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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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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

Activity patterns Departure decisions Displacement Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Stopover duration Journal of Animal Ecology
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 Home range and territory Migratory phenology Site importance Stopover duration Urban landscapes Canadian Journal of Zoology
2018-10-05
The post-fledging survival and movements of juvenile Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): an automated telemetry approach

Dean R. Evans

Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Migratory phenology Post-fledging latency Survival -
2015-12-01
Adult and hatch-year blackpoll warblers exhibit radically different regional-scale movements during post-fledging dispersal

J. Morgan Brown, Philip D. Taylor

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Flight distance Individual path choice Migratory phenology Biology Letters
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

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Flight speed Migratory connectivity Migratory phenology Site importance Journal of Field Ornithology
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 Reproductive success Site importance Survival -
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

Flight distance Flight speed Individual path choice Migratory phenology Stopover duration Journal of Field Ornithology
2015-03-03
Breeding ground dispersal and fall migratory movements of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Zoe Crysler

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Migratory phenology Stopover duration -
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

Departure decisions Flight distance Flight orientation Flight speed Migratory phenology Weather Movement Ecology
2016-11-23
Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study

Dmitry Kishkinev, Dominik Heyers, Bradley K. Woodworth, Greg W. Mitchell, Keith A. Hobson, D. Ryan Norris

Flight navigation Flight orientation Migratory phenology Scientific Reports
2016-01-21
Differential fall migratory routes of adult and juvenile Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Zoe J. Crysler, Robert A. Ronconi, Philip D. Taylor

Flight orientation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Movement Ecology
2017-01-05
Evaluation of sex differences in the stopover behavior and postdeparture movements of wood-warblers

Yolanda E. Morbey, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Philip D. Taylor, Ivan Maggini, Jessica Deakin, Stuart A. Mackenzie, J. Morgan Brown, Lin Zhao, David Stephens

Activity patterns Flight speed Individual path choice Migratory phenology Stopover duration Behavioral Ecology
2017-01-11
Corticosterone and timing of migratory departure in a songbird

Cas Eikenaar, Florian Müller, Clara Leutgeb, Sven Hessler, Konstantin Lebus, Philip D. Taylor, Heiko Schmaljohann

Departure decisions Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Proc. R. Soc. B
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

Biodiversity management Carry-over effects Departure decisions Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Weather Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-09
Modelling Bird Migration with Motus Data and Bayesian State-Space Models

Justin Baldwin

Local movement Individual path choice Migratory phenology -
2017-08
Behavioural Mechanisms of Protandrous Spring Migration in a Nearctic-Neotropical Songbird

Jessica E. Deakin

Departure decisions Migratory phenology Stopover duration -
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

Flight orientation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Movement Ecology
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

Departure decisions Flight orientation Migratory phenology Journal of Avian Biology
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
2018-10-24
Bayesian state-space models reveal unobserved off-shore nocturnal migration from Motus data

Justin W. Baldwin, Katie Leap, John T. Finn, Jennifer R. Smetzer

Individual path choice Migratory phenology Ecological Modelling
2019-08-19
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

Biodiversity management Flight orientation Flight speed Migratory phenology Ibis
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

Migration strategy Displacement Flight orientation Individual path choice Migration range Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Migratory speed Site fidelity Animal Behaviour
2020-04-15
Using Automated Radio-Telemetry to Assess Spring Migratory Ecology and Survival of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Sydney Bliss

Ecological barrier Flight orientation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Site importance Survival -
2020-08-25
Are movements of daytime and nighttime passerine migrants as different as day and night?

Bianca Michalik, Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop

Migration strategy Departure decisions Migratory phenology Stopover duration Ecology and Evolution
2020-05-20
Diurnal and crepuscular activity during fall migration for four species of aerial foragers

Tara L. Imlay, Philip D. Taylor

Migratory phenology The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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[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].

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Motus Wildlife Tracking System. [Year]. Birds Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario. Available: https://motus.org. Accessed: [Date].

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Birds Canada (2024). motus: Fetch and use data from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. https://motusWTS.github.io/motus/.

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