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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2022-12-22
    Variation in resource use between adult and juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and use of physiological indicators for movement decisions highlights the importance of small staging sites during southbound migration in Atlantic Canada
    Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie Paquet, Sara C. Bellefontaine, Siena Davis, Parker B. Doiron, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor
    Site importance Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  2. 2020-08-08
    Stopover refueling, movement, and departure decisions in the White-throated Sparrow: the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors during spring migration
    Andrew T. Beauchamp, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Yolanda E. Morbey
  3. 2015
    Patterns and correlates of songbird movements at an ecological barrier during autumn migration assessed using landscape-and regional-scale automated radiotelemetry
    Bradley K. Woodworth, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris, Charles M. Francis, Philip D. Taylor
  4. 2014-07-01
    Inland flights of young red-eyed vireos Vireo olivaceus in relation to survival and habitat in a coastal stopover landscape
    Bradley K. Woodworth, Charles M. Francis, Philip D. Taylor
  5. 2011-11-03
    Landscape movements of migratory birds and bats reveal an expanded scale of stopover
    Philip D. Taylor, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Bethany G. Thurber, Anna M. Calvert, Alex M. Mills, Liam P. McGuire, Christopher G. Guglielmo
  6. 2011-09-28
    Migratory stopover in the long-distance migrant silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
    Liam P. McGuire, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor
  7. 2011-08-01
    Passerines use Nocturnal Flights for Landscape-Scale Movements during Migration Stopover
    Alexander M. Mills, Bethany G. Thurber, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor
  8. 2021
    Movements and Habitat Relationships of Virginia Rails and Soras within Impounded Coastal Wetlands of Northwest Ohio
    Nicole M. Hengst
  9. 2024-01-01
    Peri-urban forest margins are important stopover sites for moult-migrating songbirds
    Vanessa Poirier, Kyle H. Elliott, Barbara Frei
  10. 2020-08-20
    Hidden Long-Distance Movements by a Migratory Bird
    Nathan W. Cooper, Peter P. Marra
  11. 2023-12-08
    Irruptive fall migrations are linked to elevated breeding abundance but are not associated with body condition or stopover duration in Northern Saw-whet Owls
    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
  12. 2018-05-14
    Post-breeding movements of Swainson’s Thrush in Southern Nova Scotia
    Lucas Berrigan
  13. 2025-07-09
    Effects of severe weather on shorebirds: Evidence of disrupted refueling and delayed departure on southbound migration
    Sophia M. Fraser, Devin R. De Zwaan, Hilary A. R. Mann, Julie Paquet, Diana J. Hamilton
  14. 2025-05-23
    Wetter and more forested nonbreeding areas result in later departures but a faster spring migration in Vermivora chrysoptera (Golden-winged Warbler)
    Nicholas J Bayly, Sarah Kendrick, Ernesto Carman, María De La Paz Angulo-Irola, Yuly Caicedo-Ortiz, Stuart Mackenzie
  15. 2025
    The influence of migratory routes, breeding, and wintering grounds on cultural shifts in song of White-throated Sparrows ( Zonotrichia albicollis )
    Joel Khoo, Amelia MacDonald, Ingebjorg Jean Hansen, Cody Cox, Scott Ramsay, Ken Otter
  16. 2019-07-26
    Radio-tracking reveals how wind and temperature influence the pace of daytime insect migration
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  17. 2025-08
    Movement Ecology of Migratory Birds Using Motus Technology
    Kaitlyn Young
  18. 2018-02
    Tracking Migratory Bird Movements in the Gulf of Maine with Automated Radio Telemetry and Stable Hydrogen Isotope Markers
    Jennifer Smetzer
  19. 2018-04-25
    Automated telemetry reveals staging behavior in a declining migratory passerine
    James R. Wright, Luke L. Powell, Christopher M. Tonra
  20. 2021-01
    Tracking Movements of Migratory Shorebirds in the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Region
    P. H. Loring, A. K. Lenske, J. D. McLaren, M. Aikens, A. M. Anderson, Y. Aubrey, E. Dalton, A. Dey, C. Friis, D. Hamilton
  21. 2021-10-13
    Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn
    Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop
  22. 2022-08-19
    Offshore and coastline migration of radio-tagged Nathusius' pipistrelles
    Petra Bach, Christian C. Voigt, Matthias Göttsche, Lothar Bach, Vera Brust, Reinhold Hill, Ommo Hüppop, Sander Lagerveld, Heiko Schmaljohann, Antje Seebens-Hoyer
  23. 2023-01-04
    Distributing transmitters to maximize population-level representativeness in automated radio telemetry studies of animal movement
    Juliet S. Lamb, Pamela H. Loring, Peter W. C. Paton
    Industrial development Movement Ecology
  24. 2022-11
    US Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER) Project
    Rebecca Green, Mark Severy, Cris Hein, Hayley Farr, Frank Oteri
  25. 2023
    New insights into the influence of turbines on the behaviour of migrant birds: implications for predicting impacts of offshore wind developments on wildlife
    J. Robinson Willmott, G. Forcey, M. Vukovich
    Biodiversity management Industrial development Journal of Physics: Conference Series
  26. 2023-06-14
    Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast
    Michael C. True, Katherine M. Gorman, Hila Taylor, Richard J. Reynolds, W. Mark Ford
  27. 2017-05-15
    A Markov model for planning and permitting offshore wind energy: A case study of radio-tracked terns in the Gulf of Maine, USA
    Alexana Cranmer, Jennifer R. Smetzer, Linda Welch, Erin Baker
    Biodiversity management Industrial development Journal of Environmental Management
  28. 2019-04
    Tracking Offshore Occurrence of Common Terns, Endangered Roseate Terns, and Threatened Piping Plovers with VHF Arrays
    P. H. Loring, P. W. C. Paton, J. D. McLaren, H. Bai, R. Janaswamy, H. F. Goyert, C. R. Griffin, P. R. Sievert
  29. 2019-10-31
    To cross or not to cross – thrushes at the German North Sea coast adapt flight and routing to wind conditions in autumn
    Vera Brust, Bianca Michalik, Ommo Hüppop
  30. 2019-11-17
    Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario
    Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands
  31. 2020-06-22
    Supportive wind conditions influence offshore movements of Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers during fall migration
    Pamela H. Loring, James D. McLaren, Holly F. Goyert, Peter W. C. Paton
  32. 2023-07-04
    The urge to breed early: Similar responses to environmental conditions in short- and long-distance migrants during spring migration
    Georg Rüppel, Ommo Hüppop, Heiko Schmaljohann, Vera Brust
  33. 2023
    Are offshore wind farms in the Netherlands a potential threat for coastal populations of noctule?
    Sander Lagerveld, Kees Mostert
  34. 2024
    Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie
    Zoe Olivia Korpi
  35. 2024
    First Visual Record of a Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) over the Open Ocean
    William L. Kennerley, Lisa T. Ballance, Rachael A. Orben, Leigh G. Torres, Donald I. Solick
    Ecological barrier Industrial development Journal of North American Bat Research Notes
  36. 2024
    User documentation for the Stochastic Collision Risk Assessment for Movement (SCRAM 2)
    A Gilbert, E. M. Adams, H. F. Goyert, J Gulka, P. H. Loring, J. E. F. Stepanuk, K. A. Williams
  37. 2024-12-18
    Migratory movements of bats are shaped by barrier effects, sex-biased timing and the adaptive use of winds
    Sander Lagerveld, Pepijn De Vries, Jane Harris, Sue Parsons, Elisabeth Debusschere, Ommo Hüppop, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann
  38. 2025-03-05
    Spatial and species-specific variation in lake-crossing behavior in the Great Lakes region influences collision risk with offshore wind development
    Zoe O Korpi, Stephen N Matthews, Matthew B Shumar, Molly E McDermott, David Russell, Lucas W DeGroote, Ryan Jacob, Mark Shieldcastle, Christopher M Tonra
  39. 2025-07-03
    Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks
    Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel
  40. 2025-05
    Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon
    Cameron Piper
  41. 2025-05
    Tracking Fall Migration with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System: The Fate of Window-struck and Captive-raised Passerines
    Cailin O'Connor
  42. 2025
    In the clear: weather drives the northward movement of American Tree Sparrows ( Spizelloides arborea ) as spring progresses
    Yolanda Morbey, Kevin Hannah, Jeffrey Costa, Jackson Kusack, Stuart Mackenzie
    Migratory phenology Journal of Field Ornithology
  43. 2024-12
    Evaluation of automated radio telemetry technologies for ground-dwelling species
    Aubrey Ray Power Sullivan
  44. 2016-08
    Cooperative automated radio telemetry: the Motus Widllife Tracking System in Ontario
    Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor
    Ontario Birds
  45. 2023-05-01
    Atmospheric pressure predicts probability of departure for migratory songbirds
    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
  46. 2020-02-13
    Comparing fall migration of three Catharus species using a radio-telemetry network
    Camille Bégin-Marchand, André Desrochers, Junior A. Tremblay, Pascal Côté
  47. 2025
    Automated telemetry reveals migratory movements and stopover timing of an endangered saltmarsh passerine
    Bri Benvenuti, Adam Smith, Chris Elphick, Nick Ernst, Adrienne Kovach, Kathleen O'Brien, Nancy Pau
  48. 2016-03-24
    Animal migration: Dispersion explains declines
    Richard A. Fuller
  49. 2020-05-21
    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) fledglings use crop habitat more frequently in relation to its availability than pasture and other habitat types
    Chloe K. Boynton, Nancy A. Mahony, Tony D. Williams
  50. 2016-10-17
    Towards a conceptual framework for explaining variation in nocturnal departure time of songbird migrants
    Florian Müller, Philip D. Taylor, Sissel Sjöberg, Rachel Muheim, Arseny Tsvey, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Heiko Schmaljohann
    Departure decisions Movement Ecology
  51. 2025
    Habitat use and local movement of staging Lesser Yellowlegs ( Tringa flavipes ) differ between coastal and inland habitat in Atlantic Canada
    Kathryn Danyk, Devin De Zwaan, Julie Paquet, Diana Hamilton
    Site importance Stopover duration Journal of Field Ornithology
  52. 2025-09-22
    Stopover departure decisions in spring: pre-Saharan migrants stay longer and are more selective for favourable wind than trans-Saharan migrants
    Thomas Klinner, Thiemo Karwinkel, Florian Packmor, Heiko Schmaljohann
  53. 2021-03-20
    Roost sites of chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) form large-scale spatial networks
    Courtney E. le Roux, Joseph J. Nocera
  54. 2016-06
    Prevalence of Disjunct Roosting in Nesting Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia)
    C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas C. Tozer
  55. 2022-03-25
    Movement and habitat use of non-breeding Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) at the Banco dos Cajuais in Northeast Brazil
    Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie Paquet, J. Onofre N. Monteiro, Gabriela P. Ramires, Jason A. Mobley
  56. 2021-10-16
    Drought at a coastal wetland affects refuelling and migration strategies of shorebirds
    Alexandra M. Anderson, Christian Friis, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Christopher M. Harris, Oliver P. Love, R. I. Guy Morrison, Sean W. J. Prosser, Erica Nol, Paul A. Smith
  57. 2022-05-01
    Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird
    Sara Lupi, Yolanda E. Morbey, Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton, Hiroyuki Kaiya, Leonida Fusani, Christopher G. Guglielmo
  58. 2021
    Diurnal and nocturnal habitat preference of Eastern Whip-poor-wills (Antrostomus vociferous) in the northern portion of their breeding range
    Elora R. M. Grahame, Kayla D. Martin, Elizabeth A. Gow, D. Ryan Norris
    Biodiversity management Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
  59. 2019-12-29
    Biological and environmental factors related to communal roosting behavior of breeding Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
    Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor, Tara Imlay, Marty Leonard
    Colony attendance Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
  60. 2022-11-25
    Body mass and triglycerides predict departure of free-living nomadic pine siskins
    Joely G. DeSimone, Beverly S. Domschot, Megan A. Fylling, William M. Blake, Creagh W. Breuner
  61. 2019-09-13
    A neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds
    Margaret L. Eng, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Christy A. Morrissey
  62. 2019-07-09
    Migration Distance and Body Condition Influence Shorebird Migration Strategies and Stopover Decisions During Southbound Migration
    Alexandra M. Anderson, Sjoerd Duijns, Paul A. Smith, Christian Friis, Erica Nol
  63. 2023-02-08
    Departure, routing and landing decisions of long-distance migratory songbirds in relation to weather
    Georg Rüppel, Ommo Hüppop, Sander Lagerveld, Heiko Schmaljohann, Vera Brust
  64. 2020-02-07
    The fall migratory movements of Bank Swallows, Riparia riparia: fly-and-forage migration?
    Tara Imlay, Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor
  65. 2025-10-15
    Rings and Pings: Band Encounters and Motus Elucidate the Overwintering Locations and Movements of Sharp-shinned Hawks in Western North America
    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
  66. 2024-12-12
    Effects of immune status on stopover departure decisions are subordinate to those of condition, cloud cover and tailwind in autumn‐migrating common blackbirds Turdus merula
    Tjomme van Mastrigt, Kevin D. Matson, Sander Lagerveld, Xinrou S. Huang, Willem F. De Boer, Henk P. Van Der Jeugd
  67. 2023-06-21
    Avian monitoring results for two years of study at a newly recognized spring migration concentration point in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California
    Tania Romero, Lauren Hill, Jayde Blair, Walter Sakai, C. John Ralph
    North American Bird Bander
  68. 2025
    Lengths of Stay and Stopover Strategies of Western Sandpipers During Migration at Two Sites in British Columbia, Canada
    Anne L. Blondin, Mark C. Drever, Scott A. Flemming, Wendy E. Easton, Mark Maftei, Yuri Zharikov, Nils Warnock, Erica Nol
  69. 2024-05
    Considerations for radio-transmitter specifications on songbirds: color and antenna length matter too
    Todd Jones, Nathan Cooper, Haley Haradon, Alicia Brunner, Bryant Dossman, Michael Ward, T. Scott Sillett, Sara Kaiser
    Journal of Field Ornithology
  70. 2020
    Individual condition, but not fledging phenology, carries over to affect post-fledging survival in a Neotropical migratory songbird
    Dean R. Evans, Keith A. Hobson, Jackson W. Kusack, Michael D. Cadman, C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell
  71. 2022-10-17
    Depleted lean body mass after crossing an ecological barrier differentially affects stopover duration and refueling rate among species of long-distance migratory birds
    Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez, Michael S. Griego, Joely G. DeSimone, Cory R. Elowe, Alexander R. Gerson
  72. 2020
    Predictable shorebird departure patterns from a staging site can inform collision risks and mitigation of wind energy developments
    Jessica E. Howell, Ann E. McKellar, Richard H. M. Espie, Christy A. Morrissey
  73. 2017-06-13
    Fuel loads acquired at a stopover site influence the pace of intercontinental migration in a boreal songbird
    Camila Gómez, Nicholas J. Bayly, D. Ryan Norris, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Philip D. Taylor, Keith A. Hobson, Carlos Daniel Cadena
  74. 2018-05-16
    Radio-tagged fledgling Savannah Sparrows Passerculus sandwichensis at risk of entanglement in vegetation
    Heidi E. J. van Vliet, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
  75. 2024-08
    The role of prealternate moult in nonbreeding period carry-over effects in neotropical migratory songbirds
    Shae Turner
  76. 2024-05
    Coastal and offshore movements of Nathusius' pipistrelle during autumn migration
    Sander Lagerveld, Pepijn de Vries, Bart Noort, Karina Stienstra, Cor Sonneveld, Tamara Vallina, Martijn Keur, Josien Steenbergen
  77. 2024-04
    Reduced hybrid survival in a migratory divide between songbirds
    Stephanie A. Blain, Hannah C. Justen, Wendy Easton, Kira E. Delmore
    Survival Ecology Letters
  78. 2024-07
    Motus as a Tool for Offshore Wind Assessment and Monitoring: a Knowledge Review
    Kianna Leung, Erica A. Geldart
  79. 2024-06
    Why do juvenile Wood Thrushes make long-distance pre-migratory movements across a fragmented landscape?
    Sue Hayes, Brendan Boyd, Bridget Stutchbury
  80. 2016
    The effects of wind and fuel stores on stopover departure behavior across a migratory barrier
    Bryant C. Dossman, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris, Philip D. Taylor, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Stephen N. Matthews, Paul G. Rodewald
  81. 2024-11-04
    Non-breeding conditions induce carry-over effects on survival of migratory birds
    Nathan W. Cooper, Scott W. Yanco, Clark S. Rushing, T. Scott Sillett, Peter P. Marra

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