Cross-seasonal and cross-disciplinary studies of migratory shorebirds

Many scientific questions and conservation challenges regarding migratory shorebirds will be best and most efficiently addressed by combining information from different disciplines and the entire annual cycle. We present examples that integrate physiological, behavioural, and population data collected on breeding grounds, on migration, and on non-breeding grounds, focusing on work with Western Sandpipers. We suggest ways to apply this approach generally to address scientific and conservation questions in other shorebirds species in the future.