Series of three images of a Northern Saw-whet Owl in mid-flight against a black background. A Motus tag is attached to its back.

Publications Library

Peer-reviewed publications by Motus collaborators which have used Motus data.

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Attribution Guidelines

Whenever Motus data is used for purposes outside of the Motus platform, projects, collaborators and organizations must be properly acknowledged. Project citations should be used anytime Motus data is used or displayed outside of the Motus platform (see below for more information). Please review the Motus Collaboration Policy for more information regarding data use, project citation and acknowledgement.

  1. 2022-11
    Rebecca Green, Mark Severy, Cris Hein, Hayley Farr, Frank Oteri
  2. 2021
    Elora R. M. Grahame, Kayla D. Martin, Elizabeth A. Gow, D. Ryan Norris
    Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
  3. 2026-09-02
    Camila Gómez, Nicholas J Bayly, Stuart A Mackenzie, Simon G English, Andrea Morales-Rozo, Philip D Taylor, D Ryan Norris, Keith A Hobson, Scott Wilson
    Ornithology
  4. 2017-06-13
    Camila Gómez, Nicholas J. Bayly, D. Ryan Norris, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Philip D. Taylor, Keith A. Hobson, Carlos Daniel Cadena
  5. 2024-9-23
    Daniel Gillies, Pamela Loring, Nathan Holcomb, David Ilogho, William Dronen, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Brett Betsill, Beau Backus, Stuart Mackenzie, Thorsten Von Eicken
  6. 2024
    A Gilbert, E. M. Adams, H. F. Goyert, J Gulka, P. H. Loring, J. E. F. Stepanuk, K. A. Williams
  7. 2023
    Erica A. Geldart, Lesley-Anne Howes, Hazel Wheeler, Stuart A. Mackenzie
    North American Bird Bander
  8. 2026-08-05
    Barbara Frei, Ana C. Morales, Marcel A. Gahbauer, Kyle H. Elliott
  9. 2025-07-09
    Sophia M. Fraser, Devin R. De Zwaan, Hilary A. R. Mann, Julie Paquet, Diana J. Hamilton
  10. 2016-06
    C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas C. Tozer
  11. 2020
    Dean R. Evans, Keith A. Hobson, Jackson W. Kusack, Michael D. Cadman, C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell
  12. 2023-05-31
    Stefan Erhardt, Martin Koch, Andreas Kiefer, Michael Veith, Robert Weigel, Alexander Koelpin
    Sensors
  13. 2025-10-15
    Teresa E. Ely, Ryan P. Bourbour, Benjamin M. Dudek, Allen M. Fish, Angus C. Hull, Breanna L. Martinico, Shannon M. Skalos, Levi E. Souza, Christopher W. Briggs
    Home range and territory The Journal of Raptor Research
  14. 2017-01-11
    Cas Eikenaar, Florian Müller, Clara Leutgeb, Sven Hessler, Konstantin Lebus, Philip D. Taylor, Heiko Schmaljohann
  15. 2017-11-15
    Sjoerd Duijns, Lawrence J. Niles, Amanda Dey, Yves Aubry, Christian Friis, Stephanie Koch, Alexandra M. Anderson, Paul A. Smith
  16. 2019-07-01
    Sjoerd Duijns, Alexandra M. Anderson, Yves Aubry, Amanda Dey, Scott A. Flemming, Charles M. Francis, Christian Friis, Cheri Gratto-Trevor, Diana J. Hamilton, Rebecca Holberton, Stephanie Koch, Ann E. McKellar, David Mizrahi, Christy A. Morrissey, Sarah G. Neima, David Newstead, Larry Niles, Erica Nol, Julie Paquet, Jennie Rausch, Lindsay Tudor, Yves Turcotte, Paul A. Smith
  17. 2018-08-01
    Zara R. Dowling, Danielle I. O'Dell
  18. 2016
    Bryant C. Dossman, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris, Philip D. Taylor, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Stephen N. Matthews, Paul G. Rodewald
  19. 2024-10-16
    Bryant C Dossman, Emily Filiberti, Amber M Roth, Peter P Marra
    Ornithology
  20. 2018-12-11
    André Desrochers, Junior A. Tremblay, Yves Aubry, Dominique Chabot, Paul Pace, David M. Bird
    Drones
  21. 2022-11-25
    Joely G. DeSimone, Beverly S. Domschot, Megan A. Fylling, William M. Blake, Creagh W. Breuner
  22. 2019-07-01
    Jessica E. Deakin, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Yolanda E. Morbey
    Departure preparation Stopover duration The Auk: Ornithological Advances
  23. 2023-07-01
    Kayla L. Davis, Sarah P. Saunders, Stephanie Beilke, Erin Rowan Ford, Jennifer Fuller, Ava Landgraf, Elise F. Zipkin
  24. 2019-03-03
    Tara L. Crewe, Jessica E. Deakin, Andrew T. Beauchamp, Yolanda E. Morbey
    Journal of Field Ornithology
  25. 2023-12-08
    Shawn R Craik, Amélie Doucet, Mathieu Manuel, Chloé Roy, Taylor M Brown, Emilie J Knighton, Dave Shutler, Randy F Lauff, Danielle Ethier, Amy-Lee Kouwenberg, Philip D Taylor
  26. 2024-11-04
    Nathan W. Cooper, Scott W. Yanco, Clark S. Rushing, T. Scott Sillett, Peter P. Marra
  27. 2023-05-01
    Nathan W. Cooper, Bryant C. Dossman, Lucas E. Berrigan, J. Morgan Brown, Dominic A. Cormier, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Amanda D. Rodewald, Philip D. Taylor, Junior A. Tremblay, Peter P. Marra
  28. 2018-03-20
    Nathan Cooper, David Ewert, Kimberly Hall, Sarah Rockwell, Dave Currie, Jr Wunderle, Jennifer White, Peter Marra
    Migratory connectivity Avian Conservation and Ecology
  29. 2023-05-01
    Nathan W. Cooper, Bryant C. Dossman, Lucas E. Berrigan, J. Morgan Brown, Alicia R. Brunner, Helen E. Chmura, Dominic A. Cormier, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Amanda D. Rodewald, Philip D. Taylor, Christopher M. Tonra, Junior A. Tremblay, Peter P. Marra
  30. 2021-01-24
    Jeff Clerc, R. Mark Brigham, Justin G. Boyles, Liam P. McGuire, Burton K. Lim, M. Brock Fenton, R. Mark Brigham, Shahroukh Mistry, Allen Kurta, Erin H. Gillam, Amy Russell, Jorge Ortega
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  31. 2026-04-30
    Yangkang Chen, David L. Slager, Ethan Plunkett, Miguel Fuentes, Yuting Deng, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Lucas E. Berrigan, Daniel Fink, Daniel Sheldon, Benjamin M. Van Doren, Adriaan M. Dokter
    Movement Ecology
  32. 2020-02-26
    Andrew J. Campomizzi, Zoé M. Lebrun-Southcott, Kristyn Richardson
    The Canadian Field-Naturalist
  33. 2024-02-22
    Allison J. Byrd, Katherine M. Talbott, Tara M. Smiley, Taylor B. Verrett, Michael S. Gross, Michelle L. Hladik, Ellen D. Ketterson, Daniel J. Becker
  34. 2019-09-26
    Lesley Bulluck, Elizabeth Ames, Nicholas Bayly, Jessie Reese, Cathy Viverette, James Wright, Angela Caguazango, Christopher Tonra
    Site importance Survival Ecology and Evolution
  35. 2022-09-26
    Alicia Brunner, Bryant Dossman, Vitek Jirinec, Katie Percy, Christopher Tonra, Erik Johnson, Peter Marra
  36. 2026-03-11
    Ryan E Brodie, Nicholas J Bayly, Ruth E Bennett, Than J Boves, Anna Buckardt Thomas, William V Deluca, Kevin C Fraser, Ana M González, Jeffery L Larkin, Kurt M Ongman, Douglas W Raybuck, Amélie Roberto-Charron, Erin Simons-Legaard, Jessica Tatten, Scott Wilson, Amber M Roth
  37. February 2025
    Signe M.M. Brinkløv, Astrid Særmark Uebel, Esben T Fjederholt, Morten Elmeros
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  38. 2024-11-20
    Annie Bracey, Fred Strand, Alexis Grinde, Francesca Cuthbert, Ann E. McKellar, David Moore, Elizabeth Craig, Simeon Lisovski
  39. 2025
    Anne L. Blondin, Mark C. Drever, Scott A. Flemming, Wendy E. Easton, Mark Maftei, Yuri Zharikov, Nils Warnock, Erica Nol
  40. 2024-10-01
    Sydney Bliss, Marty Leonard, Zoe Crysler, Phil Taylor
  41. 2025-12-17
    Stephanie A Blain, Hannah C Justen, Kira E Delmore, Trine Bilde, Scott Egan
    Flight orientation Survival Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  42. 2024-04
    Stephanie A. Blain, Hannah C. Justen, Wendy Easton, Kira E. Delmore
    Survival Ecology Letters
  43. 2020-02-03
    Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Robert J. Lennox, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Amy K. Teffer, Glenn T. Crossin, D. Ryan Norris, Kim Aarestrup, Steven J. Cooke
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
  44. 2025
    Bri Benvenuti, Adam Smith, Chris Elphick, Nick Ernst, Adrienne Kovach, Kathleen O'Brien, Nancy Pau
  45. 2020-02-13
    Camille Bégin-Marchand, André Desrochers, Junior A. Tremblay, Pascal Côté
  46. 2021-05-13
    Camille Bégin-Marchand, André Desrochers, Philip D. Taylor, Junior A. Tremblay, Lucas Berrigan, Barbara Frei, Ana Morales, Greg W. Mitchell

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Project citation format:

[Institution | Collaborators]. [Project Name and Number]. [Years of project activity]. Data accessed from Motus Wildlife Tracking System, Birds Canada. Available: https://motus.org/. Accessed: [Date].

*Institutions or collaborators, project name and number, and years of project activity can be identified through project profiles on the Motus website.

Collaborators are encouraged to acknowledge Motus in any written work, popular or peer-reviewed publications, oral presentations, social media, or websites. Collaborators are also encouraged to acknowledge Motus as a program of Birds Canada in close collaboration with a diverse network of organizations, businesses and individuals.

If Motus tools (e.g. Motus website, visualizations, output tables) are used in your analysis or communications, the citation should be as follows:

Motus Wildlife Tracking System. [Year]. Birds Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario. Available: https://motus.org. Accessed: [Date].

Motus RBook citation:

Birds Canada (2024). motus: Fetch and use data from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. https://motusWTS.github.io/motus/.

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