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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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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2025-01
    Genetic relatedness shapes social dynamics in a threatened finch: implications for population assessment
    Mara F. Müller, Cameron J. Baker, Sam C. Banks, Mariana A. Campbell, Tara L. Crewe, Mirjam Kaestli, Sydney J. Collett, Ian J. Radford, Hamish A. Campbell
  2. 2025
    Multi-sensor Arrays Provide Complementary Information on Bat Presence and Activity in the Offshore Environment
    Eran Amichai, Gregory M. Forcey, Michelle Vukovich, Julia R. Willmott
    Journal of North American Bat Research
  3. 2018
    Multiscale Movements of a Threatened Population of Black-crowned Night-Herons in Lake Erie, Ohio Using Satellite and Automated Telemetry
    Laura J. Kearns
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 2022-9-2
    Length of stay and departure strategies of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) during post-breeding migration in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada
    Sarah G. Neima, Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Julie Paquet
  7. 2019-09-03
    Tracking landscape-scale movements of Snow Buntings and weather-driven changes in flock composition during the temperate winter
    Emily Anne McKinnon, Marie-Pier Laplante, Oliver Love, Kevin C. Fraser, Stuart Mackenzie, François Vézina
    Activity patterns Site importance Weather Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  8. 2021
    Linking events across the annual cycle, in a Neotropical migratory songbird of conservation concern, the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
    Elizabeth Ames
  9. 2022-01-20
    Using automated telemetry to identify population connectivity and migration phenology of Snowy Plovers breeding in the Southern Great Plains
    Kristen M. Heath-Acre, Clint W. Boal, Daniel P. Collins, Warren C. Conway, William P. Johnson
  10. 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
  11. 2022-02-03
    Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebird
    John A. Herbert, David Mizrahi, Caz M. Taylor
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 2022-03-25
    Movement and habitat use of non-breeding Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) at the Banco dos Cajuais in Northeast Brazil
    Rebeca C. Linhart, Diana J. Hamilton, Julie Paquet, J. Onofre N. Monteiro, Gabriela P. Ramires, Jason A. Mobley
    Industrial development Site importance Conservation Science and Practice
  19. 2018-10-26
    Assessment of Shorebird Migratory Fueling Physiology and Departure Timing in Relation to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination in the Gulf of Mexico
    Kristin Bianchini, Christy A. Morrissey
  20. 2019-09-13
    Automated VHF Radiotelemetry Revealed Site-Specific Differences in Fall Migration Strategies of Semipalmated Sandpipers on Stopover in the Gulf of Maine
    Rebecca L. Holberton, Philip D. Taylor, Lindsay M. Tudor, Kathleen M. O'Brien, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Ana Breit
    Site importance Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  21. 2018-08-01
    Bat Use of an Island off the Coast of Massachusetts
    Zara R. Dowling, Danielle I. O'Dell
  22. 2017-11-15
    Body condition explains migratory performance of a long-distance migrant
    Sjoerd Duijns, Lawrence J. Niles, Amanda Dey, Yves Aubry, Christian Friis, Stephanie Koch, Alexandra M. Anderson, Paul A. Smith
  23. 2015-03-03
    Breeding ground dispersal and fall migratory movements of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)
    Zoe Crysler
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 2018-06-21
    Field test of an automated radio-telemetry system: tracking local space use of aerial insectivores
    Ariel K. Lenske, Joseph J. Nocera
  27. 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
  28. 2018-10-05
    The post-fledging survival and movements of juvenile Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): an automated telemetry approach
    Dean R. Evans
  29. 2020-01-23
    Niche segregation among three sympatric species of swallows in southern Ontario
    Kaelyn H. Bumelis
  30. 2018-12
    Investigating the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on avian pre-migratory fuelling and migration
    Kristin Bianchini
  31. 2021-11-15
    Exploring the Strategies of First Migration in the Subarctic-Nesting Shorebird, Calidris Alpina Hudsonia
    Victor Olek
  32. 2021-03-20
    Roost sites of chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) form large-scale spatial networks
    Courtney E. le Roux, Joseph J. Nocera
  33. 2026-04-30
    Population-level migration modeling of North America’s birds through data integration with BirdFlow
    Yangkang Chen, David L. Slager, Ethan Plunkett, Miguel Fuentes, Yuting Deng, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Lucas E. Berrigan, Daniel Fink, Daniel Sheldon, Benjamin M. Van Doren, Adriaan M. Dokter
    Movement Ecology
  34. 2026-03
    Three decades of western sandpiper stopover dynamics during northward migration on the Pacific Coast of North America, 1992–2022
    Nils Warnock, Scott A. Flemming, Sydney E. Bliss, Mary Anne Bishop, John Y. Takekawa, Brett K. Sandercock, Sarah E. Warnock, Mark C. Drever
    Stopover duration Journal of Avian Biology
  35. 2026
    Leveraging automated radio telemetry to understand avian presence on a military airfield
    Mackenzie R. Prichard, Levin C. Brandt, Susan N. Ellis-Felege
  36. 2026-02-07
    Directional variation and method-specific detection patterns in offshore bat migration: implications for wind farm mitigation
    Sander Lagerveld, Pepijn De Vries, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Jane Harris, Bart C.A. Noort, Steve C.V. Geelhoed, Frank van Langevelde, Fiona Mathews, Martin J.M. Poot, Julia Karagicheva
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 2025-02-17
    Multispecies migratory connectivity indicates hemispheric-scale risk to bird populations from global change
    Sarah P. Saunders, William V. DeLuca, Brooke L. Bateman, Jill L. Deppe, Joanna Grand, Erika J. Knight, Timothy D. Meehan, Nicole L. Michel, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Melanie A. Smith, Lotem Taylor, Chad J. Witko, Chad B. Wilsey
    Migratory connectivity Nature Ecology & Evolution
  40. 2025-12
    Winter survival and urban green space use of the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Anne-Marie Cousineau
  41. Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) and its monitoring by the Motus system
    Aketzali Marinez Martinez
  42. 2026-02-27
    Western Snowy Plover and California Least Tern Monitoring in the San Francisco Bay Annual Report 2025
    Maddy Schwarz, Jeremy Reinhard, Josh Scullen
  43. 2025
    Migration Ecology of Harris's Sparrow in Nebraska: 2025 Update Report
    Stephen J. Brenner, Joel G. Jorgensen
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  44. 2025-12
    Impacts of Prolonged Breeding on the Post-Breeding Physiology, Autumn Departure Phenology and Migratory Behavior of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird
    Alicia Rae Brunner
  45. 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
    Flight orientation Survival Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  46. 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
  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
    Departure decisions Functional Ecology
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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

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