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Felix Liechti is affiliated with the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with significant contributions to the fields of Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Aerospace Engineering.

The principal topics of their work include Avian ecology and behavior, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Marine animal studies overview.

Felix Liechti has published extensively, with a notable number of recent papers such as:

  • "Broad-scale patterns of the Afro-Palaearctic landbird migration," 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Global positioning with animal-borne pressure sensors," 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Multi-sensor geolocators unveil global and local movements in an Alpine-breeding long-distance migrant," 2023, Movement Ecology
  • "Reconstructing bird trajectories from pressure and wind data using a highly optimized hidden Markov model," 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Locally adapted migration strategies? Comparing routes and timing of northern wheatears from alpine and lowland European populations," 2022, Journal of Avian Biology

Their frequent co-authors include Silke Bauer, Baptiste Schmid, Raphaël Nussbaumer, Christoph M. Meier, and Birgen Haest.

Felix Liechti's work appears regularly in specialized publication venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Movebank, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Avian Biology, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Birds: blowin’ by the wind?

    Felix Liechti

  • The natural link between Europe and Africa – 2.1 billion birds on migration

    Steffen Hahn;Silke Bauer;Felix Liechti

  • Bird migration flight altitudes studied by a network of operational weather radars

    Adriaan M. Dokter;Felix Liechti;Herbert Stark;Laurent Delobbe

  • The relevance of wind for optimal migration theory

    Felix Liechti;Bruno Bruderer

  • Atmospheric conditions create freeways, detours and tailbacks for migrating birds

    Judy Shamoun-Baranes;Felix Liechti;Wouter M. G. Vansteelant

  • Departure of migrating European robins, Erithacus rubecula, from a stopover site in relation to wind and rain

    Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub;Felix Liechti;Lukas Jenni

  • Multi‐generational long‐distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

    Constantí Stefanescu;Ferran Páramo;Susanne Åkesson;Marta Alarcón

  • Songbird migration across the Sahara: the non-stop hypothesis rejected!

    Heiko Schmaljohann;Felix Liechti;Bruno Bruderer

  • Year-round tracking of small trans-Saharan migrants using light-level geolocators.

    Erich Bächler;Steffen Hahn;Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub;Raphaël Arlettaz;Raphaël Arlettaz

  • The role of wind in passerine autumn migration between Europe and Africa

    Birgit Erni;Felix Liechti;Bruno Bruderer

  • Wind and rain govern the intensity of nocturnal bird migration in central Europe: A log-linear regression analysis

    Birgit Erni;Felix Liechti;Les G. Underhill;Bruno Bruderer

  • Flight behaviour of nocturnally migrating birds in coastal areas - crossing or coasting

    Bruno Bruderer;Felix Liechti

  • Nocturnal autumn bird migration at Falsterbo, South Sweden

    Susanna Zehnder;Susanna Zehnder;Susanne Åkesson;Felix Liechti;Bruno Bruderer

  • The effects of geolocator drag and weight on the flight ranges of small migrants

    Melissa S. Bowlin;Per Henningsson;Florian T. Muijres;Roel H. E. Vleugels

  • First evidence of a 200-day non-stop flight in a bird

    Felix Liechti;Willem Witvliet;Roger Weber;Erich Bächler

  • Biological Earth observation with animal sensors.

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  • Altitude choice by night migrants in a desert area predicted by meteorological factors

    B. Bruderer;L. G. Underhill;F. Liechti

  • Quantification of bird migration by radar – a detection probability problem

    Heiko Schmaljohann;Felix Liechti;Erich Bächler;Thomas Steuri

  • Wing‐beat characteristics of birds recorded with tracking radar and cine camera

    Bruno Bruderer;Dieter Peter;Andreas Boldt;Felix Liechti

  • Barrier crossing in small avian migrants: individual tracking reveals prolonged nocturnal flights into the day as a common migratory strategy.

    Peter Adamík;Tamara Emmenegger;Martins Briedis;Lars Gustafsson

  • Automatic identification of bird targets with radar via patterns produced by wing flapping

    Serge Zaugg;Gilbert Saporta;Emiel van Loon;Heiko Schmaljohann

  • Effects of Sidewinds on Optimal Flight Speed of Birds

    Felix Liechti;Anders Hedenström;Thomas Alerstam

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Schmaljohann
Heiko Schmaljohann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Jason W. Chapman
Jason W. Chapman University of Exeter
Diego Rubolini
Diego Rubolini University of Milan
Nicola Saino
Nicola Saino University of Milan
Roberto Ambrosini
Roberto Ambrosini University of Milan
Judy Shamoun-Baranes
Judy Shamoun-Baranes University of Amsterdam
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Manuela Caprioli
Manuela Caprioli University of Milan
Petr Procházka
Petr Procházka Czech Academy of Sciences
Anders Hedenström
Anders Hedenström Lund University

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