Alerstam, T., Hedenström, A. & Åkesson, S. Long‐distance migration: evolution and determinants. Oikos 103, 247–260 (2003).
Google Scholar
Newton, I. The migration ecology of birds (Elsevier, London, 2008).
Putman, N. F. et al. An inherited magnetic map guides ocean navigation in juvenile Pacific salmon. Curr. Biol. 24, 446–450 (2014).
Google Scholar
Jesmer, B. R. et al. Is ungulate migration culturally transmitted? Evidence of social learning from translocated animals. Science 361, 1023–1025 (2018).
Google Scholar
Milner-Gulland, E. J., Fryxell, J. M. & Sinclair, A. R. (Eds.) Animal migration: a synthesis (Oxford University Press, New York, 2011).
Conradt, L. & Roper, T. J. Consensus decision making in animals. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20, 449–456 (2005).
Google Scholar
Couzin, I. D., Krause, J., Franks, N. R. & Levin, S. A. Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move. Nature 433, 513–516 (2005).
Google Scholar
Vansteelant, W. M. G., Kekkonen, J. & Byholm, P. Wind conditions and geography shape the first outbound migration of juvenile honey buzzards and their distribution across sub-Saharan Africa. Proc. R. Soc. B 284, 20170387 (2017).
Google Scholar
Flack, A., Nagy, M., Fiedler, W., Couzin, I. D. & Wikelski, M. From local collective behavior to global migratory patterns in white storks. Science 360, 911–914 (2018).
Google Scholar
Chernetsov, N., Berthold, P. & Querner, U. Migratory orientation of first-year white storks (Ciconia ciconia): inherited information and social interactions. J. Exp. Biol. 207, 937–943 (2004).
Google Scholar
Mueller, T., O’Hara, R. B., Converse, S. J., Urbanek, R. P. & Fagan, W. F. Social learning of migratory performance. Science 341, 999–1002 (2013).
Google Scholar
Whiten, A. Cultural evolution in animals. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 50, 27–48 (2019).
Google Scholar
Whitehead, H. & Rendell, L. The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins (Chicago University Press, Chicago, 2015).
Franks, N. R. & Richardson, T. Teaching in tandem-running ants. Nature 439, 153–153 (2006).
Google Scholar
Thornton, A. & McAuliffe, K. Teaching in wild meerkats. Science 313, 227–229 (2006).
Google Scholar
Cramp, S. (Ed.) The birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. IV. Terns to woodpeckers (Oxford University Press, New York, 1985).
Méndez, V. et al. Paternal effects in the initiation of migratory behaviour in birds. Sci. Rep. 11, 2782 (2021).
Google Scholar
Olson, V. A., Liker, A., Freckleton, R. P. & Székely, T. Parental conflict in birds: comparative analyses of offspring development, ecology and mating opportunities. Proc. R. Soc. B 275, 301–307 (2008).
Google Scholar
Ledwoń, M. & Neubauer, G. Offspring desertion and parental care in the Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida. Ibis 159, 860–872 (2017).
Google Scholar
Arnqvist, G. & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict (Princeton University Press, New York, 2005).
Goodenough, K. S. & Patton, R. T. Satellite telemetry reveals strong fidelity to migration routes and wintering grounds for the gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica). Waterbirds 42, 400–410 (2019).
Google Scholar
Gu, Z. et al. Climate-driven flyway changes and memory-based long-distance migration. Nature 591, 259–264 (2021).
Google Scholar
Baert, J. M. et al. Resource predictability drives interannual variation in migratory behavior in a long-lived bird. Behav. Ecol. arab132, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab132 (2021).
Papageorgiou, D. & Farine, D. R. Group size and composition influence collective movement in a highly social terrestrial bird. eLife 9, e59902 (2020).
Google Scholar
Caro, T. M. & Hauser, M. D. Is there teaching in nonhuman animals? Q. Rev. Biol. 67, 151–174 (1992).
Google Scholar
Thornton, A. & Raihani, N. J. The evolution of teaching. Anim. Behav. 75, 1823–1836 (2008).
Google Scholar
Riedman, M. L. The evolution of alloparental care and adoption in mammals and birds. Q. Rev. Biol. 57, 405–435 (1982).
Google Scholar
Sheppard, C. E. et al. Decoupling of genetic and cultural inheritance in a wild mammal. Curr. Biol. 28, 1846–1850 (2018).
Google Scholar
Åkesson, S. & Helm, B. Endogenous programs and flexibility in bird migration. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8, 1–20 (2020).
Google Scholar
Sasaki, T. & Biro, D. Cumulative culture can emerge from collective intelligence in animal groups. Nat. Commun. 8, 1–6 (2017).
Google Scholar
Whiten, A., Ayala, F. J., Feldman, M. W. & Laland, K. N. The extension of biology through culture. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 7775–7781 (2017).
Google Scholar
Aplin, L. M. Culture and cultural evolution in birds: a review of the evidence. Anim. Behav. 147, 179–187 (2019).
Google Scholar
Laland, K. N., Toyokawa, W. & Oudman, T. Animal learning as a source of developmental bias. Evol. Dev. 22, 126–142 (2020).
Google Scholar
Sergio, F. et al. Individual improvements and selective mortality shape lifelong migratory performance. Nature 515, 410–413 (2014).
Google Scholar
Guttal, V. & Couzin, I. D. Social interactions, information use, and the evolution of collective migration. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 107, 16172–16177 (2010).
Google Scholar
Oudman, T. et al. Young birds switch but old birds lead: how barnacle geese adjust migratory habits to environmental change. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7, 106–120 (2020).
Google Scholar
Pearson, R. G. et al. Life history and spatial traits predict extinction risk due to climate change. Nat. Clim. Chang 4, 217–221 (2014).
Google Scholar
Vickery, J. A. The decline of Afro-Palaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes. Ibis 156, 1–22 (2014).
Google Scholar
Thaxter, C. B. et al. A trial of three harness attachment methods and their suitability for long-term use on Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Great Skuas. Ringing Migr. 29, 65–76 (2014).
Google Scholar
Byholm, P., Beal, M., Isaksson, N., Lötberg, U. & Åkesson, S. Data from: paternal transmission of migration knowledge in a long-distance bird migrant. Movebank Data Repos. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.352qf1cv (2022).
Google Scholar
R Core Team. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, 2020). https://www.R-project.org/.
Source: Ecology - nature.com