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

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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

Carry-over effects Survival Current Biology
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

Departure decisions Ecological barrier Stopover duration Weather Behavioral Ecology
2024-06
Why do juvenile Wood Thrushes make long-distance pre-migratory movements across a fragmented landscape?

Sue Hayes, Brendan Boyd, Bridget Stutchbury

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Ecological barrier Post-fledging latency Site fidelity Survival Journal of Field Ornithology
2024-07
Motus as a Tool for Offshore Wind Assessment and Monitoring: a Knowledge Review

Kianna Leung, Erica A. Geldart

Industrial development -
2024-04
Reduced hybrid survival in a migratory divide between songbirds

Stephanie A. Blain, Hannah C. Justen, Wendy Easton, Kira E. Delmore

Survival Ecology Letters
2024-05
Coastal and offshore movements of Nathusius' pipistrelle during autumn migration

Sander Lagerveld, Pepijn de Vries, Bart Noort, Karina Stienstra, Cor Sonneveld, Tamara Vallina, Martijn Keur, Josien Steenbergen

Ecological barrier Individual path choice Industrial development -
2024-08
The role of prealternate moult in nonbreeding period carry-over effects in neotropical migratory songbirds

Shae Turner

Carry-over effects Migratory phenology Site importance -
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
2017-06-13
Fuel loads acquired at a stopover site influence the pace of intercontinental migration in a boreal songbird

Camila Gómez, Nicholas J. Bayly, D. Ryan Norris, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Philip D. Taylor, Keith A. Hobson, Carlos Daniel Cadena

Migratory physiology Migratory speed Stopover duration Scientific Reports
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

Biodiversity management Flight orientation Flight speed Industrial development Migratory phenology Ibis
2022-10-17
Depleted lean body mass after crossing an ecological barrier differentially affects stopover duration and refueling rate among species of long-distance migratory birds

Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez, Michael S. Griego, Joely G. DeSimone, Cory R. Elowe, Alexander R. Gerson

Ecological barrier Migratory physiology Stopover duration Functional Ecology
2020
Individual condition, but not fledging phenology, carries over to affect post-fledging survival in a Neotropical migratory songbird

Dean R. Evans, Keith A. Hobson, Jackson W. Kusack, Michael D. Cadman, C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell

Biodiversity management Survival Ibis
2024-05
Considerations for radio-transmitter specifications on songbirds: color and antenna length matter too

Todd Jones, Nathan Cooper, Haley Haradon, Alicia Brunner, Bryant Dossman, Michael Ward, T. Scott Sillett, Sara Kaiser

Journal of Field Ornithology
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

Individual path choice Migratory physiology Site importance Stopover duration Ecology and Evolution
2023-06-21
Avian monitoring results for two years of study at a newly recognized spring migration concentration point in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California

Tania Romero, Lauren Hill, Jayde Blair, Walter Sakai, C. John Ralph

North American Bird Bander
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
2025-10-15
Rings and Pings: Band Encounters and Motus Elucidate the Overwintering Locations and Movements of Sharp-shinned Hawks in Western North America

Teresa E. Ely, Ryan P. Bourbour, Benjamin M. Dudek, Allen M. Fish, Angus C. Hull, Breanna L. Martinico, Shannon M. Skalos, Levi E. Souza, Christopher W. Briggs

Home range and territory The Journal of Raptor Research
2020-02-07
The fall migratory movements of Bank Swallows, Riparia riparia: fly-and-forage migration?

Tara Imlay, Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor

Migration strategy Flight orientation Flight speed Individual path choice Migratory speed Avian Conservation and Ecology
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
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

Migration strategy Body condition Carry-over effects Departure decisions Flight speed Individual path choice Migration range Migratory physiology Stopover duration Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2019-09-13
A neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds

Margaret L. Eng, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Christy A. Morrissey

Agricultural intensification Contaminants Departure decisions Migratory physiology Stopover duration Science
2022-11-25
Body mass and triglycerides predict departure of free-living nomadic pine siskins

Joely G. DeSimone, Beverly S. Domschot, Megan A. Fylling, William M. Blake, Creagh W. Breuner

Body condition Departure decisions Migratory physiology Functional Ecology
2019-12-29
Biological and environmental factors related to communal roosting behavior of breeding Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor, Tara Imlay, Marty Leonard

Colony attendance Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
2021
Diurnal and nocturnal habitat preference of Eastern Whip-poor-wills (Antrostomus vociferous) in the northern portion of their breeding range

Elora R. M. Grahame, Kayla D. Martin, Elizabeth A. Gow, D. Ryan Norris

Biodiversity management Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
2022-05-01
Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird

Sara Lupi, Yolanda E. Morbey, Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton, Hiroyuki Kaiya, Leonida Fusani, Christopher G. Guglielmo

Departure decisions Migratory physiology Stopover duration Hormones and Behavior
2021-10-16
Drought at a coastal wetland affects refuelling and migration strategies of shorebirds

Alexandra M. Anderson, Christian Friis, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Christopher M. Harris, Oliver P. Love, R. I. Guy Morrison, Sean W. J. Prosser, Erica Nol, Paul A. Smith

Stopover duration Weather Oecologia
2022-03-25
Movement and habitat use of non-breeding Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) at the Banco dos Cajuais in Northeast Brazil

Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie Paquet, J. Onofre N. Monteiro, Gabriela P. Ramires, Jason A. Mobley

Biodiversity management Industrial development Site importance Conservation Science and Practice
2016-06
Prevalence of Disjunct Roosting in Nesting Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia)

C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas C. Tozer

Colony attendance Flight distance Flight speed The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2021-03-20
Roost sites of chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) form large-scale spatial networks

Courtney E. le Roux, Joseph J. Nocera

Social network Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Colony attendance Site importance Ecology and Evolution
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

Departure decisions Flight orientation Stopover duration Movement Ecology
2025
Habitat use and local movement of staging Lesser Yellowlegs ( Tringa flavipes ) differ between coastal and inland habitat in Atlantic Canada

Kathryn Danyk, Devin De Zwaan, Julie Paquet, Diana Hamilton

Site importance Stopover duration Journal of Field Ornithology
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
2020-05-21
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) fledglings use crop habitat more frequently in relation to its availability than pasture and other habitat types

Chloe K. Boynton, Nancy A. Mahony, Tony D. Williams

Agricultural intensification Biodiversity management Post-fledging latency Site importance Survival The Condor
2016-03-24
Animal migration: Dispersion explains declines

Richard A. Fuller

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Nature
2025
Automated telemetry reveals migratory movements and stopover timing of an endangered saltmarsh passerine

Bri Benvenuti, Adam Smith, Chris Elphick, Nick Ernst, Adrienne Kovach, Kathleen O'Brien, Nancy Pau

Departure decisions Flight speed Individual path choice Stopover duration Avian Conservation and Ecology
2020-02-13
Comparing fall migration of three Catharus species using a radio-telemetry network

Camille Bégin-Marchand, André Desrochers, Junior A. Tremblay, Pascal Côté

Individual path choice Migratory speed Animal Migration
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 Migratory phenology Weather Movement Ecology
2016-08
Cooperative automated radio telemetry: the Motus Widllife Tracking System in Ontario

Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Ontario Birds
2024-12
Evaluation of automated radio telemetry technologies for ground-dwelling species

Aubrey Ray Power Sullivan

Home range and territory -
2025
In the clear: weather drives the northward movement of American Tree Sparrows ( Spizelloides arborea ) as spring progresses

Yolanda Morbey, Kevin Hannah, Jeffrey Costa, Jackson Kusack, Stuart Mackenzie

Migratory phenology Journal of Field Ornithology
2025-05
Tracking Fall Migration with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System: The Fate of Window-struck and Captive-raised Passerines

Cailin O'Connor

Biodiversity management Survival Urban landscapes -
2025-05
Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon

Cameron Piper

Home range and territory Migration range Site importance -
2025-07-03
Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks

Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel

Individual path choice -
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 Migratory connectivity 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 Industrial development Weather Movement Ecology
2024
User documentation for the Stochastic Collision Risk Assessment for Movement (SCRAM 2)

A Gilbert, E. M. Adams, H. F. Goyert, J Gulka, P. H. Loring, J. E. F. Stepanuk, K. A. Williams

Industrial development -
2024
First Visual Record of a Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) over the Open Ocean

William L. Kennerley, Lisa T. Ballance, Rachael A. Orben, Leigh G. Torres, Donald I. Solick

Ecological barrier Industrial development Journal of North American Bat Research Notes
2024
Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie

Zoe Olivia Korpi

Ecological barrier Flight orientation Industrial development -
2023
Are offshore wind farms in the Netherlands a potential threat for coastal populations of noctule?

Sander Lagerveld, Kees Mostert

Activity patterns Individual path choice Industrial development Lutra
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 Industrial development Stopover duration Weather Ecology and Evolution

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