijk, N.H., Eichhorn, G., Ens, B.J., Exo, K.-M., Glazov, P.M., Hanssen, S.A., Hunke, P., van der Jeugd, H.P., de Jong, M.E., Kölzsch, A., Kondratyev, A., Kruckenberg, H., Kulikova, O., Linssen, H., Loonen, M.J.J.E., Loshchagina, J.A., Madsen, J., Moe, B., Moonen, S., Müskens, G.J.D.M., Nolet, B.A., Pokrovsky, I., Reneerkens, J., Scheiber, I.B.R., Schekkerman, H., Schreven, K.H.T., Tal, T., Tulp, I., Verhoeven, M.A., Versluijs, T.S.L., Volkov, S., Wikelski, M. & van Bemmelen, R.S.A.
31(4), e70158
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Sandgrouse · 2021 · Research paper
Opportunistic in-flight foraging behaviour of Black Kites Milvus migrans during spring migration through the Batumi bottleneck, Georgia.
Tal, T., Jansen, D. & Vansteelant, W.M.G.
43: 247–252
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EGMP Tenth Anniversary Report · 2026 · Review
Considerations on goose scaring as a management tool.
Buitendijk, N.H. & Tal, T.
In B. Leles & S. Huseynova (Eds.), 97–101. AEWA EGMP.