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  1. 2024-06
    Why do juvenile Wood Thrushes make long-distance pre-migratory movements across a fragmented landscape?
    Sue Hayes, Brendan Boyd, Bridget Stutchbury
  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. 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
  4. 2022-01-20
    Using automated telemetry to identify population connectivity and migration phenology of Snowy Plovers breeding in the Southern Great Plains
    Kristen M. Heath-Acre, Clint W. Boal, Daniel P. Collins, Warren C. Conway, William P. Johnson
  5. 2020-04-15
    Using Automated Radio-Telemetry to Assess Spring Migratory Ecology and Survival of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)
    Sydney Bliss
  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. 2016-10-17
    Towards a conceptual framework for explaining variation in nocturnal departure time of songbird migrants
    Florian Müller, Philip D. Taylor, Sissel Sjöberg, Rachel Muheim, Arseny Tsvey, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Heiko Schmaljohann
    Departure decisions Movement Ecology
  12. 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
  13. 2026-03
    Three decades of western sandpiper stopover dynamics during northward migration on the Pacific Coast of North America, 1992–2022
    Nils Warnock, Scott A. Flemming, Sydney E. Bliss, Mary Anne Bishop, John Y. Takekawa, Brett K. Sandercock, Sarah E. Warnock, Mark C. Drever
    Stopover duration Journal of Avian Biology
  14. 2020-04-01
    There's no place like home: tropical overwintering sites may have a fundamental role in shaping migratory strategies
    Nicholas J. Bayly, D. Ryan Norris, Philip D. Taylor, Keith A. Hobson, Andrea Morales-Rozo
  15. 2020-05
    Theoretical and empirical investigation of the influence of heterothermy on bat migration ecology
    Jeffrey Clerc
  16. 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
  17. 2024-08
    The role of prealternate moult in nonbreeding period carry-over effects in neotropical migratory songbirds
    Shae Turner
  18. 2018-10-05
    The post-fledging survival and movements of juvenile Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): an automated telemetry approach
    Dean R. Evans
  19. 2023-07-18
    The influence of natural and artificial light on the migratory patterns of an obligate nocturnal bird
    Alicia M. Korpach
  20. 2025
    The influence of migratory routes, breeding, and wintering grounds on cultural shifts in song of White-throated Sparrows ( Zonotrichia albicollis )
    Joel Khoo, Amelia MacDonald, Ingebjorg Jean Hansen, Cody Cox, Scott Ramsay, Ken Otter
  21. 2020-02-07
    The fall migratory movements of Bank Swallows, Riparia riparia: fly-and-forage migration?
    Tara Imlay, Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor
  22. 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
  23. 2017-02-27
    The Effects of Sex, Energy, and Environmental Conditions on the Movement Ecology of Migratory Bats
    Kristin A. Jonasson
  24. 2022-01-01
    The Contrasting Physiological Mechanisms of Two Distinct Migratory Strategies
    Joely DeSimone
  25. 2017-11-20
    Testing traditional assumptions about regional migration in bats
    Jennifer J. Krauel, Liam P. McGuire, Justin G. Boyles
  26. 2021-08
    Survival, Effects of Habitat Change, and Migratory Tactics of Nearctic-Neotropical Migratory Shorebirds
    John A Herbert
  27. 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
  28. 2019-11-17
    Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario
    Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 2017-01
    Stopover movement patterns by Blackpoll and Canada Warblers across southeastern Canada during fall migration: an automated radio-telemetry study
    Alain Parada Isada
  32. 2026-08-05
    Stopover dynamics of boreal breeding songbirds at a northern stopover site
    Barbara Frei, Ana C. Morales, Marcel A. Gahbauer, Kyle H. Elliott
  33. 2025-09-22
    Stopover departure decisions in spring: pre-Saharan migrants stay longer and are more selective for favourable wind than trans-Saharan migrants
    Thomas Klinner, Thiemo Karwinkel, Florian Packmor, Heiko Schmaljohann
  34. 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
  35. 2026-05-01
    Stopover departure decisions and movement patterns of migratory bats during autumn migration
    Sander Lagerveld, Julia Karagicheva, Pepijn De Vries, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Karina Stienstra, Bart C.A. Noort, Martin J.M. Poot, Thiemo Karwinkel, Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Fiona Mathews, Heiko Schmaljohann, Frank Van Langevelde
  36. 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
  37. 2023-11-16
    Springing forward: Migrating songbirds catch up with the start of spring in North America
    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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 2024-05-03
    Spatial and Demographic Variations in Apparent Annual Survival of Golden-Winged Warblers: a Range-Wide Investigation
    Emily Filiberti
  42. 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
  43. 2023-05-01
    Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk
    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
  44. 2015-12-07
    Shorebird use of western Hudson Bay near the Nelson River during migration, with a focus on Red Knot.
    Ann E. McKellar, R. Kenyon Ross, R.I.Guy Morrison, Lawrence J. Niles, Ronald R. Porter, Joanna Burger, David J. Newstead, Amanda D. Dey, Paul A. Smith
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 2023-10-19
    Rangewide migratory connectivity and migration ecology in Swainson's Warblers (Limnothlypis swainsonii) derived from multisensor geolocators
    Garrett Rhyne
  49. 2018-05-09
    Prolonged stopover and consequences of migratory strategy on local-scale movements within a regional songbird staging area
    Jennifer Smetzer, David King
  50. 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
  51. 2024-03-16
    Pre-migration behaviour and survival of juvenile Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) in a fragmented forest landscape
    Susan Mary Hayes
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 2023-05-24
    Post-breeding survival of adult and hatch-year Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) in the Great Lakes region: a radio telemetry study
    Christian M.M Buchanan-Fraser
  55. 2018-05-14
    Post-breeding movements of Swainson’s Thrush in Southern Nova Scotia
    Lucas Berrigan
  56. 2023
    Post-breeding ecology in the Prothonotary Warbler: Evaluating trade-offs between breeding, molt, and migration phenology
    Brian Robert Tsuru
  57. 2026-06-29
    Phalarope Migration and Foraging Activity in South San Francisco Bay in 2025
    Nathan D. Van Schmidt, Amy Parsons
  58. 2024-01-01
    Peri-urban forest margins are important stopover sites for moult-migrating songbirds
    Vanessa Poirier, Kyle H. Elliott, Barbara Frei
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 2024-11-04
    Non-breeding conditions induce carry-over effects on survival of migratory birds
    Nathan W. Cooper, Scott W. Yanco, Clark S. Rushing, T. Scott Sillett, Peter P. Marra
  63. 2018-03-05
    Nocturnal departure timing in songbirds facing distinct migratory challenges
    Florian Müller, Cas Eikenaar, Zoe J. Crysler, Philip D. Taylor, Heiko Schmaljohann
  64. 2022-02-16
    No apparent effect of a magnetic pulse on free-flight behaviour in northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) at a stopover site
    Thiemo Karwinkel, Michael Winklhofer, Paula Christoph, Dario Allenstein, Ommo Hüppop, Vera Brust, Franz Bairlein, Heiko Schmaljohann
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 2023
    Moving the goalposts: migratory birds in a changing world
    Claire E. Nemes
  69. 2025-07-03
    Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks
    Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel
  70. 2021
    Movements and Habitat Relationships of Virginia Rails and Soras within Impounded Coastal Wetlands of Northwest Ohio
    Nicole M. Hengst
  71. 2025-08
    Movement Ecology of Migratory Birds Using Motus Technology
    Kaitlyn Young
  72. 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
  73. 2017-09
    Modelling Bird Migration with Motus Data and Bayesian State-Space Models
    Justin Baldwin
  74. 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
  75. 2025-10-01
    Migratory routing and departure decisions of Porzana carolina (Sora): New insights from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
    Meredith A Lewis, Alex G Pellegrini, David F Brinker, Gregory D Kearns
  76. 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
  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. 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
  79. 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
  80. 2024-10-01
    Migratory behaviour of Ipswich Sparrows during spring
    Sydney Bliss, Marty Leonard, Zoe Crysler, Phil Taylor
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. 2022-02-03
    Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebird
    John A. Herbert, David Mizrahi, Caz M. Taylor
  84. 2024
    Migration Ecology of Harris’s Sparrow in Nebraska: 2024 Report
    Stephen J. Brenner, Joel G. Jorgensen
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. 2021-09
    Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota
    Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. 2021
    Linking events across the annual cycle, in a Neotropical migratory songbird of conservation concern, the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
    Elizabeth Ames
  91. 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
  92. 2024-09
    Length of Stay and Habitat Use of Shorebirds at Two Migratory Stopover Sites in British Columbia, Canada
    Anne L. Blondin
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. 2024
    Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie
    Zoe Olivia Korpi
  96. 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
  97. 2018-12
    Investigating the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on avian pre-migratory fuelling and migration
    Kristin Bianchini
  98. 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
  99. 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
  100. 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

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