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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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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

Industrial development Ornithological Applications
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

Ecological barrier Flight altitude Flight orientation Flight speed Weather Movement Ecology
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
2024-10-08
Examining Environmental and Life History Correlates of Winter and Migratory Movements in a Nomadic Arctic-Breeding Passerine

Samuelle Simard-Provençal

Departure decisions Weather -
2024-05
USDA Wildlife Services managements efforts at the Grand Forks Wastewater Treatment Plant

Dorothy Celeste Daulton

Industrial development Survival -
2024-04-23
Ecological drivers of songbird stopover behaviour during migration in eastern New Brunswick

Andrew T. Beauchamp

Activity patterns Departure decisions Displacement Flight orientation Migratory physiology Stopover duration Weather -
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

Departure decisions Disease Weather Ecology and Evolution
2024-01-01
Peri-urban forest margins are important stopover sites for moult-migrating songbirds

Vanessa Poirier, Kyle H. Elliott, Barbara Frei

Home range and territory Site importance Stopover duration Urban landscapes Journal for Nature Conservation
2024
Understanding the spring migration ecology of sora and virginia rail in central illinois: a study utilizing automated telemetry

Chad A. Cremer

Activity patterns Departure decisions Site importance Stopover duration Weather -
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

Departure decisions Migratory phenology Site importance Stopover duration Urban landscapes Canadian Journal of Zoology
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 -
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

Flight speed Individual path choice Site importance Stopover duration Weather Scientific Reports
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

Departure decisions Ecological barrier Stopover duration Weather Ecology and Evolution
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

Biodiversity management Individual path choice Reproductive success Biological Conservation
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
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

Departure decisions Individual path choice Migratory phenology Weather Movement Ecology
2023-04-21
Age and Sex Differences in Stopover Behaviours and Flight Performance in Black-throated Blue Warblers

Patricia Rokitnicki

Departure decisions Flight speed Individual path choice Migration range Stopover duration Weather -
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

Departure decisions Individual path choice Landing decisions Stopover duration Weather Royal Society Open Science
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

Urban landscapes -
2023
Moving the goalposts: migratory birds in a changing world

Claire E. Nemes

Activity patterns Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory speed Urban landscapes -
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

Migratory speed Site importance Stopover duration Weather Journal of Field Ornithology
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
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

Body condition Departure decisions Disease Flight distance Individual path choice Migratory physiology Stopover duration Functional Ecology
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

Departure decisions Regional persistance Site importance Stopover duration Weather Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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 -

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