Further Reading

The literature references include both fundamental and more advanced works that were used or developed within the framework of the project.

Legende

  • recommended literature
  • publications from the project
  • Augst, H.-J. & L. Vergin (2024): Einblicke in das Leben eines Zwergschwans Cygnus columbianus bewickii – Die Reise von „Gelb 047T“. Corax 25: 624 - 632.
  • Beekman, J.H. (1997): Censuses of NW European Bewick’s Swan population January 1990 and 1995. Swan Specialist Group Newsletter 6, 7–9
  • BirdLife International (2015): European Red List of Birds. Luxembourg City: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
  • Blüml, V., Degen, A., Dirks, H. & Schürstedt, H. (2007): Die nordwestliche Diepholzer Moorniederung als Rast- und Überwinterungsgebiet für Schwäne (Cygnus ssp.). Vogelkundlicher Berichte aus Niedersachen 39, 103-120
  • Bókony, V., Barta, Z. & Végvári, Z. (2019): Changing Migratory Behaviors and Climatic Responsiveness in Birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, Article 89, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00089
  • Clausen, K.K., Madsen, J., Nolet, B.A. & Haugaard, L. (2018): Maize stubble as foraging habitat for wintering geese and swans in northern Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 259, 72-76
  • Dirksen, S. & Beekman, J.H. (1991): Population size, breeding success and distribution of Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii wintering in Europe in 1986-87. In: Proceedings Third IWRB International Swan Symposium. J. Sears & P. J. Bacon (Hrsg.). Wildfowl Supplement 1, 120–124
  • Dirksen, S., Beekman, J.H. & Slagboom, T.H. (1991): Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii in the Netherlands: numbers, distribution and food choice during the wintering season. In: Proceedings Third IWRB International Swan Symposium. J. Sears & P. J. Bacon (Hrsg.). Wildfowl Supplement 1, 228–237
  • Degen, A. (1996): Raumnutzung und Aktivitätsbudgets von Zwergschwänen (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) im Emsland. Diplomarbeit, Universität Osnabrück
  • Drent, R., Both, C., Green, M., Madsen, J. & Piersma, T. (2003): Pay-offs and penalties of competing migratory schedules. Oikos 103, 274-292
  • Drent, R.H., Eichhorn, G., Flagstad, A., Van der Graaf, A.J., Litvin, K.E. & Stahl, J. (2007): Migratory connectivity in Arctic geese: spring stopovers are the weak links in meeting target of breeding. Journal of Ornithology 148, 501-514
  • Evans, M.E. (1979a): Aspects of the life cycle of the Bewick's Swan, based on recognition of individuals at a wintering site, Bird Study 26, 149-162
  • Evans, M.E. (1979b): The Effect of Weather on the Wintering of Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii at Slimbridge, England. Ornis Scandinavica 10, 124-132. Online im Internet unter https://www.jstor.org/stable/3676352 (15.06.2019)
  • Gordo, O. (2007): Why are bird migration dates shifting? A review of weather and climate effects on avian migratory phenology. Climate Research 35, 37-58
  • Jeromin, K. & Jeromin, H. (2009): Rekordzahlen bei Rastvögeln: Zwergschwäne in Schleswig-Holstein. Der Falke 56, 110-112
  • Jönsson, K.I. (1997): Capital and income breeding as alternative tactics of resource use in reproduction. Oikos 78, 57-66. Online im Internet unter https://www.jstor.org/stable/3545800 (20.06.2019)
  • Klaassen, M., Beekman, J.H., Kontiokorpi, J., Mulder, R.J.W. & Nolet, B.A. (2004): Migrating swans profit from favourable changes in wind conditions at low altitude. Journal of Ornithology 145, 142-151
  • Lameris TK, Boom MP, Nuijten RJM, Buitendijk NH, Eichhorn G, Ens BJ, Exo KM, Glazov PM, Hanssen SA, Hunke P, van der Jeugd HP, de Jong ME, Kölzsch A, Kondratyev A, Kruckenberg H, Kulikova O, Linssen H, Loonen MJJE, Loshchagina JA, Madsen J, Moe B, Moonen S, Müskens GJDM, Nolet BA, Pokrovsky I, Reneerkens J, Scheiber IBR, Schekkerman H, Schreven KHT, Tal T, Tulp I, Verhoeven MA, Versluijs TSL, Volkov S, Wikelski M & van Bemmelen RSA (2025) Migratory birds advance spring arrival and egg-laying in the Arctic, mostly by travelling faster. Global Change Biology 31: e70158. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70158.
  • Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (LLUR) (2012): Gänse und Schwäne in Schleswig-Holstein. Flintbek
  • Laubek, B. (1995): Habitat use by Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus and Bewick’s Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii wintering in Denmark: increasing agricultural conflicts. Wildfowl 46, 8- 15
  • Linssen, H., van Loon, E.E., Shamoun-Baranes, J.Z., Vergin, L., Leyrer, J., & Nolet, B.A. (2024): Tracking data as an alternative to resighting data for inferring population ranges. Journal of Biogeography, 00, 1–13
  • Linssen H, Lameris TK, Boom MP, Nuijten RJM, Buitendijk NH, Dokter AM, Ebbinge BS, Eichhorn G, Geisler J, Haitjema T, Kölzsch A, Kruckenberg H, Leyrer J, Madsen J, Mitchell C, Moonen S, Müskens GJDM, Schreven KHT, Vergin L, Versluijs TSL, Shamoun-Baranes JZ, van Loon E & Nolet BA (2025) Scope for waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic. Nature Climate Change 15: 1107–1114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02419-6.
  • Nagy, S., Petkov, N., Rees, E.C., Solokha, A., Hilton, G., Beekman, J. & Nolet, B. (2012): International Single Species Action Plan for the Northwest European Population of Bewick’s Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii). AEWA Technical Series No. 44. Bonn, Germany. Erhältlich unter http://www.unep- aewa.org/sites/default/files/publication/ts44_ ssap_bewicks_swan.pdf
  • Newth, J.L., Brown, M.J. & Rees, E.C. (2011): "Incidence of embedded shotgun pellets in Bewick’s swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii and whooper swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in the UK." Biological Conservation 144.5 (2011): 1630-1637.
  • Nolet, B.A. (2006): Speed of spring migration of Tundra Swans Cygnus columbianus in accordance with income or capital breeding strategy? Ardea 94, 579-591
  • Nuijten, R. J., Kölzsch, A., Van Gils, J. A., Hoye, B.J., Oosterbeek, K., De Vries, P.P., Klaassen, M. & Nolet, B.A. (2014): The exception to the rule: retreating ice front makes Bewick's swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii migrate slower in spring than in autumn. Journal of Avian Biology, 45(2), 113-122
  • Nuijten, R. J., Wood, K.A., Haitjema, T., Rees, E.C. & Nolet, B.A. (2020a): Concurrent shifts in wintering distribution and phenology in migratory swans: individual and generational effects. Global change biology, 26(8), 4263-4275
  • Nuijten, R. J., Gerrits, T., Shamoun‐Baranes, J., & Nolet, B. A. (2020b). Less is more: On‐board lossy compression of accelerometer data increases biologging capacity. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(1), 237-247
  • Nuijten, R., & Nolet, B. (2020c): Chains as strong as the weakest link: remote assessment of aquatic resource use on spring migration by Bewick’s Swans. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 15(2)
  • Nuijten, R. J., Vriend, S. J., Wood, K.A., Haitjema, T., Rees, E.C., Jongejans, E. & Nolet, B.A. (2020d): Apparent breeding success drives long‐term population dynamics of a migratory swan. Journal of Avian Biology, 51(11)
  • Nuijten, R., Prins, E. F., Lammers, J., Mager, C. & Nolet, B.A. (2020e): Calibrating tri-axial accelerometers for remote behavioural observations in Bewick’s swans. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 8(4), 231-238
  • Rees, E. (2006): Bewick’s Swan. T & A D Poyser, London
  • Rees, E.C. & Beekman, J.H. (2010): Northwest European Bewick’s Swan: a population in decline. British Birds 3, 640-650
  • Robinson, R.A. (2005): BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland. BTO, Thetford. Abruf unter http://www.bto.org/birdfacts
  • Scott, D.K. (1980): The behaviour of Bewick’s Swans at the Welney Wildfowl Refuge, Norfolk, and on the surrounding fens: a comparison. Wildfowl 31, 5-18
  • Stirnemann, R.L., O‘Halloran, J., Ridgway, M. & Donnelly, A. (2012): Temperature-related increases in grass growth and greater competition for food drive earlier migrational departure of wintering Whooper Swans. Ibis 154, 542-553
  • Urban, S., Eichhorn, G., Hunke P. (2024): Steigende Rastbestände trotz rückläufiger Population: Zwergschwäne in Deutschland. Der Falke 9/2024
  • Van der Graaf, A.J., Stahl, J., Klimkowska, A., Bakker, J.P. & Drent, R.H. (2006): Surfing on a green wave – how plant growth drives spring migration in the Barnacle Goose Branta leucopis. Ardea 94, 567-577
  • Van Gils, J.A., Beekman, J.H., Coehoorn, P., Corporaal, E., Dekkers, T., Klaasen, M., Van Kraaij, R., De Leeuw, R. & De Vries, P.P. (2008): Longer guts and higher food quality increase energy intake in migratory swans. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 1234-1241
  • Vangeluwe, D., Rozenfeld, S.B., Volkov, S.V., Kazantzidis, S., Morosov, V.V., Zamyatin, D.O. & Kirtaev, G.V. (2018): Migrations of Bewick’s Swans (Cygnus Bewickii): New Data on Tagging the Migration Routes, Stopovers, and Wintering Sites. Biology Bulletin 45, 90-101
  • Wahl, J. & Degen, A. (2009): Rastbestand und Verbreitung von Singschwan Cygnus cygnus und Zwergschwan C. bewickii im Winter 2005/05 in Deutschland. Vogelwelt 130, 1-24
  • Wetlands International (2022): Waterbird Population Estimates. Abruf unter wpe.wetlands.org
  • Wood, K.A., Newth, J.A., Hilton, G.M., Nolet, B.A. & Rees, E.C. (2016): Inter-annual variability and long-term trends in breeding success in a declining population of migratory swans. Journal of Avian Biology 47, 597-609
  • Wood, K.A., Nuijten, R.J.M., Newth, J.A., Haitjema, T., Vangeluwe D., Ioannidis, P., Harrison, A.L., Mackenzie, C., Hilton, G.M., Nolet B.A. & Rees, E.C. (2018): Apparent survival of an Arctic- breeding migratory bird over 44 years of fluctuating population size. Ibis 160, 413-430
  • Worden, J., Cranswick, P.A., Crowe, O., McElwaine, G. & Rees, E.C. (2006): Numbers and distribution of Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii wintering in Britain and Ireland: results of international censuses, January 1995, 2000 and 2005. Wildfowl 56, 3-22