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Publications Library

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

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2018-06-01
Radio transmitters did not affect daily nest and chick survival of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Michael Stantial, Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Darrah, Kate Laquinto, Pam Loring, Peter Paton

Reproductive success Survival The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2018-09-01
The evolving role of zoological parks and aquariums in migratory bird conservation

Michael Hutchins, Peter P. Marra, Ed Diebold, Michael D. Kreger, Christine Sheppard, Sara Hallager, Colleen Lynch

Zoo Biology
2018-06-22
Does the length of the night affect the timing of nocturnal departures in a migratory songbird?

Florian Müller, Georg Rüppel, Heiko Schmaljohann

Departure decisions Departure preparation Animal Behaviour
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2018-12-11
Estimating Wildlife Tag Location Errors from a VHF Receiver Mounted on a Drone

André Desrochers, Junior A. Tremblay, Yves Aubry, Dominique Chabot, Paul Pace, David M. Bird

Drones
2018-10-24
Bayesian state-space models reveal unobserved off-shore nocturnal migration from Motus data

Justin W. Baldwin, Katie Leap, John T. Finn, Jennifer R. Smetzer

Individual path choice Migratory phenology Ecological Modelling
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2019-07-01
Long-distance migratory shorebirds travel faster towards their breeding grounds, but fly faster post-breeding

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

Migration strategy Flight orientation Flight speed Migratory speed Stopover duration Weather Scientific Reports
2019-03-27
Spring Shorebird Migration Chronology and Stopover Duration at an Important Staging Site in the North American Central Flyway

Jessica E. Howell, Ann E. McKellar, Richard H. M. Espie, Christy A. Morrissey

Population estimates Site importance Stopover duration Waterbirds
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2019
Comprendre la stratégie migratoire de trois espèces de grives du genre Catharus à l'aide d'un réseau innovateur de radio-télémétrie

Camille Bégin Marchand

Migration strategy Flight distance Individual path choice Migratory speed -
2019-07-01
Sex differences in migratory restlessness behavior in a Nearctic–Neotropical songbird

Jessica E. Deakin, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Yolanda E. Morbey

Departure preparation Stopover duration The Auk: Ornithological Advances
2019-03-03
Detection range of songbirds using a stopover site by automated radio-telemetry

Tara L. Crewe, Jessica E. Deakin, Andrew T. Beauchamp, Yolanda E. Morbey

Journal of Field Ornithology
2019-02-28
Stopover departure behavior and flight orientation of spring-migrant Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata) experimentally exposed to methylmercury

Chad L. Seewagen, Yanju Ma, Yolanda E. Morbey, Christopher G. Guglielmo

Contaminants Departure decisions Flight orientation Migratory physiology Stopover duration Journal of Ornithology
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2019-09-26
Habitat‐dependent occupancy and movement in a migrant songbird highlights the importance of mangroves and forested lagoons in Panama and Colombia

Lesley Bulluck, Elizabeth Ames, Nicholas Bayly, Jessie Reese, Cathy Viverette, James Wright, Angela Caguazango, Christopher Tonra

Site importance Survival Ecology and Evolution
2019-09-16
A large-scale automated radio telemetry network for monitoring movements of terrestrial wildlife in Australia

Andrea S. Griffin, Culum Brown, Bradley K. Woodworth, Guy-Anthony Ballard, Stuart Blanch, Hamish A. Campbell, Tara L. Crewe, Philip M. Hansbro, Catherine A. Herbert, Tim Hosking, Bethany J. Hoye, Brad Law, Kellie Leigh, Gabriel E. Machovsky-Capuska, Thomas Rasmussen, Paul G. McDonald, Mick Roderick, Chris Slade, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Australian Zoologist
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2020-01-01
The impacts of agriculture on an obligate grassland bird of North America

Heidi E. J. van Vliet, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Amy E. M. Newman, D. Ryan Norris

Agricultural intensification Reproductive success Survival Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
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2020-02-07
Stopover departure decisions in songbirds: do long-distance migrants depart earlier and more independently of weather conditions than medium-distance migrants?

Florian Packmor, Thomas Klinner, Bradley K. Woodworth, Cas Eikenaar, Heiko Schmaljohann

Departure decisions Migratory physiology Stopover duration Weather Movement Ecology
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2020-02-03
The Value of Experimental Approaches in Migration Biology

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
2020
Marine Protected Areas: expanding, but under protected

Aroha Miller

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2020-04-15
Using Automated Radio-Telemetry to Assess Spring Migratory Ecology and Survival of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Sydney Bliss

Ecological barrier Flight orientation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Site importance Survival -
2020
NextGen natural history: New techniques for classical natural history questions

S. McKeon, D. Fenolio, R. A. Dreelin, D. Shaw, Z. Kobrinsky, C. Meyer

Journal of Natural History Education and Experience
2020-02-26
Conspecific cues encourage Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) prospecting, but not nesting, at new nesting structures

Andrew J. Campomizzi, Zoé M. Lebrun-Southcott, Kristyn Richardson

The Canadian Field-Naturalist
2020-05
Theoretical and empirical investigation of the influence of heterothermy on bat migration ecology

Jeffrey Clerc

Individual path choice Migratory physiology -
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2020-07-08
A quasi-experimental approach using telemetry to assess migration-strategy-specific differences in the decision-making processes at stopover

Heiko Schmaljohann, Thomas Klinner

Body condition Departure decisions Flight orientation Migratory physiology Stopover duration BMC Ecology
2020-05-07
Potential threats to the conservation of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and a tool for population recovery

Alana Wilcox

Biodiversity management Contaminants Flight orientation -
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2020-08-25
Are movements of daytime and nighttime passerine migrants as different as day and night?

Bianca Michalik, Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop

Migration strategy Departure decisions Migratory phenology Stopover duration Ecology and Evolution
2020-05-20
Diurnal and crepuscular activity during fall migration for four species of aerial foragers

Tara L. Imlay, Philip D. Taylor

Migratory phenology The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
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2020-09-15
Differences in Migration Timing along the Midcontinental Flyway in Sanderling (Calidris alba) from Three Gulf of Mexico Staging Areas

Kristin Bianchini, David J. Newstead, Christy A. Morrissey

Migration strategy Individual path choice Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Stopover duration Waterbirds
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2020-09-15
Evening locomotor activity during stopover differs on pre-departure and departure days in free-living songbirds

Yolanda E. Morbey, Andrew T. Beauchamp, Simon J. Bonner, Greg W. Mitchell

Activity patterns Departure preparation Journal of Avian Biology
2020-09-29
Earlier and slower or later and faster: Spring migration pace linked to departure time in a Neotropical migrant songbird

Ana M. González, Nicholas J. Bayly, Keith A. Hobson

Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Journal of Animal Ecology
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2020-11-20
Motivations and fears driving participation in collaborative research infrastructure for animal tracking

Tara L. Crewe, Dave Kendal, Hamish A. Campbell

PLOS ONE
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2021-01-01
Grouse News, Issues 61-67 (2021-2024)

Gaillformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters
2021
Differences in use of Northumberland Strait habitat and fattening rates among migratory shorebird species

Parker Doiron

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2021-04-02
Factors Influencing Stopover and Movement of Migratory Songbirds within the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Jessica Tatten

Migration strategy Flight speed Individual path choice Stopover duration -
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2021-01-22
Occurrence of a forest-dwelling bat, northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis), within Canada’s largest conurbation

Toby J Thorne, Eryk Matczak, Melissa Donnelly, Maria C Franke, Kevin C R Kerr

Site importance Urban landscapes Journal of Urban Ecology
2021-01-01
Captive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild

Alana A E Wilcox, Amy E M Newman, Nigel E Raine, Greg W Mitchell, D Ryan Norris

Biodiversity management Flight orientation Conservation Physiology
2021-02-15
Effects of early-life exposure to sublethal levels of a common neonicotinoid insecticide on the orientation and migration of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Alana A. E. Wilcox, Amy E. M. Newman, Nigel E. Raine, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris

Contaminants Flight navigation Flight orientation Journal of Experimental Biology
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2021-05-13
Spatial structure in migration routes maintained despite regional convergence among eastern populations of Swainson’s Thrushes

Camille Bégin-Marchand, André Desrochers, Philip D. Taylor, Junior A. Tremblay, Lucas Berrigan, Barbara Frei, Ana Morales, Greg W. Mitchell

Individual path choice Migratory connectivity Movement Ecology
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2021-08
Survival, Effects of Habitat Change, and Migratory Tactics of Nearctic-Neotropical Migratory Shorebirds

John A Herbert

Departure decisions Migratory connectivity Migratory speed Site fidelity Stopover duration Survival -
2021-09
Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota

Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe

Activity patterns Individual path choice Site fidelity Stopover duration Urban landscapes -
2021-07-01
Autumn migratory timing and pace are driven by breeding season carryover effects

Tara L. Imlay, Hilary A. R. Mann, Philip D. Taylor

Carry-over effects Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory speed Animal Behaviour
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2021-12
Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Influencing the Movement and Migratory Behaviors of a Wintering Songbird

Bryant Dossman

Carry-over effects Departure decisions Displacement Foray behaviour Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Survival -
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2022-01-01
The Contrasting Physiological Mechanisms of Two Distinct Migratory Strategies

Joely DeSimone

Activity patterns Departure decisions Migratory physiology Migratory speed -
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