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Publications Library

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

Credit:Brock and Sherri Fenton

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.

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  14. 2023
    Felicia Sanders, Adam Smith, Janet Thibault, Deborah Carter, Maina Handmaker, Fletcher Smith
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  16. 2023
    Erica A. Geldart, Lesley-Anne Howes, Hazel Wheeler, Stuart A. Mackenzie
    North American Bird Bander
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  19. 2023-05-31
    Stefan Erhardt, Martin Koch, Andreas Kiefer, Michael Veith, Robert Weigel, Alexander Koelpin
    Sensors
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  22. 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
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  24. 2023-07-01
    Kayla L. Davis, Sarah P. Saunders, Stephanie Beilke, Erin Rowan Ford, Jennifer Fuller, Ava Landgraf, Elise F. Zipkin
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  28. 2023-07-10
    Adam D. Smith, Felicia J. Sanders, Kara L. Lefevre, Janet M. Thibault, Kevin S. Kalasz, Maina C. Handmaker, Fletcher M. Smith, Tim S. Keyes
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  32. 2023-11-16
    Claire E. Nemes, Peter P. Marra, Theodore J. Zenzal Jr, Samantha A. Collins, Bryant C. Dossman, Alexander R. Gerson, Camila Gómez, Ana M. González, Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez, Sarah A. Hamer, Joseph Marty, Phillip L. Vasseur, Emily B. Cohen
  33. 2024-03-01
    Alicia M Korpach, Christina M Davy, Alex M Mills, Kevin C Fraser, Diego Gil
  34. 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
  35. 2024-05-15
    Thiemo Karwinkel, Michael Winklhofer, Dario Allenstein, Vera Brust, Paula Christoph, Richard A. Holland, Ommo Hüppop, Jan Steen, Franz Bairlein, Heiko Schmaljohann
    Flight navigation Migratory phenology Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  36. 2024-10-01
    Sydney Bliss, Marty Leonard, Zoe Crysler, Phil Taylor
  37. 2024-11-20
    Annie Bracey, Fred Strand, Alexis Grinde, Francesca Cuthbert, Ann E. McKellar, David Moore, Elizabeth Craig, Simeon Lisovski
  38. 2024-10-16
    Bryant C Dossman, Emily Filiberti, Amber M Roth, Peter P Marra
    Ornithology
  39. 2020-05-20
    Tara L. Imlay, Philip D. Taylor
    Migratory phenology The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
  40. 2025-07-09
    Sophia M. Fraser, Devin R. De Zwaan, Hilary A. R. Mann, Julie Paquet, Diana J. Hamilton
  41. 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
  42. 2022-09-26
    Alicia Brunner, Bryant Dossman, Vitek Jirinec, Katie Percy, Christopher Tonra, Erik Johnson, Peter Marra
  43. 2021
    Elora R. M. Grahame, Kayla D. Martin, Elizabeth A. Gow, D. Ryan Norris
    Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
  44. 2023-01-03
    Krista J. Patriquin, Lauren Moretto, M. Brock Fenton, Lauren Moretto, Joanna L. Coleman, Christina M. Davy, M. Brock Fenton, Carmi Korine, Krista J. Patriquin
  45. 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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  46. 2022-02-16
    Thiemo Karwinkel, Michael Winklhofer, Paula Christoph, Dario Allenstein, Ommo Hüppop, Vera Brust, Franz Bairlein, Heiko Schmaljohann
  47. 2025
    Yolanda Morbey, Kevin Hannah, Jeffrey Costa, Jackson Kusack, Stuart Mackenzie
    Migratory phenology Journal of Field Ornithology

Attribution Formatting

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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