International Radar Articles (primarily European and Middle Eastern)

Where online versions [in English] are available, the link is provided on the title. English translations of German titles are provided at the end of the citation.

Biebach, H., I. Biebach, W. Friedrich, G. Heine, J. Partecke, and D. Schmidl. 2000. Strategies of passerine migration across the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara desert: a radar study. Ibis 142: 623-634

Bloch, R., B. Bruderer, and P. Steiner. 1981. Flugverhalten nächtlich ziehender Vögel—Radardaten über den Zug verschiedener Vogeltypen auf einem Alpenpass. Die Vogelwarte 31: 119-149. Translation - Flight behavior of nocturnally migrating birds—Radar data on the migration of various types of birds on an alpine pass. English summary at end of article.

Bruderer, B. 1969. Zur Registrierung und Interpretation von Echosignaturen an einem 3-cm-Zielverfolgungsradar. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 66: 70-88. Translation - On the registration and interpretation of echo signatures on a 3-cm tracking radar. English summary at end of article.

Bruderer, B. 1971. Radarbeobachtungen über den Frühlingszug im Schweizerischen Mittelland. (Ein Beitrag zum Problem der Witterungsabhängigkeit des Vogelzugs), Der Ornithologische Beobachter 68: 89-158. Translation - Radar observations of spring migration in the Swiss Lowlands. (A contribution to the problem of weather dependence of bird migration).

Bruderer, B. 1980. Vogelzugforschung unter Einsatz von Radargeräten. Medizinische Informatik und Statistik 17: 144-154. Translation - The study of bird migration by means of radar.

Bruderer, B. 1996. Vogelzugforschung im Bereich der Alpen 1980-1995. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 93: 119-130. Translation - Research on bird migration in the area of the Alps. English abstract.

Bruderer, B. 1999. Three decades of tracking radar studies on bird migration in Europe and the Middle East. Pp. 107-141 in Y. Leshem, Y. Mandelik, and J. Shamoun-Baranes, J. (editors). Migrating birds know no boundaries. International Center for the Study of Bird Migration, Latrun, Israel.

Bruderer, B. 2001. Recent studies modifying current views of nocturnal bird migration in the Mediterranean. Avian Ecology and Behaviour 7: 11-25.

Bruderer, B., and A. Boldt. 2001. Flight characteristics of birds: I. radar measurements of speeds. Ibis 143: 178-204.

Bruderer, B., B. Jacquat, and U. Brückner. 1972. Zur Bestimmung von Flügelschlagfrequenzen tag- und nachtziehender Vogelarten mit Radar. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 69: 189-206. Translation - On the determination of wing-beat frequencies of diurnal and nocturnal migrants by radar.

Bruderer, B., and L. Jenni. 1990. Migration across the Alps. Pp. 60-77 in E. Gwinner (editor). Bird migration. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Bruderer, B., and J. Joss. 1969. Methoden und Probleme der Bestimmung von Radarquerschnitten freifliegender Vögelz. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 76: 1106-1118. Translation - Methods and problems of the determination of radar cross-sections of free flying birds. Summary in English at end of article.

Bruderer, B., and F. Liechti. 1999. Bird migration across the Mediterranean. Pp. 1983-1999 in N. Adam and R. Slotow (editors). Proceedings of International Ornithological Congress. Birdlife South Africa, Durban, South Africa.

Bruderer, B. and F. Liechti. 1995. Variation in density and height distribution of nocturnal migration in the south of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 477-487.

Bruderer, B., F. Liechti, M. Kestenholz, D. Peter, R. Spaar, H. Stark, and T. Steuri. 2000. Vogelzugstudien mit Zielfolgeradar im Süden Israels. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 97: 21-44. Translation - Studies on bird migration by tracking radar in the South of Israel. Abstract in English.

Bruderer, B., and V. Neusser. 1982. Nächtliche Aktivität und “Heimfinden” beim Hausrotschwarz Phoenicurus ochruros. Der Ornithologische Beobachter 79: 145-157. Translation - Nocturnal activity and homing of Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros.

Bruderer, B., T. Steuri, and M. Baumgartner. 1995. Short-range high-precision surveillance of nocturnal migration and tracking of single targets. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 207-220.

Bruderer, B., D. Peter, and T. Steuri. 1999. Behaviour of migrating birds exposed to X-band radar and a bright light beam. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 1015-1022.

Buurma, L.S. 1995. Long-range surveillance radars as indicators of bird numbers aloft. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 221-236.

Desholm, M., A.D. Fox, and P. Beasley. 2005. Best practice guidance for the use of remote techniques for observing bird behaviour in relation to offshore wind farms. Collaborative Offshore Wind Research into the Environment Report. Report commissioned by COWRIE (Collaborative Offshore Wind Research into the Environment). COWRIE–REMOTE-05-2004. National Environmental Research Institute, Kalø, Denmark.

Desholm, M., A.D. Fox, P.D.L. Beasley, and J. Kahlert. 2006. Remote techniques for counting and estimating the number of bird-wind turbine collisions at sea: a review. Ibis 148 (Suppl. 1): 76-89.

Green, M., T. Alerstam, G.A. Gudmundsson, A. Hedenstrom, and T. Piersma. 2004. Do Arctic waders use adaptive wind drift? Journal of Avian Biology 35: 305-315.

Hilgerioh, G. 2001. Migration patterns in the western Mediterranean region inferred from radar observations. Avian Ecology and Behaviour 7: 119-126.

Huppop, O., J. Dierschke, K-M. Exo, E. Fredrich, and R. Hill. 2006. Bird migration studies and potential collision risk with offshore wind turbines. Ibis 148: 90-109.

Liechti, R., and B. Bruderer. 1995. Direction, speed, and composition of nocturnal bird migration in the south of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 41: 501-515.

Liechti, F., B. Bruderer, and H. Paproth. 1995. Quantification of nocturnal bird migration by moonwatching: comparison with radar and infrared observations. Journal of Field Ornithology 66: 457-468.

Liechti, F., and L. Bruderer. 2002. Wing-beat frequency of barn swallows and house martins: a comparison between free flight and wind tunnel experiments. The Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2461-2467.

Liechti, F., and H. Schmaljohann. 2007. Wind-governed flight altitudes of nocturnal spring migrants over the Sahara. Ostrich 78: 337-341.

Meyer, S.K., R. Spaar, and B. Bruderer. 2000. To cross the sea or to follow the coast? Flight directions and behaviour of migrating raptors approaching the Mediterranean Sea in autumn. Behaviour 137: 379-399.

Schmaljohann, H., F. Liechti, E. Bächler, T. Steuri, and B. Bruderer. In Press. Quantification of bird migration by radar—a detection probability problem. Ibis.

Schmaljohann, H., F. Liechti, and B. Bruderer. 2007. Songbird migration across the Sahara: the non-stop hypothesis rejected! Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 735-739.

Schmaljohann, H., F. Liechti, and B. Bruderer. 2007. An addendum to 'Songbird migration across the Sahara: the non-stop hypothesis rejected!' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 1919-1920.

Schmaljohann, H., F. Liechti, and B. Bruderer. 2007. Daytime passerine migrants over the Sahara—are these diurnal migrants or prolonged flights of nocturnal migrants? Ostrich 78: 357-362.

Spaar, R., and B. Bruderer. 1997. Migration by flapping or soaring: flight strategies of Marsh, Montagu’s and Pallid Harriers in southern Israel. Condor 99: 458-469.