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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2024-04-23
    Ecological drivers of songbird stopover behaviour during migration in eastern New Brunswick
    Andrew T. Beauchamp
  2. 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
  3. 2022-01-25
    Effects of Experimental Malaria Infection On Migration of Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata)
    Rebecca Howe
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 2023-06-22
    Elevational differences in migration phenology of Lazuli Buntings do not support selection-based hypotheses for protandry
    Kim Savides, Clark S Rushing
  8. 2021-12
    Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Influencing the Movement and Migratory Behaviors of a Wintering Songbird
    Bryant Dossman
  9. 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
  10. 2024-12-21
    Euphagus carolinus (Rusty Blackbird) from two different breeding populations in northeastern North America exhibit chain migration yet use the same region for stopover
    Jacob Walker, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Alexandre Terrigeol, Jean-François Therrien, Pascal Côté, Levi Burford, Carol R Foss, Junior A Tremblay
  11. 2024-12
    Evaluation of automated radio telemetry technologies for ground-dwelling species
    Aubrey Ray Power Sullivan
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 2023-12-06
    Evidence of differing staging strategies between adult and juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers highlights the importance of small staging sites in Atlantic Canada
    Rebeca C Linhart, Diana J Hamilton, Julie Paquet, Cheri L Gratto-Trevor
  15. 2024-10-08
    Examining Environmental and Life History Correlates of Winter and Migratory Movements in a Nomadic Arctic-Breeding Passerine
    Samuelle Simard-Provençal
  16. 2025-05
    Examining the Predictors of White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Spring Departure Date
    Josh Davidson
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 2025-09-02
    Experimentally increased food availability allows for earlier departure in a long‐distance migratory shorebird
    Thomas K. Lameris, Allert I. Bijleveld, Roeland A. Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva M. A. Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc G. G. De Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma
    Functional Ecology
  20. 2021-11-15
    Exploring the Strategies of First Migration in the Subarctic-Nesting Shorebird, Calidris Alpina Hudsonia
    Victor Olek
  21. 2021-04-02
    Factors Influencing Stopover and Movement of Migratory Songbirds within the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
    Jessica Tatten
  22. 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
  23. 2022-05
    Fall Migratory Behaviour and Cross-Seasonal Interactions in Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) Breeding in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada
    Marley Aikens
  24. 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
  25. 2018-06-21
    Field test of an automated radio-telemetry system: tracking local space use of aerial insectivores
    Ariel K. Lenske, Joseph J. Nocera
  26. 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
  27. Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) and its monitoring by the Motus system
    Aketzali Marinez Martinez
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  28. 2020-03-23
    Florida's strategic position for collaborative automated-telemetry tracking of avian movements across the Americas
    Kara L. Lefevre, Adam D. Smith
    Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
  29. 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
  30. 2025-01
    Genetic relatedness shapes social dynamics in a threatened finch: implications for population assessment
    Mara F. Müller, Cameron J. Baker, Sam C. Banks, Mariana A. Campbell, Tara L. Crewe, Mirjam Kaestli, Sydney J. Collett, Ian J. Radford, Hamish A. Campbell
  31. 2019-12
    GoMAMN Strategic Bird Monitoring Guidelines: Landbirds
    Theodore J. Zenzal Jr, William G. Vermillion, Jacqueline R. Ferrato, Lori A. Randall, Robert C. Dobbs, Heather Q. Baldwin
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  33. 2021-01-01
    Grouse News, Issues 61-67 (2021-2024)
    Gaillformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters
  34. 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
  35. 2024-05
    Habitat use of Henslow’s Sparrows (Centronyx henslowii) in Southern Ohio
    Gabriella A. Lindsey
  36. 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
  37. 2020-08-20
    Hidden Long-Distance Movements by a Migratory Bird
    Nathan W. Cooper, Peter P. Marra
  38. 2025-05
    Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon
    Cameron Piper
  39. 2023-01-01
    How Does the Creation of Temporary Wetland Habitat on Agricultural Fields in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Affect the Abundance of Migratory Shorebirds?
    Emma McCarley Counce
  40. 2025-12
    Impacts of Prolonged Breeding on the Post-Breeding Physiology, Autumn Departure Phenology and Migratory Behavior of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird
    Alicia Rae Brunner
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  41. 2024-02
    Importance of Demographics and Vital Rates to Cavity-Nesting Waterfowl in the Lower Saint John River of New Brunswick, Canada
    Jared Sonnleitner
  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. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 2022-01-31
    Insights on post-breeding movements from a northeastern population of Canada Warblers (Cardellina canadensis)
    Camille Bégin-Marchand, François Gagnon, Bruno Drolet, Jacques Ibarzabal, Junior Tremblay
  48. 2024-9-23
    Integration of the Motus Wildlife Tracking System to the NOAA GOES Data Collection System for Offshore Wildlife Telemetry Applications
    Daniel Gillies, Pamela Loring, Nathan Holcomb, David Ilogho, William Dronen, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Brett Betsill, Beau Backus, Stuart Mackenzie, Thorsten Von Eicken
  49. 2020-04-22
    Intra- and interannual regional fidelity of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) during migratory stopover in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada
    Sarah Neima, Diana Hamilton, Cheri Gratto-Trevor, Julie Paquet
  50. 2018-12
    Investigating the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on avian pre-migratory fuelling and migration
    Kristin Bianchini
  51. 2022-08-23
    Investigating the plasticity of migration timing and roost behaviours to environmental variability and parental care in a colonial songbird
    Christophe Turcotte-van de Rydt
  52. 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
  53. 2024
    Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie
    Zoe Olivia Korpi
  54. 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
  55. 2025-12
    Least Tern Abundance, Nesting Productivity, and Dispersal Between Nesting and On-and Off-River Foraging Sites in the Missouri National Recreational River
    Kyle Jorgensen
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  56. 2022-9-2
    Length of stay and departure strategies of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) during post-breeding migration in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada
    Sarah G. Neima, Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Julie Paquet
  57. 2024-09
    Length of Stay and Habitat Use of Shorebirds at Two Migratory Stopover Sites in British Columbia, Canada
    Anne L. Blondin
  58. 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
  59. 2026
    Leveraging automated radio telemetry to understand avian presence on a military airfield
    Mackenzie R. Prichard, Levin C. Brandt, Susan N. Ellis-Felege
    Frontiers in Conservation Science
  60. 2021
    Linking events across the annual cycle, in a Neotropical migratory songbird of conservation concern, the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
    Elizabeth Ames
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 2024-03-01
    Lunar synchrony, geography, and individual clocks shape autumn migration timing in an avian migrant
    Alicia M Korpach, Christina M Davy, Alex M Mills, Kevin C Fraser, Diego Gil
  64. 2021-09
    Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota
    Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe
  65. 2024-04-30
    Mapping seasonal migration in a songbird hybrid zone -- heritability, genetic correlations, and genomic patterns linked to speciation
    Hannah C. Justen, Wendy E. Easton, Kira E. Delmore
  66. 2020
    Marine Protected Areas: expanding, but under protected
    Aroha Miller
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  67. 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
  68. 2025
    Migration Ecology of Harris'ds Sparrow in Nebraska: 2025 Update Report
    Stephen J. Brenner, Joel G. Jorgensen
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  69. 2024
    Migration Ecology of Harris’s Sparrow in Nebraska: 2024 Report
    Stephen J. Brenner, Joel G. Jorgensen
  70. 2022-02-03
    Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebird
    John A. Herbert, David Mizrahi, Caz M. Taylor
  71. 2022-09-26
    Migratory behavior and connectivity revealed in a secretive Neotropical migratory songbird, the Swainson’s Warbler
    Alicia Brunner, Bryant Dossman, Vitek Jirinec, Katie Percy, Christopher Tonra, Erik Johnson, Peter Marra
  72. 2022-10-28
    Migratory behavior of Ontario-breeding Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) revealed by the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
    Lisa C. Horn, Heidi E.J. van Vliet, D. Ryan Norris, Bridget J.M. Stutchbury
  73. 2023-08-19
    Migratory behaviour of eastern whip-poor-wills (Antrostomus vociferus): quantifying return rates and the effects of artificial light on flight paths
    Stephanie Thompson
  74. 2024-10-01
    Migratory behaviour of Ipswich Sparrows during spring
    Sydney Bliss, Marty Leonard, Zoe Crysler, Phil Taylor
  75. 2022-10-13
    Migratory birds with delayed spring departure migrate faster but pay the costs
    Bryant C. Dossman, Amanda D. Rodewald, Colin E. Studds, Peter P. Marra
  76. 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
  77. 2022-08-08
    Migratory connectivity and timing for an at-risk Canadian landbird, Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus), from two geographically distant breeding areas
    Alicia M. Korpach, Christina M. Davy, Alex Mills, Kevin C. Fraser
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. 2023-05-31
    Mobile-BAT—A Novel Ultra-Low Power Wildlife Tracking System
    Stefan Erhardt, Martin Koch, Andreas Kiefer, Michael Veith, Robert Weigel, Alexander Koelpin
    Sensors
  81. 2017-09
    Modelling Bird Migration with Motus Data and Bayesian State-Space Models
    Justin Baldwin
  82. 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
  83. 2024-07
    Motus as a Tool for Offshore Wind Assessment and Monitoring: a Knowledge Review
    Kianna Leung, Erica A. Geldart
  84. 2023-10-19
    Moult migrant Tennessee Warblers undergo extensive stopover in peri-urban forests of southern Quebec
    Vanessa Poirier, Barbara Frei, Mathilde Lefvert, Ana Morales, Kyle Hamish Elliott
  85. 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
    Industrial development Site importance Conservation Science and Practice
  86. 2024
    Movement and Population Dynamics of Great Lakes Mallards
    Benjamin Luukkonen
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  87. 2025-08
    Movement Ecology of Migratory Birds Using Motus Technology
    Kaitlyn Young
  88. 2018
    Movement patterns of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and Semipalmated Plovers (Charadrius semipalmatus) within eastern New Brunswick
    Erica A. Geldart
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  89. 2021
    Movements and Habitat Relationships of Virginia Rails and Soras within Impounded Coastal Wetlands of Northwest Ohio
    Nicole M. Hengst
  90. 2025-07-03
    Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks
    Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel
  91. 2023
    Moving the goalposts: migratory birds in a changing world
    Claire E. Nemes
  92. 2026-03-11
    Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic–Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
    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
    Ornithological Applications
  93. 2025
    Multi-sensor Arrays Provide Complementary Information on Bat Presence and Activity in the Offshore Environment
    Eran Amichai, Gregory M. Forcey, Michelle Vukovich, Julia R. Willmott
    Journal of North American Bat Research
  94. 2018
    Multiscale Movements of a Threatened Population of Black-crowned Night-Herons in Lake Erie, Ohio Using Satellite and Automated Telemetry
    Laura J. Kearns
  95. 2025-02-17
    Multispecies migratory connectivity indicates hemispheric-scale risk to bird populations from global change
    Sarah P. Saunders, William V. DeLuca, Brooke L. Bateman, Jill L. Deppe, Joanna Grand, Erika J. Knight, Timothy D. Meehan, Nicole L. Michel, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Melanie A. Smith, Lotem Taylor, Chad J. Witko, Chad B. Wilsey
    Nature Ecology & Evolution
  96. 2023-10-13
    Natal forest fragment size does not predict fledgling, pre-migration or apparent annual survival in Wood Thrushes
    Sue M Hayes, Brendan P Boyd, Alexandra M Israel, Bridget J M Stutchbury
  97. 2023-03
    Nestling diet, quality, and post-fledging survival: Comparing two species of aerial insectivores in a gradient of agricultural intensity in Saskatchewan, Canada
    Ana Maria Diaz Bohorquez
  98. 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
    Industrial development Journal of Physics: Conference Series
  99. 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
  100. 2020-01-23
    Niche segregation among three sympatric species of swallows in southern Ontario
    Kaelyn H. Bumelis

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