Alexandra Yu. Sinelschikova

Web of Science ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/C-7634-2017
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RSCI: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?authorid=154542
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-0992
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=pIKcv3sAAAAJ
Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
Academic title: No title
Position: Researcher
E-mail: Alexandra.Sinelschikova@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (401) 504-12-51
Educational background: Leningrad State University, 1991.
Dissertations: “Nocturnal migration of thrushes g Turdus in SE Baltic region.” (PhD)
Research interests: Bird migration, behavioral aspects of migration, impact of the weather on diurnal and nocturnal bird migration.
Field studies: Kaliningrad reg., Leningrad reg., Bulgaria, Khakassia.
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RFBR 08-04-01658-а. PI C.V. Bolshakov. “Inter– and intraspecific variability of the characteristics of avian nocturnal migratory flight”
  • RFBR 11-04-01126-а. PI C.V. Bolshakov. “The influence of the global "light pollution" of the natural environment on the behavior of migratory birds at night”
  • RFBR 16-04-00761-а. PI L.V. Sokolov. “Comparison of migration strategy at the European and Asian populations of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)”
Selected Publications:
  • Baushev A.N., Sinelschikova A. 2007. On a probabilistic model for the numerical estimation of the nocturnal migration of birds. Mathematical Biosciences, 205:44-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2006.01.001
  • Sinelschikova A., Kosarev V., Panov I., Baushev A.N. 2007. The influence of wind conditions on Europe on the advance in timing of spring migration of the Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) in the south-east Baltic region. International Journal of Biometeorology, 51 (5): 431-440 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-006-0077-0
  • Vorotkov M., Sinelschikova A., Griffiths M. 2009. Optical Matrix Device: Technical aspects of a new tool for the detection and recording of small nocturnal aerial targets. The Journal of Navigation, 62: 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463308005031
  • Bolshakov C.V., Vorotkov M.V., Sinelschikova A., Bulyuk V.N., Griffiths M. 2010. Application of the Optical-Electronic Device for the study of specific aspects of nocturnal passerine migration. Avian Ecol. Behav. 18: 23-51.
  • Bolshakov C.V., Bulyuk V.N., Sinelschikova A.Y., Vorotkov M.V. 2013. Influence of the vertical light beam on numbers and flight trajectories of night-migrating songbirds Avian Ecol. Behav. 24: 35-49
  • Bulyuk V.N., Bolshakov C.V., Sinelschikova A.Y., Vorotkov M.V. 2014. Does the reaction of nocturnally migrating songbirds to the local light source depend on backlighting of the sky? Avian Ecol. Behav. 25: 21-26
  • Popov I., Sinelshikova A., Markovets M. & Bulyuk V. 2019. Ecological Value of the Sorokaoziorki Wetland Complex in the Steppe of Central Eurasia (Khakassia, Russian Federation). Wetlands https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-018-1018-5
  • Sinelschikova A., Griffiths M., Vorotkov M., Bulyuk V. & Bolshakov C. 2019 Airspeed of the Song Thrush in relation to the wind during autumnal nocturnal migration. Ornis Fennica 96: 64–76.
  • Bulyuk V. N. and Sinelschikova A. 2020. Analysis of Factors Influencing the Speed of Search Movements in European Robins Erithacus rubecula during Spring Migration Stopping. Russian Journal of Ecology, 2020, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 486–491. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413620050057
  • Sinelschikova A., Vorotkov M., Bulyuk V., Bolshakov C. 2020. Compensation for wind drift in the nocturnally migrating Song Thrushes in relation to altitude and wind. Behavioural Processes 177 (2020) 104154 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104154
  • Sinelschikova A., Vorotkov M. and Bulyuk V. 2021. Optical-Electronic Matrix System for the monitoring of nocturnal migration of birds. Full paper. Special Issue "Selected Papers from International Conference on Innovations in Energy Engineering & Cleaner Production (IEECP'21 (IEE CP’21Silicon Valley, California – USA). https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14527269
  • Zaynagutdinova E., Kölzsch A., Müskens G., Vorotkov M., Sinelshikova A. , Giljov A., Karenina K. 2022 Visual lateralization in flight: Lateral preferences in parent-offspring relative positions in geese. Ethology First published: 17 November 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13252
  • Zaynagutdinova E., Andrea Kölzsch A, Sinelshikova A., Vorotkov M, Müskens G. J. D. M., Giljov A., Karenina K. 2024 Visual lateralization in the sky: Geese manifest visual lateralization when flying with pair mates. Laterality PLAT (2368587) https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2024.2368587
  • Sokolov L.V., Sinelschikova A.Yu. and Markovets M.Yu. 2024 The first satellite tracking data on the migration of the common cuckoo Cuculuscanorus (Cuculiformes, Cuculidae) from Southern Siberia (Khakassia, Russia) Труды Зоологического института РАН, 2024, 328(3): 374–378 https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2024.328.3.374