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

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2025-03-24
Conservation‐focused mapping of avian migratory routes using a pan‐European automated telemetry network

Lucy Mitchell, Vera Brust, Thiemo Karwinkel, Susanne Åkesson, Dmitry Kishkinev, Gabriel Norevik, Tibor Szep, Anders Hedenström, Sander Lagerveld, Barbara Helm, Heiko Schmaljohann

Conservation Biology
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

Nature Ecology & Evolution
February 2025
Sensitivity mapping of relative risks to bats from Danish offshore wind energy

Signe M.M. Brinkløv, Astrid Særmark Uebel, Esben T Fjederholt, Morten Elmeros

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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

Foray behaviour Social network Animal Behaviour
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
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

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2018
Multiscale Movements of a Threatened Population of Black-crowned Night-Herons in Lake Erie, Ohio Using Satellite and Automated Telemetry

Laura J. Kearns

Migration strategy Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Post-fledging latency Survival Urban landscapes -
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

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2025
Migration Ecology of Harris'ds Sparrow in Nebraska: 2025 Update Report

Stephen J. Brenner, Joel G. Jorgensen

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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

Ornithological Applications
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

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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

Journal of Avian Biology
2026
Leveraging automated radio telemetry to understand avian presence on a military airfield

Mackenzie R. Prichard, Levin C. Brandt, Susan N. Ellis-Felege

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus) and its monitoring by the Motus system

Aketzali Marinez Martinez

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2025-12
Winter survival and urban green space use of the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Anne-Marie Cousineau

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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
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

Migration strategy Body condition Carry-over effects Departure decisions Flight speed Individual path choice Migratory physiology Stopover duration Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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

Departure decisions Home range and territory Site importance Stopover duration Weather Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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
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 -
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

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Displacement Flight speed Migratory connectivity Migratory phenology Site importance Journal of Field Ornithology
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 Survival -
2022-02-03
Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebird

John A. Herbert, David Mizrahi, Caz M. Taylor

Departure decisions Ecological barrier Migratory connectivity Migratory speed Site importance Stopover duration Journal of Animal Ecology
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
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

Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Flight altitude Individual path choice Industrial development Weather -
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
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

Migratory connectivity Site importance Stopover duration Wade Study
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
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
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
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

Industrial development Journal of Physics: Conference Series
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
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
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

Contaminants Site importance Stopover duration Environmental Science & Technology
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
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
2018-08-01
Bat Use of an Island off the Coast of Massachusetts

Zara R. Dowling, Danielle I. O'Dell

Activity patterns Site importance Northeastern Naturalist
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

Carry-over effects Departure decisions Flight speed Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Weather Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2015-03-03
Breeding ground dispersal and fall migratory movements of Ipswich Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis princeps)

Zoe Crysler

Activity patterns Departure decisions Migratory phenology Stopover duration -
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

Home range and territory Residence time Waterbirds
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
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 Departure decisions Ecological barrier Individual path choice Industrial development Weather Movement Ecology
2018-06-21
Field test of an automated radio-telemetry system: tracking local space use of aerial insectivores

Ariel K. Lenske, Joseph J. Nocera

Home range and territory Site importance Journal of Field Ornithology
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
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

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure decisions Individual path choice Migratory speed Residence time Avian Conservation and Ecology
2018-10-05
The post-fledging survival and movements of juvenile Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): an automated telemetry approach

Dean R. Evans

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Migratory phenology Post-fledging latency Survival -
2020-01-23
Niche segregation among three sympatric species of swallows in southern Ontario

Kaelyn H. Bumelis

Displacement Post-fledging latency Site importance -
2018-12
Investigating the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure on avian pre-migratory fuelling and migration

Kristin Bianchini

Contaminants Migratory connectivity Migratory speed Stopover duration -
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 -
2021-03-20
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

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