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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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2011-08-01
Passerines use Nocturnal Flights for Landscape-Scale Movements during Migration Stopover

Alexander M. Mills, Bethany G. Thurber, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Departure decisions Home range and territory Stopover duration The Condor
2011-09-28
Migratory stopover in the long-distance migrant silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans

Liam P. McGuire, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Migration strategy Activity patterns Departure decisions Departure preparation Stopover duration Journal of Animal Ecology
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 Home range and territory Individual path choice PloS one
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
2014-12-31
Bats on a Budget: Torpor-Assisted Migration Saves Time and Energy

Liam P. McGuire, Kristin A. Jonasson, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Paul A. Bartell

Activity patterns Migratory physiology PLoS ONE
2015
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
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
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
2015-12-07
Shorebird use of western Hudson Bay near the Nelson River during migration, with a focus on Red Knot.

Ann E. McKellar, R. Kenyon Ross, R.I.Guy Morrison, Lawrence J. Niles, Ronald R. Porter, Joanna Burger, David J. Newstead, Amanda D. Dey, Paul A. Smith

Biodiversity management Migratory connectivity Site importance Stopover duration Wade Study
2016
Atlantic Flyway Review: Region III (Western Ridge) Fall 2015- The Arboretum at Penn State

Nick T. Kerlin

North American Bird Bander
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
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
2016-03-24
Animal migration: Dispersion explains declines

Richard A. Fuller

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Nature
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
2016-08
Cooperative automated radio telemetry: the Motus Widllife Tracking System in Ontario

Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Ontario Birds
2016-10-8
A field test of the effects of body composition analysis by quantitative magnetic resonance on songbird stopover behaviour

Lisa V. Kennedy, Yolanda E. Morbey, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor, Christopher G. Guglielmo

Flight orientation Stopover duration Journal of 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
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
2017
The Motus Wildlife Tracking System: a collaborative research network to enhance the understanding of wildlife movement

Philip D. Taylor, Tara L. Crewe, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Denis Lepage, Yves Aubry, Zoe Crysler, George Finney, Charles M. Francis, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Diana J. Hamilton, Rebecca L. Holberton, Pamela H. Loring, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris, Julie Paquet, Robert A. Ronconi, Jennifer R. Smetzer, Paul A. Smith, Linda J. Welch, Bradley K. Woodworth

Avian Conservation and Ecology
2017-01
Stopover movement patterns by Blackpoll and Canada Warblers across southeastern Canada during fall migration: an automated radio-telemetry study

Alain Parada Isada

Departure decisions Stopover duration Weather -
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
2017-02-01
Comparing Satellite and Digital Radio Telemetry to Estimate Space and Habitat Use of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in Massachusetts, USA

Pamela H. Loring, Curtice R. Griffin, Paul R. Sievert, Caleb S. Spiegel

Biodiversity management Home range and territory Residence time Waterbirds
2017-02-27
The Effects of Sex, Energy, and Environmental Conditions on the Movement Ecology of Migratory Bats

Kristin A. Jonasson

Flight speed Individual path choice Migratory speed -
2017-03
Effects of Extreme Tidal Events on Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Migratory Stopover in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Hilary A. R. Mann, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie M. Paquet, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Sarah G. Neima

Site importance Stopover duration Waterbirds
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
2017-05-15
A Markov model for planning and permitting offshore wind energy: A case study of radio-tracked terns in the Gulf of Maine, USA

Alexana Cranmer, Jennifer R. Smetzer, Linda Welch, Erin Baker

Biodiversity management Industrial development Journal of Environmental Management

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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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