Marc J. Bechard
Boise State University
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | 2014
Somayeh Dodge; Gil Bohrer; Keith L. Bildstein; Sarah C. Davidson; Rolf Weinzierl; Marc J. Bechard; David R. Barber; Roland Kays; David Brandes; Jiawei Han; Martin Wikelski
Variation is key to the adaptability of species and their ability to survive changes to the Earths climate and habitats. Plasticity in movement strategies allows a species to better track spatial dynamics of habitat quality. We describe the mechanisms that shape the movement of a long-distance migrant bird (turkey vulture, Cathartes aura) across two continents using satellite tracking coupled with remote-sensing science. Using nearly 10 years of data from 24 satellite-tracked vultures in four distinct populations, we describe an enormous amount of variation in their movement patterns. We related vulture movement to environmental conditions and found important correlations explaining how far they need to move to find food (indexed by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and how fast they can move based on the prevalence of thermals and temperature. We conclude that the extensive variability in the movement ecology of turkey vultures, facilitated by their energetically efficient thermal soaring, suggests that this species is likely to do well across periods of modest climate change. The large scale and sample sizes needed for such analysis in a widespread migrant emphasizes the need for integrated and collaborative efforts to obtain tracking data and for policies, tools and open datasets to encourage such collaborations and data sharing.
Ibis | 2016
Robert A. Miller; Alejandro Onrubia; Beatriz Martín; Gregory S. Kaltenecker; Jay D. Carlisle; Marc J. Bechard; Miguel Ferrer
Open Journal of Ecology | 2013
Robert A. Miller; Jay D. Carlisle; Marc J. Bechard; Dena Santini
Archive | 2016
Keith L. Bildstein; David R. Barber; Marc J. Bechard; Maricel Graña Grilli
Archive | 2017
Elizabeth Meisman; Tyrell Styhl; Andrew Dorrell; Bryan Krouse; Marc J. Bechard; Robert A. Miller; Dusty Perkins (Mentor)
Archive | 2017
Tyrell Styhl; Andrew Dorrell; Elizabeth Meisman; Dusty Perkins (Mentor); Marc J. Bechard
Archive | 2015
J. Tyrell Styhl; Dusty Perkins (Mentor); Marc J. Bechard; Robert A. Miller; Bryan Krouse
Archive | 2015
Zach Sanchez; Dusty Perkins (Mentor); Marc J. Bechard; Robert A. Miller
Archive | 2015
Annie M Baxter; Dusty Perkins (Mentor); Marc J. Bechard; Robert A. Miller
Archive | 2014
David R. Barber; Roland Kays; David Brandes; Jiawei Han; Martin Wikelski; Somayeh Dodge; Gil Bohrer; Sarah C. Davidson; Rolf Weinzierl; Marc J. Bechard