Publications of Elham Nourani

Aikens, E. O.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Wikelski, M.; Flack, A.: Learning shapes the development of migratory behavior. PNAS 121 (12), e2306389121 (2024)

Bronnvik, H.; Nourani, E.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.: Experience reduces route selection for conspecifics by the collectively migrating white stork. Current Biology 34 (9), pp. 2030 - 2037 (2024)

Nourani, E.; Faure, L.; Brønnvik, H.; Scacco, M.; Bassi, E.; Fiedler, W.; Grüebler, M. U.; Hatzl, J. S.; Jenny, D.; Roverselli, A. et al.; Sumasgutner, P.; Tschumi, M.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: Developmental stage shapes the realized energy landscape for a flight specialist. eLife 13, RP98818 (2024)

Nourani, E.; Safi, K.; de Grissac, S.; Anderson, D. J.; Cole, N. C.; Fell, A.; Gremillet, D.; Lempidakis, E.; Lerma, M.; McKee, J. L. et al.; Pichegru, L.; Provost, P.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Ryan, P. G.; Santos, C. D.; Schoombie, S.; Tatayah, V.; Weimerskirch, H.; Wikelski, M.; Shepard, E. L. C.: Seabird morphology determines operational wind speeds, tolerable maxima, and responses to extremes. Current Biology 33 (6), pp. 1179 - 1184 (2023)

Brønnvik, H.; Safi, K.; Vansteelant, W. M. G.; Byholm, P.; Nourani, E.: Experience does not change the importance of wind support for migratory route selection by a soaring bird. Royal Society Open Science 9 (12), 220746 (2022)

Chowdhury, S.; Gonzalez, K.; Aytekin, M. C. K.; Baek, S. Y.; Belcik, M.; Bertolino, S.; Duijns, S.; Han, Y. Q.; Jantke, K.; Katayose, R. et al.; Lin, M. M.; Nourani, E.; Ramos, D. L.; Rouyer, M. M.; Sidemo-Holm, W.; Vozykova, S.; Zamora-Gutierrez, V.; Amano, T.: Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology 36 (4), e13883 (2022)

Flack, A.; Aikens, E. O.; Kölzsch, A.; Nourani, E.; Snell, K. R. S.; Fiedler, W.; Linek, N.; Bauer, H.-G.; Thorup, K.; Partecke, J. et al.; Wikelski, M.; Williams, H. J.: New frontiers in bird migration research. Current Biology 32 (20), pp. R1187 - R1199 (2022)

Amano, T.; Berdejo-Espinola, V.; Christie, A. P.; Willott, K.; Akasaka, M.; Baldi, A.; Berthinussen, A.; Bertolino, S.; Bladon, A. J.; Chen, M. et al.; Choi, C. Y.; Kharrat, M. B. D.; de Oliveira, L. G.; Farhat, P.; Golivets, M.; Aranzamendi, N. H.; Jantke, K.; Kajzer-Bonk, J.; Aytekin, M. C. K.; Khorozyan, I.; Kito, K.; Konno, K.; Lin, D. L.; Littlewood, N.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Y. F.; Loretto, M.-C.; Marconi, V.; Martin, P. A.; Morgan, W. H.; Narvaez-Gomez, J. P.; Negret, P. J.; Nourani, E.; Quintero, J. M. O.; Ockendon, N.; Oh, R. R. Y.; Petrovan, S. O.; Piovezan-Borges, A. C.; Pollet, I. L.; Ramos, D. L.; Segovia, A. L. R.; Rivera-Villanueva, A. N.; Rocha, R.; Rouyer, M. M.; Sainsbury, K. A.; Schuster, R.; Schwab, D.; Sekercioglu, C. H.; Seo, H. M.; Shackelford, G.; Shinoda, Y.; Smith, R. K.; Tao, S. D.; Tsai, M. S.; Tyler, E. H. M.; Vajna, F.; Valdebenito, J. O.; Vozykova, S.; Waryszak, P.; Zamora-Gutierrez, V.; Zenni, R. D.; Zhou, W. J.; Sutherland, W. J.: Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity. PLoS Biology 19 (10), e3001296 (2021)

Nourani, E.; Bohrer, G.; Becciu, P.; Bierregaard, R. O.; Duriez, O.; Figuerola, J.; Gangoso, L.; Giokas, S.; Higuchi, H.; Kassara, C. et al.; Kulikova, O.; Lecomte, N.; Monti, F.; Pokrovsky, I.; Sforzi, A.; Therrien, J. F.; Tsiopelas, N.; Vansteelant, W. M. G.; Viana, D. S.; Yamaguchi, N. M.; Wikelski, M.; Safi, K.: The interplay of wind and uplift facilitates over-water flight in facultative soaring birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1958), 20211603 (2021)

Nourani, E.; Vansteelant, W. M. G.; Byholm, P.; Safi, K.: Dynamics of the energy seascape can explain intra-specific variations in sea-crossing behaviour of soaring birds. Biology Letters 16 (1), 20190797 (2020)

Nourani, E.; Safi, K.; Yamaguchi, N. M.; Higuchi, H.: Raptor migration in an oceanic flyway: Wind and geography shape the migratory route of grey-faced buzzards in East Asia. Royal Society Open Science 5 (3), 171555 (2018)

Panuccio, M.; Ghafouri, B.; Nourani, E.: Is the slope between the Alborz mountains ans Caspian Sea in northern Iran a bottleneck for migrating raptors? Journal of Raptor Research 52 (4), pp. 530 - 533 (2018)

Manda, A.; Yamaguchi, N. M.; Nourani, E.; Arisawa, Y.: Atmospheric data for ornithology: an introduction. Ornithological Science 16 (1), pp. 43 - 49 (2017)

Nourani, E.; Kaboli, M.; Farhoodinia, M.; Collen, B.: National assessment of threatened species using sparse data: IUCN Red List classification of Anatidae in Iran. Animal Conservation 20 (1), pp. 42 - 50 (2017)

Nourani, E.; Yamaguchi, N. M.: The effects of atmospheric currents on the migratory behavior of soaring birds: a review. Ornithological Science 16 (1), pp. 5 - 15 (2017)

Nourani, E.; Yamaguchi, N. M.; Higuchi, H.: Climate change alters the optimal wind-dependent flight routes of an avian migrant. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1854), 20170149 (2017)

Yousefi, M.; Ahmadi, M.; Nourani, E.; Rezaei, A.; Kafash, A.; Khani, A.; Sehhatisabet, M. E.; Adibi, M. A.; Goudarzi, F.; Kaboli, M.: Habitat suitability and impacts of climate change on the distribution of wintering population of Asian Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii in Iran. Bird Conservation International 27 (2), pp. 294 - 304 (2017)

Yousefi, M.; Kaboli, M.; Eagderi, S.; Mohammadi, A.; Rezaei, A.; Nourani, E.: Micro-spatial separation and associated morphological adaptations in the original case of avian character displacement. Ibis 159 (4), pp. 883 - 891 (2017)

Nourani, E.; Yamaguchi, N. M.; Manda, A.; Higuchi, H.: Wind conditions facilitate the seasonal water-crossing behaviour of Oriental Honey-buzzards Pernis ptilorhynchus over the East China Sea. Ibis 158 (3), pp. 506 - 518 (2016)

Behrooz, R.; Kaboli, M.; Nourani, E.; Ahmadi, M.; Shabani, A. A.; Yousefi, M.; Asadi, A.; Rajabizadeh, M.: Habitat modeling and conservation od the endemic Latifi's viper (Montivipera latifii) in Lar National Park, northern Iran. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10 (2), pp. 572 - 582 (2015)

Khosravi, R.; Aghbolaghi, M. A.; Rezaei, H. R.; Nourani, E.; Kaboli, M.: Is black coat color in wolves of Iran an evidence of admixed ancestry with dogs? Journal of Applied Genetics 56 (1), pp. 97 - 105 (2015)

Nourani, E.; Kaboli, M.; Collen, B.: An assessment of threats to Anatidae in Iran. Bird Conservation International 25 (2), pp. 242 - 257 (2015)

Yousefi, M.; Ahmadi, M.; Nourani, E.; Behrooz, R.; Rajabizadeh, M.; Geniez, P.; Kaboli, M.: Upward altitudinal shifts in habitat suitability of mountain vipers since the last glacial maximum. PLoS One 10 (9), e0138087 (2015)

Behdarvand, N.; Kaboli, M.; Ahmadi, M.; Nourani, E.; Mahini, A. S.; Aghbolaghi, M. A.: Spatial risk model and mitigation implications for wolf-human conflict in a highly modified agroecosystem in western Iran. Biological Conservation 177, pp. 156 - 164 (2014)

Ahmadi, M.; Kaboli, M.; Nourani, E.; Shabani, A. A.; Ashrafi, S.: A predictive spatial model for gray wolf (Canis lupus) denning sites in a human-dominated landscape in western Iran. Ecological Research 28 (3), pp. 513 - 521 (2013)

Taghdisi, M.; Mohammadi, A.; Nourani, E.; Shokri, S.; Rezaei, A.; Kaboli, M.: Diet and habitat use of the endangered Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in northeastern Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (5), pp. 554 - 561 (2013)

Goljani, R.; Kaboli, M.; Karami, M.; Ghodsizadeh, Z.; Nourani, E.: Male alborz red sheep (Ovis gmelini x O. vignei) migration corridors selection from summer to fall habitats in Jajroud Protected Area Complex, Iran. Russian Journal of Ecology 43 (1), pp. 67 - 76 (2012)

Khosravi, R.; Kaboli, M.; Imani, J.; Nourani, E.: Morphometric variations of the skull in the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) in Iran. Acta Theriologica 57 (4), pp. 361 - 369 (2012)