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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2020-04-14
    Wood thrush migratory connectivity using Motus tracking stations
    David Aborn
  2. 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
  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. 2024-05
    USDA Wildlife Services managements efforts at the Grand Forks Wastewater Treatment Plant
    Dorothy Celeste Daulton
  5. 2022-11
    US Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER) Project
    Rebecca Green, Mark Severy, Cris Hein, Hayley Farr, Frank Oteri
  6. 2024
    Understanding the spring migration ecology of sora and virginia rail in central illinois: a study utilizing automated telemetry
    Chad A. Cremer
  7. 2021-10-13
    Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn
    Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 2018-02
    Tracking Migratory Bird Movements in the Gulf of Maine with Automated Radio Telemetry and Stable Hydrogen Isotope Markers
    Jennifer Smetzer
  11. 2019-09-03
    Tracking landscape-scale movements of Snow Buntings and weather-driven changes in flock composition during the temperate winter
    Emily Anne McKinnon, Marie-Pier Laplante, Oliver Love, Kevin C. Fraser, Stuart Mackenzie, François Vézina
    Activity patterns Site importance Weather Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  12. 2025-05
    Tracking Fall Migration with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System: The Fate of Window-struck and Captive-raised Passerines
    Cailin O'Connor
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 2023-01-03
    The Big Picture and Future Directions for Urban Bat Conservation and Research
    Krista J. Patriquin, Lauren Moretto, M. Brock Fenton, Lauren Moretto, Joanna L. Coleman, Christina M. Davy, M. Brock Fenton, Carmi Korine, Krista J. Patriquin
  18. 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
  19. 2019-11-17
    Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario
    Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands
  20. 2017-01
    Stopover movement patterns by Blackpoll and Canada Warblers across southeastern Canada during fall migration: an automated radio-telemetry study
    Alain Parada Isada
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 2023-07-10
    Spring migration patterns of red knots in the Southeast United States disentangled using automated telemetry
    Adam D. Smith, Felicia J. Sanders, Kara L. Lefevre, Janet M. Thibault, Kevin S. Kalasz, Maina C. Handmaker, Fletcher M. Smith, Tim S. Keyes
  24. 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
  25. 2023
    South Atlantic Bight – a final stop for Ruddy Turnstones migrating to the Arctic
    Felicia Sanders, Adam Smith, Janet Thibault, Deborah Carter, Maina Handmaker, Fletcher Smith
  26. 2021-11-01
    Shade coffee or native forest? Indicators of winter habitat quality for a long-distance migratory bird in the Colombian Andes
    Ana M. González, Nicholas J. Bayly, Scott Wilson, Keith A. Hobson
  27. 2022-04-08
    Reduced diurnal activity and increased stopover duration by molting Swainson’s Thrushes
    Ana Morales, Barbara Frei, Greg W Mitchell, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Kyle H Elliott
  28. 2019-07-26
    Radio-tracking reveals how wind and temperature influence the pace of daytime insect migration
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  29. 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
  30. 2020-05-07
    Potential threats to the conservation of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and a tool for population recovery
    Alana Wilcox
  31. 2024-01-01
    Peri-urban forest margins are important stopover sites for moult-migrating songbirds
    Vanessa Poirier, Kyle H. Elliott, Barbara Frei
  32. 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
  33. 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
    Individual path choice Industrial development Conservation Science and Practice
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 2018
    Multiscale Movements of a Threatened Population of Black-crowned Night-Herons in Lake Erie, Ohio Using Satellite and Automated Telemetry
    Laura J. Kearns
  37. 2023
    Moving the goalposts: migratory birds in a changing world
    Claire E. Nemes
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 2024-07
    Motus as a Tool for Offshore Wind Assessment and Monitoring: a Knowledge Review
    Kianna Leung, Erica A. Geldart
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 2021-09
    Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota
    Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe
  44. 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
  45. 2026
    Leveraging automated radio telemetry to understand avian presence on a military airfield
    Mackenzie R. Prichard, Levin C. Brandt, Susan N. Ellis-Felege
  46. 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
  47. 2024
    Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie
    Zoe Olivia Korpi
  48. 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
  49. 2018-12
    Investigating the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on avian pre-migratory fuelling and migration
    Kristin Bianchini
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 2024-10-08
    Examining Environmental and Life History Correlates of Winter and Migratory Movements in a Nomadic Arctic-Breeding Passerine
    Samuelle Simard-Provençal
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 2022-01-25
    Effects of Experimental Malaria Infection On Migration of Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata)
    Rebecca Howe
  57. 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
  58. 2024-04-23
    Ecological drivers of songbird stopover behaviour during migration in eastern New Brunswick
    Andrew T. Beauchamp
  59. 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
  60. 2022-09-23
    Do departure and flight route decisions correlate with immune parameters in migratory songbirds?
    Vera Brust, Cas Eikenaar, Florian Packmor, Heiko Schmaljohann, Ommo Hüppop, Gábor Á. Czirják
  61. 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
  62. 2026-02-07
    Directional variation and method-specific detection patterns in offshore bat migration: implications for wind farm mitigation
    Sander Lagerveld, Pepijn De Vries, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Jane Harris, Bart C.A. Noort, Steve C.V. Geelhoed, Frank van Langevelde, Fiona Mathews, Martin J.M. Poot, Julia Karagicheva
  63. 2024-02-22
    Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: Weather variables reign supreme
    Allison J. Byrd, Katherine M. Talbott, Tara M. Smiley, Taylor B. Verrett, Michael S. Gross, Michelle L. Hladik, Ellen D. Ketterson, Daniel J. Becker
  64. 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
  65. 2024-04-29
    Data Fusion and Visualization Approaches to Achieving a Common Operating Picture During Offshore Wind Construction and Operation Works
    Daniel Doolittle, Ross Eaton, Marna Parslow, Paul Donlan, Craig Jones
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 2023-07-01
    Breeding season management is unlikely to improve population viability of a data-deficient migratory species in decline
    Kayla L. Davis, Sarah P. Saunders, Stephanie Beilke, Erin Rowan Ford, Jennifer Fuller, Ava Landgraf, Elise F. Zipkin
  70. 2017-11-15
    Body condition explains migratory performance of a long-distance migrant
    Sjoerd Duijns, Lawrence J. Niles, Amanda Dey, Yves Aubry, Christian Friis, Stephanie Koch, Alexandra M. Anderson, Paul A. Smith
  71. 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
  72. 2018-04-25
    Automated telemetry reveals staging behavior in a declining migratory passerine
    James R. Wright, Luke L. Powell, Christopher M. Tonra
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 2018-10-26
    Assessment of Shorebird Migratory Fueling Physiology and Departure Timing in Relation to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination in the Gulf of Mexico
    Kristin Bianchini, Christy A. Morrissey
  76. 2023
    Are offshore wind farms in the Netherlands a potential threat for coastal populations of noctule?
    Sander Lagerveld, Kees Mostert
  77. 2023-04-21
    Age and Sex Differences in Stopover Behaviours and Flight Performance in Black-throated Blue Warblers
    Patricia Rokitnicki
  78. 2019-09-13
    A neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds
    Margaret L. Eng, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Christy A. Morrissey
  79. 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

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