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

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2022-01-01
The Contrasting Physiological Mechanisms of Two Distinct Migratory Strategies

Joely DeSimone

Activity patterns Departure decisions Migratory physiology Migratory speed -
2022
Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene

Darren S. Proppe

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2021-12
Endogenous and Exogenous Factors Influencing the Movement and Migratory Behaviors of a Wintering Songbird

Bryant Dossman

Carry-over effects Departure decisions Displacement Foray behaviour Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Survival -
2021-11-15
Exploring the Strategies of First Migration in the Subarctic-Nesting Shorebird, Calidris Alpina Hudsonia

Victor Olek

Departure decisions Displacement Migratory phenology Site importance -
2021-11-01
Shade coffee or native forest? Indicators of winter habitat quality for a long-distance migratory bird in the Colombian Andes

Ana M. González, Nicholas J. Bayly, Scott Wilson, Keith A. Hobson

Agricultural intensification Site importance Survival Weather Ecological Indicators
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
2021-10-13
Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn

Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop

Migration strategy Ecological barrier Flight orientation Individual path choice Industrial development Journal of Ornithology
2021-09
Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota

Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe

Activity patterns Individual path choice Site fidelity Stopover duration Urban landscapes -
2021-08
Survival, Effects of Habitat Change, and Migratory Tactics of Nearctic-Neotropical Migratory Shorebirds

John A Herbert

Departure decisions Migratory connectivity Migratory speed Site fidelity Stopover duration Survival -
2021-07-01
Autumn migratory timing and pace are driven by breeding season carryover effects

Tara L. Imlay, Hilary A. R. Mann, Philip D. Taylor

Carry-over effects Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory speed Animal Behaviour
2021-05-13
Spatial structure in migration routes maintained despite regional convergence among eastern populations of Swainson’s Thrushes

Camille Bégin-Marchand, André Desrochers, Philip D. Taylor, Junior A. Tremblay, Lucas Berrigan, Barbara Frei, Ana Morales, Greg W. Mitchell

Individual path choice Migratory connectivity Movement Ecology
2021-04-02
Factors Influencing Stopover and Movement of Migratory Songbirds within the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Jessica Tatten

Migration strategy Flight speed Individual path choice Stopover duration -
2021-03-20
Roost sites of chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) form large-scale spatial networks

Courtney E. le Roux, Joseph J. Nocera

Social network Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Site importance Ecology and Evolution
2021-02-15
Effects of early-life exposure to sublethal levels of a common neonicotinoid insecticide on the orientation and migration of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Alana A. E. Wilcox, Amy E. M. Newman, Nigel E. Raine, Greg W. Mitchell, D. Ryan Norris

Contaminants Flight navigation Flight orientation Journal of Experimental Biology
2021-01-24
A NASBR History of Radiotelemetry: How Technology Has Contributed to Advances in Bat Biology

Jeff Clerc, R. Mark Brigham, Justin G. Boyles, Liam P. McGuire, Burton K. Lim, M. Brock Fenton, R. Mark Brigham, Shahroukh Mistry, Allen Kurta, Erin H. Gillam, Amy Russell, Jorge Ortega

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2021-01-22
Occurrence of a forest-dwelling bat, northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis), within Canada’s largest conurbation

Toby J Thorne, Eryk Matczak, Melissa Donnelly, Maria C Franke, Kevin C R Kerr

Site importance Urban landscapes Journal of Urban Ecology
2021-01-01
Grouse News, Issues 61-67 (2021-2024)

Gaillformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters
2021-01-01
Captive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild

Alana A E Wilcox, Amy E M Newman, Nigel E Raine, Greg W Mitchell, D Ryan Norris

Biodiversity management Flight orientation Conservation Physiology
2021-01
Tracking Movements of Migratory Shorebirds in the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Region

P. H. Loring, A. K. Lenske, J. D. McLaren, M. Aikens, A. M. Anderson, Y. Aubrey, E. Dalton, A. Dey, C. Friis, D. Hamilton

Biodiversity management Departure decisions Flight altitude Flight orientation Individual path choice Industrial development Weather -
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

Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
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 -
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
Differences in use of Northumberland Strait habitat and fattening rates among migratory shorebird species

Parker Doiron

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2020-11-20
Motivations and fears driving participation in collaborative research infrastructure for animal tracking

Tara L. Crewe, Dave Kendal, Hamish A. Campbell

PLOS ONE
2020-09-29
Earlier and slower or later and faster: Spring migration pace linked to departure time in a Neotropical migrant songbird

Ana M. González, Nicholas J. Bayly, Keith A. Hobson

Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Journal of Animal Ecology
2020-09-15
Differences in Migration Timing along the Midcontinental Flyway in Sanderling (Calidris alba) from Three Gulf of Mexico Staging Areas

Kristin Bianchini, David J. Newstead, Christy A. Morrissey

Migration strategy Individual path choice Migratory phenology Migratory speed Site importance Stopover duration Waterbirds
2020-09-15
Evening locomotor activity during stopover differs on pre-departure and departure days in free-living songbirds

Yolanda E. Morbey, Andrew T. Beauchamp, Simon J. Bonner, Greg W. Mitchell

Activity patterns Departure preparation Journal of Avian Biology
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
2020-08-20
Hidden Long-Distance Movements by a Migratory Bird

Nathan W. Cooper, Peter P. Marra

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Displacement Foray behaviour Site importance Current Biology
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
2020-07-08
A quasi-experimental approach using telemetry to assess migration-strategy-specific differences in the decision-making processes at stopover

Heiko Schmaljohann, Thomas Klinner

Body condition Departure decisions Flight orientation Migratory physiology Stopover duration BMC Ecology
2020-06-22
Supportive wind conditions influence offshore movements of Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers during fall migration

Pamela H. Loring, James D. McLaren, Holly F. Goyert, Peter W. C. Paton

Departure decisions Flight altitude Flight orientation Flight speed Industrial development The Condor
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 Site importance Survival The Condor
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
2020-05-07
Potential threats to the conservation of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and a tool for population recovery

Alana Wilcox

Biodiversity management Contaminants Flight orientation -
2020-05
Theoretical and empirical investigation of the influence of heterothermy on bat migration ecology

Jeffrey Clerc

Individual path choice Migratory physiology -
2020-04-22
Intra- and interannual regional fidelity of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) during migratory stopover in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada

Sarah Neima, Diana Hamilton, Cheri Gratto-Trevor, Julie Paquet

Activity patterns Site fidelity Site importance Avian Conservation and Ecology
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 -
2020-04-14
Wood thrush migratory connectivity using Motus tracking stations

David Aborn

Migratory connectivity Urban landscapes -
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 distance Flight orientation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Migratory speed Site fidelity Animal Behaviour
2020-03-23
Florida's strategic position for collaborative automated-telemetry tracking of avian movements across the Americas

Kara L. Lefevre, Adam D. Smith

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
2020-02-26
Conspecific cues encourage Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) prospecting, but not nesting, at new nesting structures

Andrew J. Campomizzi, Zoé M. Lebrun-Southcott, Kristyn Richardson

The Canadian Field-Naturalist
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
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
2020-02-07
Stopover departure decisions in songbirds: do long-distance migrants depart earlier and more independently of weather conditions than medium-distance migrants?

Florian Packmor, Thomas Klinner, Bradley K. Woodworth, Cas Eikenaar, Heiko Schmaljohann

Departure decisions Migratory physiology Stopover duration Weather Movement Ecology
2020-02-03
The Value of Experimental Approaches in Migration Biology

Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Robert J. Lennox, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Amy K. Teffer, Glenn T. Crossin, D. Ryan Norris, Kim Aarestrup, Steven J. Cooke

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
2020-01-23
Niche segregation among three sympatric species of swallows in southern Ontario

Kaelyn H. Bumelis

Displacement Post-fledging latency Site importance -
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
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

Survival Ibis
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

Flight orientation Flight speed Industrial development Migratory phenology Ibis

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