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Publications Library

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

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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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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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2018-04-25
Automated telemetry reveals staging behavior in a declining migratory passerine

James R. Wright, Luke L. Powell, Christopher M. Tonra

Migration strategy Flight distance Flight speed Migratory phenology Site fidelity Stopover duration The Auk
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

Departure decisions Ecological barrier Flight orientation Site importance Survival Journal of Avian Biology
2014-12-03
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

Departure decisions Ecological barrier Flight orientation Individual path choice Stopover duration Weather Ibis
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

Biodiversity management Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2024-11-26
Conservation implications of habitat selection by nesting diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) investigated via an automated radio telemetry system

Brian A. Williamson, Amanda L. Lyons, Lisa M. Ferguson

Home range and territory Animal Biotelemetry
2024-03-01
Early parental nest initiation carries over to the departure date and quality of fledglings from the breeding grounds in the Purple Martin

H. M. Williams, E. E. DeLeon, R. L. DeLeon

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Home range and territory Post-fledging latency Journal of Ornithology
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
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 -
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

Departure decisions Flight speed Migratory connectivity Migratory phenology Site importance Stopover duration Ornithological Applications
2024
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

Departure decisions Flight speed Migratory connectivity Migratory phenology Site importance Stopover duration Ornithological Applications
2018-05-16
Radio-tagged fledgling Savannah Sparrows Passerculus sandwichensis at risk of entanglement in vegetation

Heidi E. J. Van Vliet, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury

Survival Ibis
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
2024-07-27
A location fingerprinting approach for the automated radio telemetry of wildlife and comparison to alternative methods

John M. van Osta, Brad Dreis, Laura F. Grogan, J. Guy Castley

Animal Biotelemetry
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

Disease Migratory physiology Stopover duration Weather Journal of Avian Biology
August 2024
The role of prealternate moult in nonbreeding period carry-over effects in neotropical migratory songbirds

Shae Turner

Carry-over effects Migratory phenology Site importance -
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

Activity patterns Colony attendance Flight speed Weather -
2023
Post-breeding ecology in the Prothonotary Warbler: Evaluating trade-offs between breeding, molt, and migration phenology

Brian Robert Tsuru

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Carry-over effects Departure decisions Migratory phenology -
2023
British Islands Bats

Bat Conservation Trust

Activity patterns Ecological barrier Flight speed Individual path choice -
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

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Departure decisions Ecological barrier Individual path choice Weather Movement Ecology
2017-03-31
A Low-Cost Technique for Radio-Tracking Wildlife Using a Small Standard Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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

Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
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
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

Site fidelity Urban landscapes -
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

Activity patterns Flight distance Individual path choice PloS one

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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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