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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 2024
    Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie
    Zoe Olivia Korpi
  6. 2023
    Are offshore wind farms in the Netherlands a potential threat for coastal populations of noctule?
    Sander Lagerveld, Kees Mostert
  7. 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
  8. 2019-11-17
    Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario
    Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 2022-11
    US Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER) Project
    Rebecca Green, Mark Severy, Cris Hein, Hayley Farr, Frank Oteri
  12. 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
  13. 2021-10-13
    Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn
    Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop
  14. 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
  15. 2018-04-25
    Automated telemetry reveals staging behavior in a declining migratory passerine
    James R. Wright, Luke L. Powell, Christopher M. Tonra
  16. 2018-02
    Tracking Migratory Bird Movements in the Gulf of Maine with Automated Radio Telemetry and Stable Hydrogen Isotope Markers
    Jennifer Smetzer
  17. 2025-08
    Movement Ecology of Migratory Birds Using Motus Technology
    Kaitlyn Young
  18. 2019-07-26
    Radio-tracking reveals how wind and temperature influence the pace of daytime insect migration
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  19. 2018-05-14
    Post-breeding movements of Swainson’s Thrush in Southern Nova Scotia
    Lucas Berrigan
  20. 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
  21. 2020-08-20
    Hidden Long-Distance Movements by a Migratory Bird
    Nathan W. Cooper, Peter P. Marra
  22. 2024-01-01
    Peri-urban forest margins are important stopover sites for moult-migrating songbirds
    Vanessa Poirier, Kyle H. Elliott, Barbara Frei
  23. 2021
    Movements and Habitat Relationships of Virginia Rails and Soras within Impounded Coastal Wetlands of Northwest Ohio
    Nicole M. Hengst
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 2022-11-17
    Using the Motus System to Track Post-Breeding Dispersal of American Kestrels Nesting in Minnesota, USA
    Mark S. Martell, Althea A. Archer, Amber Burnette, Mary Lee, Frank Nicoletti, Kristin A. L. Hall
  32. 2019-10-16
    Contrasting patterns of post-fledging movements of two sympatric warbler species with different life-history strategies
    Dominic A. Cormier, Philip D. Taylor
  33. 2017-12-20
    Postbreeding dispersal and staging of Common and Arctic Terns throughout the western North Atlantic
    Pamela Loring, Robert Ronconi, Linda Welch, Philip Taylor, Mark Mallory
  34. 2023-10-03
    Insights from attempts to track movement of Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) fledglings in the southern Gulf of Mexico with automated telemetry and band resighting
    Kara L. Lefevre, Elizabeth Forys, Adam DiNuovo, Adam D. Smith
  35. 2025-05-13
    Long-term monitoring of Arctic coastal ecology at the East Bay Mainland Research Station, in Qaqsauqtuuq Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut
    Doug MacNearney, Emma Davis, Jennie Rausch, Erica Nol, H. Grant Gilchrist, Josiah Nakoolak, Ken Abraham, Karel Allard, Sara Bellefontaine, Nik Clyde, Lisa Docken, Darryl B Edwards, Willow English, Scott Flemming, Anna Hargreaves, Christie Macdonald, Heather Mariash, Deborah E Perkins, Iain J Stenhouse, Paul A. Smith
    Arctic Science
  36. 2024-03-16
    Pre-migration behaviour and survival of juvenile Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) in a fragmented forest landscape
    Susan Mary Hayes
  37. 2025-05-06
    Age-related differences in fall migration timing and performance of juvenile and adult Wood Thrushes departing from a breeding site
    Brendan P. Boyd, Sue M. Hayes, Anna Agazzi Migotto, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
  38. 2025-05
    Examining the Predictors of White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Spring Departure Date
    Josh Davidson
  39. 2025-03-31
    Sufficient food is critical for a long-distant migratory shorebird to advance migration phenology
    Thomas Lameris, Allert Bijleveld, Roeland Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc de Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma
  40. 2025-03-17
    Using motus automated telemetry to quantify habitat use and movement in a Far Eastern Curlew within the Hunter Estuary, NSW, Australia
    Andrea S. Griffin, Callum Gapes, Louise A. Williams, Mattea Taylor, Rob Kyte, Greg Little, Judith Little
    Site importance The Whistler
  41. 2025-02-25
    Sex-specific variation in breeding-ground departure decisions and detection rates during southbound migration in West Atlantic Flyway Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)
    Anne N. M. A. Ausems, Hannah MacKellar, Glen S. Brown, Erica Nol
  42. 2025-02-17
    Close encounters: behavioral responses of migrating songbirds to the perceived risk of predation
    Claire E Nemes, Andrea M Lindsay, Lucas W DeGroote, Emily B Cohen, Emilie Snell-Rood
  43. 2025
    Insights from a decade of using the Motus network to track boreal bird species from Observatoire d’oiseaux de Tadoussac, Québec to temperate and tropical wintering grounds
    Jacob Walker, Jean-François Therrien, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Pascal Côté, Alexandre Terrigeol, François Gagnon, Junior A. Tremblay
  44. 2025
    Developing Research Tools for Demographic Study of Rhynchophanes mccownii (Thick-billed Longspurs)
    Megan M, Ring, Rose J. Swift, Michael J. Anteau, Lawrence D. Igl, Mark E. Seamans, Scott G. Somershoe, Jay A. VonBank, John M. Yeiser, Garrett J. MacDonald
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  48. 2014-12-31
    Bats on a Budget: Torpor-Assisted Migration Saves Time and Energy
    Liam P. McGuire, Kristin A. Jonasson, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Paul A. Bartell
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  52. 2016
    Atlantic Flyway Review: Region III (Western Ridge) Fall 2015- The Arboretum at Penn State
    Nick T. Kerlin
    North American Bird Bander
  53. 2015-08-15
    Automated telemetry reveals age specific differences in flight duration and speed are driven by wind conditions in a migratory songbird
    Greg W. Mitchell, Bradley K. Woodworth, Philip D. Taylor, D. Ryan Norris
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  59. 2016-11-23
    Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study
    Dmitry Kishkinev, Dominik Heyers, Bradley K. Woodworth, Greg W. Mitchell, Keith A. Hobson, D. Ryan Norris
  60. 2016-10-8
    A field test of the effects of body composition analysis by quantitative magnetic resonance on songbird stopover behaviour
    Lisa V. Kennedy, Yolanda E. Morbey, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor, Christopher G. Guglielmo
  61. 2016-01-21
    Differential fall migratory routes of adult and juvenile Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)
    Zoe J. Crysler, Robert A. Ronconi, Philip D. Taylor
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  63. 2017
    The Motus Wildlife Tracking System: a collaborative research network to enhance the understanding of wildlife movement
    Philip D. Taylor, Tara L. Crewe, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Denis Lepage, Yves Aubry, Zoe Crysler, George Finney, Charles M. Francis, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Diana J. Hamilton, Rebecca L. Holberton, Pamela H. Loring, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris, Julie Paquet, Robert A. Ronconi, Jennifer R. Smetzer, Paul A. Smith, Linda J. Welch, Bradley K. Woodworth
    Avian Conservation and Ecology
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  68. 2017-01
    Stopover movement patterns by Blackpoll and Canada Warblers across southeastern Canada during fall migration: an automated radio-telemetry study
    Alain Parada Isada
  69. 2017-01-05
    Evaluation of sex differences in the stopover behavior and postdeparture movements of wood-warblers
    Yolanda E. Morbey, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Philip D. Taylor, Ivan Maggini, Jessica Deakin, Stuart A. Mackenzie, J. Morgan Brown, Lin Zhao, David Stephens
  70. 2017-03
    Effects of Extreme Tidal Events on Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Migratory Stopover in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
    Hilary A. R. Mann, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie M. Paquet, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Sarah G. Neima
  71. 2017-02-27
    The Effects of Sex, Energy, and Environmental Conditions on the Movement Ecology of Migratory Bats
    Kristin A. Jonasson
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  76. 2017-03-31
    A Low-Cost Technique for Radio-Tracking Wildlife Using a Small Standard Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
    Junior A. Tremblay, André Desrochers, Yves Aubry, Paul Pace, David M. Bird
    Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
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  80. 2017-11-20
    Testing traditional assumptions about regional migration in bats
    Jennifer J. Krauel, Liam P. McGuire, Justin G. Boyles
  81. 2017-09
    Modelling Bird Migration with Motus Data and Bayesian State-Space Models
    Justin Baldwin
  82. 2017-08
    Behavioural Mechanisms of Protandrous Spring Migration in a Nearctic-Neotropical Songbird
    Jessica E. Deakin
  83. 2017-08-05
    Fall migratory departure decisions and routes of Blackpoll Warblers Setophaga striata and Red-eyed Vireos Vireo olivaceus at a coastal barrier in the Gulf of Maine
    Jennifer R. Smetzer, David I. King, Philip D. Taylor
  84. 2017-07-03
    Migratory blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) make regional-scale movements that are not oriented toward their migratory goal during fall
    J. Morgan Brown, Philip D. Taylor
  85. 2018
    Movement patterns of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) within eastern New Brunswick
    Erica A. Geldart
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    The Foraging habits and fatterning rates of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) on the Acadian Peninsula
    Hannah Mackellar
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    3.3. 2 The Conservation and Management of the North American Black Tern (Chlidonias niger surinamensis) in Michigan
    Caleb Putnam, Stephanie Beilke, Erin Rowan
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  90. 2018-03-20
    Resighting data reveal weak connectivity from wintering to breeding grounds in a range-restricted and endangered long-distance migratory passerine
    Nathan Cooper, David Ewert, Kimberly Hall, Sarah Rockwell, Dave Currie, Jr Wunderle, Jennifer White, Peter Marra
    Migratory connectivity Avian Conservation and Ecology
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  94. 2018-05-09
    Prolonged stopover and consequences of migratory strategy on local-scale movements within a regional songbird staging area
    Jennifer Smetzer, David King
  95. 2018-05-10
    Potential age differences in the migratory behaviour of a nocturnal songbird migrant during autumn and spring
    Heiko Schmaljohann, Florian Müller, Thomas Klinner, Cas Eikenaar
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