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

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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
2024-03-16
Pre-migration behaviour and survival of juvenile Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) in a fragmented forest landscape

Susan Mary Hayes

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Site fidelity Survival -
2024-03-01
Lunar synchrony, geography, and individual clocks shape autumn migration timing in an avian migrant

Alicia M Korpach, Christina M Davy, Alex M Mills, Kevin C Fraser, Diego Gil

Departure decisions Migratory phenology Behavioral Ecology
2024-03-01
Early parental nest initiation carries over to the departure date and quality of fledglings from the breeding grounds in the Purple Martin

H. M. Williams, E. E. DeLeon, R. L. DeLeon

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Home range and territory Post-fledging latency Journal of Ornithology
2024-03
Bank and Barn Swallow Movement and Roost Site Use Patterns in Eastern New Brunswick

Sarah Fensore

Activity patterns Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Colony attendance Foray behaviour -
2024-02-22
Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: Weather variables reign supreme

Allison J. Byrd, Katherine M. Talbott, Tara M. Smiley, Taylor B. Verrett, Michael S. Gross, Michelle L. Hladik, Ellen D. Ketterson, Daniel J. Becker

Departure decisions Disease Weather Ecology and Evolution
2024-02
Importance of Demographics and Vital Rates to Cavity-Nesting Waterfowl in the Lower Saint John River of New Brunswick, Canada

Jared Sonnleitner

Survival -
2024-01-01
Peri-urban forest margins are important stopover sites for moult-migrating songbirds

Vanessa Poirier, Kyle H. Elliott, Barbara Frei

Home range and territory Site importance Stopover duration Urban landscapes Journal for Nature Conservation
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 -
2024
Migration Ecology of Harris’s Sparrow in Nebraska: 2024 Report

Stephen J. Brenner, Joel G. Jorgensen

Stopover duration -
2024
The Effects of Supplementary Bird Feeding on Space Use of Backyard Birds in San Antonio, Texas

Lauren Granger

Activity patterns Site importance -
2024
Antipredator Nest-Defense Behaviour and Post-Breeding Migration of Two Poorly Understood Subarctic Breeding Shorebirds, the Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus hendersoni) and the Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Olivia R. Maillet

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Flight orientation Flight speed Stopover duration -
2024
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Invasive Mammals in a Wetland Environment: Trialling an Automated Radio Telemetry System to Track Rattus spp.

Ellen Carlyon

Activity patterns -
2024
Understanding the spring migration ecology of sora and virginia rail in central illinois: a study utilizing automated telemetry

Chad A. Cremer

Activity patterns Departure decisions Site importance Stopover duration Weather -
2024
Movement and Population Dynamics of Great Lakes Mallards

Benjamin Luukkonen

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2023-12-08
Irruptive fall migrations are linked to elevated breeding abundance but are not associated with body condition or stopover duration in Northern Saw-whet Owls

Shawn R Craik, Amélie Doucet, Mathieu Manuel, Chloé Roy, Taylor M Brown, Emilie J Knighton, Dave Shutler, Randy F Lauff, Danielle Ethier, Amy-Lee Kouwenberg, Philip D Taylor

Body condition Site importance Stopover duration Ornithology
2023-12-06
Evidence of differing staging strategies between adult and juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers highlights the importance of small staging sites in Atlantic Canada

Rebeca C Linhart, Diana J Hamilton, Julie Paquet, Cheri L Gratto-Trevor

Migration strategy Departure decisions Individual path choice Site importance Stopover duration Ornithology
2023-11-16
Springing forward: Migrating songbirds catch up with the start of spring in North America

Claire E. Nemes, Peter P. Marra, Theodore J. Zenzal Jr, Samantha A. Collins, Bryant C. Dossman, Alexander R. Gerson, Camila Gómez, Ana M. González, Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez, Sarah A. Hamer, Joseph Marty, Phillip L. Vasseur, Emily B. Cohen

Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory speed Journal of Animal Ecology
2023-11-10
Differential Migration Timing and the Form and Function of Avian Wings

Jessica E. Deakin

Migration strategy Activity patterns Body condition Departure decisions Departure preparation Individual path choice Migratory phenology Stopover duration -
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
2023-10-19
Rangewide migratory connectivity and migration ecology in Swainson's Warblers (Limnothlypis swainsonii) derived from multisensor geolocators

Garrett Rhyne

Individual path choice Migratory phenology -
2023-10-13
Natal forest fragment size does not predict fledgling, pre-migration or apparent annual survival in Wood Thrushes

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

Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Survival Ornithological Applications
2023-10-03
Insights from attempts to track movement of Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) fledglings in the southern Gulf of Mexico with automated telemetry and band resighting

Kara L. Lefevre, Elizabeth Forys, Adam DiNuovo, Adam D. Smith

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Displacement Post-fledging latency Journal of Caribbean Ornithology
2023-08-19
Migratory behaviour of eastern whip-poor-wills (Antrostomus vociferus): quantifying return rates and the effects of artificial light on flight paths

Stephanie Thompson

Site fidelity Urban landscapes -
2023-07-18
The influence of natural and artificial light on the migratory patterns of an obligate nocturnal bird

Alicia M. Korpach

Departure decisions Migratory phenology -
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
2023-07-10
Spring migration patterns of red knots in the Southeast United States disentangled using automated telemetry

Adam D. Smith, Felicia J. Sanders, Kara L. Lefevre, Janet M. Thibault, Kevin S. Kalasz, Maina C. Handmaker, Fletcher M. Smith, Tim S. Keyes

Flight speed Individual path choice Site importance Stopover duration Weather Scientific Reports
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
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
2023-06-22
Elevational differences in migration phenology of Lazuli Buntings do not support selection-based hypotheses for protandry

Kim Savides, Clark S Rushing

Migratory phenology Ornithology
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
2023-06-14
Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast

Michael C. True, Katherine M. Gorman, Hila Taylor, Richard J. Reynolds, W. Mark Ford

Activity patterns Biodiversity management Departure decisions Ecological barrier Individual path choice Industrial development Weather Movement Ecology
2023-05-31
Mobile-BAT—A Novel Ultra-Low Power Wildlife Tracking System

Stefan Erhardt, Martin Koch, Andreas Kiefer, Michael Veith, Robert Weigel, Alexander Koelpin

Sensors
2023-05-24
Post-breeding survival of adult and hatch-year Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) in the Great Lakes region: a radio telemetry study

Christian M.M Buchanan-Fraser

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Migratory phenology Post-fledging latency Survival -
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
2023-05-01
Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk

Nathan W. Cooper, Bryant C. Dossman, Lucas E. Berrigan, J. Morgan Brown, Alicia R. Brunner, Helen E. Chmura, Dominic A. Cormier, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Amanda D. Rodewald, Philip D. Taylor, Christopher M. Tonra, Junior A. Tremblay, Peter P. Marra

Departure decisions Flight navigation Flight orientation Migratory phenology Movement Ecology
2023-04-21
Age and Sex Differences in Stopover Behaviours and Flight Performance in Black-throated Blue Warblers

Patricia Rokitnicki

Departure decisions Flight speed Individual path choice Migration range Stopover duration Weather -
2023-03
Nestling diet, quality, and post-fledging survival: Comparing two species of aerial insectivores in a gradient of agricultural intensity in Saskatchewan, Canada

Ana Maria Diaz Bohorquez

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Post-fledging latency Survival -
2023-02-14
An ecologist's introduction to continuous-time multi-state models for capture-recapture data

Clark S. Rushing

Journal of Animal 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
2023-01-04
Distributing transmitters to maximize population-level representativeness in automated radio telemetry studies of animal movement

Juliet S. Lamb, Pamela H. Loring, Peter W. C. Paton

Industrial development Movement Ecology
2023-01-03
The Big Picture and Future Directions for Urban Bat Conservation and Research

Krista J. Patriquin, Lauren Moretto, M. Brock Fenton, Lauren Moretto, Joanna L. Coleman, Christina M. Davy, M. Brock Fenton, Carmi Korine, Krista J. Patriquin

Urban landscapes -
2023-01-01
How Does the Creation of Temporary Wetland Habitat on Agricultural Fields in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Affect the Abundance of Migratory Shorebirds?

Emma McCarley Counce

Population estimates Site importance Stopover duration -
2023-01-01
Relationship between bats and prairie-dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies in Western Kansas

Mario Rodriguez

Activity patterns -
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
New insights into the influence of turbines on the behaviour of migrant birds: implications for predicting impacts of offshore wind developments on wildlife

J. Robinson Willmott, G. Forcey, M. Vukovich

Biodiversity management Industrial development Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2023
South Atlantic Bight – a final stop for Ruddy Turnstones migrating to the Arctic

Felicia Sanders, Adam Smith, Janet Thibault, Deborah Carter, Maina Handmaker, Fletcher Smith

Migratory speed Site importance Stopover duration Weather Journal of Field Ornithology
2023
Post-breeding ecology in the Prothonotary Warbler: Evaluating trade-offs between breeding, molt, and migration phenology

Brian Robert Tsuru

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Carry-over effects Departure decisions Migratory phenology -

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