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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2022-11-17
    Using the Motus System to Track Post-Breeding Dispersal of American Kestrels Nesting in Minnesota, USA
    Mark S. Martell, Althea A. Archer, Amber Burnette, Mary Lee, Frank Nicoletti, Kristin A. L. Hall
  2. 2020-04-15
    Using Automated Radio-Telemetry to Assess Spring Migratory Ecology and Survival of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)
    Sydney Bliss
  3. 2021-10-13
    Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn
    Vera Brust, Ommo Hüppop
  4. 2019-04
    Tracking Offshore Occurrence of Common Terns, Endangered Roseate Terns, and Threatened Piping Plovers with VHF Arrays
    P. H. Loring, P. W. C. Paton, J. D. McLaren, H. Bai, R. Janaswamy, H. F. Goyert, C. R. Griffin, P. R. Sievert
  5. 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
  6. 2018-02
    Tracking Migratory Bird Movements in the Gulf of Maine with Automated Radio Telemetry and Stable Hydrogen Isotope Markers
    Jennifer Smetzer
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 2020-05
    Theoretical and empirical investigation of the influence of heterothermy on bat migration ecology
    Jeffrey Clerc
  10. 2025
    The influence of migratory routes, breeding, and wintering grounds on cultural shifts in song of White-throated Sparrows ( Zonotrichia albicollis )
    Joel Khoo, Amelia MacDonald, Ingebjorg Jean Hansen, Cody Cox, Scott Ramsay, Ken Otter
  11. 2020-02-07
    The fall migratory movements of Bank Swallows, Riparia riparia: fly-and-forage migration?
    Tara Imlay, Sarah Saldanha, Philip Taylor
  12. 2017-02-27
    The Effects of Sex, Energy, and Environmental Conditions on the Movement Ecology of Migratory Bats
    Kristin A. Jonasson
  13. 2017-11-20
    Testing traditional assumptions about regional migration in bats
    Jennifer J. Krauel, Liam P. McGuire, Justin G. Boyles
  14. 2019-11-17
    Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario
    Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands
  15. 2026-05-01
    Stopover departure decisions and movement patterns of migratory bats during autumn migration
    Sander Lagerveld, Julia Karagicheva, Pepijn De Vries, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Karina Stienstra, Bart C.A. Noort, Martin J.M. Poot, Thiemo Karwinkel, Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Fiona Mathews, Heiko Schmaljohann, Frank Van Langevelde
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 2025-02-25
    Sex-specific variation in breeding-ground departure decisions and detection rates during southbound migration in West Atlantic Flyway Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)
    Anne N. M. A. Ausems, Hannah MacKellar, Glen S. Brown, Erica Nol
  19. 2023-10-19
    Rangewide migratory connectivity and migration ecology in Swainson's Warblers (Limnothlypis swainsonii) derived from multisensor geolocators
    Garrett Rhyne
  20. 2018-05-14
    Post-breeding movements of Swainson’s Thrush in Southern Nova Scotia
    Lucas Berrigan
  21. 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
  22. 2022-08-19
    Offshore and coastline migration of radio-tagged Nathusius' pipistrelles
    Petra Bach, Christian C. Voigt, Matthias Göttsche, Lothar Bach, Vera Brust, Reinhold Hill, Ommo Hüppop, Sander Lagerveld, Heiko Schmaljohann, Antje Seebens-Hoyer
    Individual path choice Industrial development Conservation Science and Practice
  23. 2026-03-11
    Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic–Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
    Ryan E Brodie, Nicholas J Bayly, Ruth E Bennett, Than J Boves, Anna Buckardt Thomas, William V Deluca, Kevin C Fraser, Ana M González, Jeffery L Larkin, Kurt M Ongman, Douglas W Raybuck, Amélie Roberto-Charron, Erin Simons-Legaard, Jessica Tatten, Scott Wilson, Amber M Roth
  24. 2025-07-03
    Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks
    Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel
  25. 2021
    Movements and Habitat Relationships of Virginia Rails and Soras within Impounded Coastal Wetlands of Northwest Ohio
    Nicole M. Hengst
  26. 2017-09
    Modelling Bird Migration with Motus Data and Bayesian State-Space Models
    Justin Baldwin
  27. 2022-08-08
    Migratory connectivity and timing for an at-risk Canadian landbird, Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus), from two geographically distant breeding areas
    Alicia M. Korpach, Christina M. Davy, Alex Mills, Kevin C. Fraser
  28. 2017-07-03
    Migratory blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) make regional-scale movements that are not oriented toward their migratory goal during fall
    J. Morgan Brown, Philip D. Taylor
  29. 2022-10-28
    Migratory behavior of Ontario-breeding Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) revealed by the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
    Lisa C. Horn, Heidi E.J. van Vliet, D. Ryan Norris, Bridget J.M. Stutchbury
  30. 2022-09-26
    Migratory behavior and connectivity revealed in a secretive Neotropical migratory songbird, the Swainson’s Warbler
    Alicia Brunner, Bryant Dossman, Vitek Jirinec, Katie Percy, Christopher Tonra, Erik Johnson, Peter Marra
  31. 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
  32. 2021-09
    Mapping Avian Movement in Minnesota
    Alexis R. Grinde, Annie Bracey, Stephen Kolbe
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 2022-01-31
    Insights on post-breeding movements from a northeastern population of Canada Warblers (Cardellina canadensis)
    Camille Bégin-Marchand, François Gagnon, Bruno Drolet, Jacques Ibarzabal, Junior Tremblay
  36. 2025
    Insights from a decade of using the Motus network to track boreal bird species from Observatoire d’oiseaux de Tadoussac, Québec to temperate and tropical wintering grounds
    Jacob Walker, Jean-François Therrien, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Pascal Côté, Alexandre Terrigeol, François Gagnon, Junior A. Tremblay
  37. Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) and its monitoring by the Motus system
    Aketzali Marinez Martinez
  38. 2017-08-05
    Fall migratory departure decisions and routes of Blackpoll Warblers Setophaga striata and Red-eyed Vireos Vireo olivaceus at a coastal barrier in the Gulf of Maine
    Jennifer R. Smetzer, David I. King, Philip D. Taylor
  39. 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
  40. 2021-04-02
    Factors Influencing Stopover and Movement of Migratory Songbirds within the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
    Jessica Tatten
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 2022-09-23
    Do departure and flight route decisions correlate with immune parameters in migratory songbirds?
    Vera Brust, Cas Eikenaar, Florian Packmor, Heiko Schmaljohann, Ommo Hüppop, Gábor Á. Czirják
  44. 2026-01-26
    Divergent migration strategies within a population of Snow Buntings
    Samuelle Simard-Provençal, Oliver O Love, Rebecca J Jardine, Alysha Riquier, Patricia Rokitnicki, Sara Pearce Meikerink, François Vézina, Christina A.D. Semeniuk, Emily A McKinnon
  45. 2023-11-10
    Differential Migration Timing and the Form and Function of Avian Wings
    Jessica E. Deakin
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 2019
    Comprendre la stratégie migratoire de trois espèces de grives du genre Catharus à l'aide d'un réseau innovateur de radio-télémétrie
    Camille Bégin Marchand
  50. 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

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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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