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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2019-10-31
    To cross or not to cross – thrushes at the German North Sea coast adapt flight and routing to wind conditions in autumn
    Vera Brust, Bianca Michalik, Ommo Hüppop
  2. 2019-11-17
    Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario
    Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands
  3. 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
  4. 2023
    Are offshore wind farms in the Netherlands a potential threat for coastal populations of noctule?
    Sander Lagerveld, Kees Mostert
  5. 2024
    Lake-crossing behavior of migratory songbirds: Assessing potential collision risk with offshore wind on Lake Erie
    Zoe Olivia Korpi
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 2025-07-03
    Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks
    Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel
  11. 2025-05
    Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon
    Cameron Piper
  12. 2025-05
    Tracking Fall Migration with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System: The Fate of Window-struck and Captive-raised Passerines
    Cailin O'Connor
  13. 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
  14. 2024-12
    Evaluation of automated radio telemetry technologies for ground-dwelling species
    Aubrey Ray Power Sullivan
  15. 2016-08
    Cooperative automated radio telemetry: the Motus Widllife Tracking System in Ontario
    Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor
    Ontario Birds
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 2016-03-24
    Animal migration: Dispersion explains declines
    Richard A. Fuller
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 2016-06
    Prevalence of Disjunct Roosting in Nesting Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia)
    C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas C. Tozer
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 2019-09-13
    A neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds
    Margaret L. Eng, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury, Christy A. Morrissey
  29. 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
  30. 2020-02-07
    The fall migratory movements of Bank Swallows, Riparia riparia: fly-and-forage migration?
    Tara Imlay, Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 2024-08
    The role of prealternate moult in nonbreeding period carry-over effects in neotropical migratory songbirds
    Shae Turner
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 2024-07
    Motus as a Tool for Offshore Wind Assessment and Monitoring: a Knowledge Review
    Kianna Leung, Erica A. Geldart
  43. 2024-06
    Why do juvenile Wood Thrushes make long-distance pre-migratory movements across a fragmented landscape?
    Sue Hayes, Brendan Boyd, Bridget Stutchbury
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 2025-12-03
    Predicting Migratory Survival in a Songbird Hybrid Zone Using Machine Learning
    Sarah A. Vastani, Stephanie A. Blain, Hannah Justen, Wendy E. Easton, Kira E. Delmore
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  47. 2025-09-02
    Experimentally increased food availability allows for earlier departure in a long‐distance migratory shorebird
    Thomas K. Lameris, Allert I. Bijleveld, Roeland A. Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva M. A. Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc G. G. De Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma
    Functional Ecology
  48. 2025-12
    Least Tern Abundance, Nesting Productivity, and Dispersal Between Nesting and On-and Off-River Foraging Sites in the Missouri National Recreational River
    Kyle Jorgensen
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  49. 2025-12-17
    An experimental test for ecologically dependent reproductive isolation across an avian migratory divide
    Stephanie A Blain, Hannah C Justen, Kira E Delmore, Trine Bilde, Scott Egan
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  50. 2025-07-17
    Breeding site departure and post-departure movement strategy in Vireo olivaceus (Red-eyed Vireo)
    Lisa C Horn, Paul A Callo, Bridget J M Stutchbury

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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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