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Publications Library

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

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Attribution Guidelines

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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2023-07-14
Breeding season forest fragment size does not create negative carry-over for adult Wood Thrushes on fall migration timing or apparent annual survival

Brendan P Boyd, Sue Hayes, Alexandra M Israel, Bridget J M Stutchbury

Carry-over effects Departure decisions Migratory physiology Reproductive success Survival Ornithological Applications
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
2021
Movements and Habitat Relationships of Virginia Rails and Soras within Impounded Coastal Wetlands of Northwest Ohio

Nicole M. Hengst

Departure decisions Home range and territory Individual path choice Reproductive success Residence time Site importance -
2021
Linking events across the annual cycle, in a Neotropical migratory songbird of conservation concern, the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)

Elizabeth Ames

Body condition Displacement Migratory phenology Regional persistance Reproductive success Site importance Survival -
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
2018-06-01
Radio transmitters did not affect daily nest and chick survival of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Michael Stantial, Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Darrah, Kate Laquinto, Pam Loring, Peter Paton

Reproductive success Survival The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Attribution Formatting

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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