Thomas Alerstam

Lund University — Sweden

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(169), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(75), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(41), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(33), Species Distribution and Climate Change(33)

Publications216 total

Geolocator Data Package: Red-backed Shrike in Denmark
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Geolocator Data Package: Red-backed Shrike in Denmark
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
The structure of the annual migratory flight activity in a songbird
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Author response for "The structure of the annual migratory flight activity in a songbird"
2025
Author response for "The structure of the annual migratory flight activity in a songbird"
2025
Migration of black terns <i>Chlidonias niger</i> and common terns <i>Sterna hirundo</i> between south Sweden and the Atlantic coast of Africa
Journal of Avian Biology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Migration of black terns &lt;i&gt;Chlidonias niger&lt;/i&gt; and common terns &lt;i&gt;Sterna hirundo&lt;/i&gt; between south Sweden and the Atlantic coast of Africa"
2024
Author response for "Migration of black terns &lt;i&gt;Chlidonias niger&lt;/i&gt; and common terns &lt;i&gt;Sterna hirundo&lt;/i&gt; between south Sweden and the Atlantic coast of Africa"
2024
Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo
Journal of Avian Biology·2024Open Access
Author response for "Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo"
2024
Author response for "Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo"
2023
Solar heating may explain extreme diel flight altitude changes in migrating birds
Current Biology·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Activity patterns throughout the annual cycle in a long-distance migratory songbird, the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio
Movement Ecology·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Review for "Danger, risk and anti-predator behavior in the life history of long-distance migratory sandpipers"
2022
Extreme altitude changes between night and day during marathon flights of great snipes
Current Biology·2021· 100 citedOpen Access
Bird migration performance on the basis of flight mechanics and trigonometry
2021· 11 cited
Extreme altitudes during diurnal flights in a nocturnal songbird migrant
Science·2021· 104 cited
Individual and sex‐related patterns of prolonged flights during both day and night by great reed warblers crossing the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert
Journal of Avian Biology·2020· 15 citedOpen Access
Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red‐backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle
Journal of Avian Biology·2020· 20 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Remarkably similar migration patterns between different red‐backed shrike populations suggest that migration rather than breeding area phenology determines the annual cycle"
2020· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Raymond H. G. Klaassen(13), Anders Hedenström(10), Roine Strandberg(8), Mikael Hake(7), Åke Lindström(6), Johan Bäckman(6), Kasper Thorup(6), Susanne Åkesson(4), Anders P. Tøttrup(4), Mikkel Willemoes(4), Nils Kjellén(4), Sissel Sjöberg(4), Guðmundur A. Guðmundsson(3), Yannis Vardanis(3), Arne Andersson(3), Cecilia Nilsson(2), Jason W. Chapman(2), Don R. Reynolds(2), James W. Fox(2), Carsten Rahbek(2)