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

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2011-08-01
Passerines use Nocturnal Flights for Landscape-Scale Movements during Migration Stopover

Alexander M. Mills, Bethany G. Thurber, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Philip D. Taylor

Departure decisions Home range and territory Stopover duration The Condor
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

Departure decisions Ecological barrier Flight orientation Individual path choice Stopover duration Weather Ibis
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
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 -
2018-05-14
Post-breeding movements of Swainson’s Thrush in Southern Nova Scotia

Lucas Berrigan

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Departure preparation Flight navigation Individual path choice Migratory speed -
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 -
2017-12-20
Postbreeding dispersal and staging of Common and Arctic Terns throughout the western North Atlantic

Pamela Loring, Robert Ronconi, Linda Welch, Philip Taylor, Mark Mallory

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Residence time Site importance Stopover duration Avian Conservation and Ecology
2018-05-10
Potential age differences in the migratory behaviour of a nocturnal songbird migrant during autumn and spring

Heiko Schmaljohann, Florian Müller, Thomas Klinner, Cas Eikenaar

Departure decisions Flight orientation Migratory phenology Journal of Avian Biology
2020-05-07
Potential threats to the conservation of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and a tool for population recovery

Alana Wilcox

Biodiversity management Contaminants Flight orientation -
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 -
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

Biodiversity management Flight orientation Flight speed Industrial development Migratory phenology Ibis
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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2016-06
Prevalence of Disjunct Roosting in Nesting Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia)

C. Myles Falconer, Greg W. Mitchell, Philip D. Taylor, Douglas C. Tozer

Colony attendance Flight distance Flight speed The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
2018-05-09
Prolonged stopover and consequences of migratory strategy on local-scale movements within a regional songbird staging area

Jennifer Smetzer, David King

Migration strategy Migratory speed Stopover duration The Auk
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2018-06-01
Radio transmitters did not affect daily nest and chick survival of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Michael Stantial, Jonathan Cohen, Abigail Darrah, Kate Laquinto, Pam Loring, Peter Paton

Reproductive success Survival The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
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

Survival Ibis
2019-07-26
Radio-tracking reveals how wind and temperature influence the pace of daytime insect migration

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Flight distance Flight speed Weather Biology Letters
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 -
2022-04-08
Reduced diurnal activity and increased stopover duration by molting Swainson’s Thrushes

Ana Morales, Barbara Frei, Greg W Mitchell, Camille Bégin-Marchand, Kyle H Elliott

Activity patterns Departure decisions Migratory speed Stopover duration Survival Weather Ornithology
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
2023-01-01
Relationship between bats and prairie-dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies in Western Kansas

Mario Rodriguez

Activity patterns -
2018-03-20
Resighting data reveal weak connectivity from wintering to breeding grounds in a range-restricted and endangered long-distance migratory passerine

Nathan Cooper, David Ewert, Kimberly Hall, Sarah Rockwell, Dave Currie, Jr Wunderle, Jennifer White, Peter Marra

Migratory connectivity Avian Conservation and Ecology
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
2021-03-20
Roost sites of chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) form large-scale spatial networks

Courtney E. le Roux, Joseph J. Nocera

Social network Biodiversity management Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Colony attendance Site importance Ecology and Evolution
2022-08-18
Seasonal and Nightly Activity Patterns of Migrating Silver-Haired Bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) Compared to Non-Migrating Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) at a Fall Migration Stopover Site

Lucas Haddaway, Liam P. McGuire

Acta Chiropterologica
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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2019-07-01
Sex differences in migratory restlessness behavior in a Nearctic–Neotropical songbird

Jessica E. Deakin, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Yolanda E. Morbey

Departure preparation Stopover duration The Auk: Ornithological Advances
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

Departure decisions Individual path choice Scientific Reports
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 Biodiversity management Site importance Survival Weather Ecological Indicators
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

Biodiversity management Migratory connectivity Site importance Stopover duration Wade Study
2022
Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene

Darren S. Proppe

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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
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
2024-05-03
Spatial and Demographic Variations in Apparent Annual Survival of Golden-Winged Warblers: a Range-Wide Investigation

Emily Filiberti

Migratory phenology Survival -
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

Industrial development Migratory connectivity Ornithological Applications
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

Individual path choice Migratory connectivity Movement Ecology
2024
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Invasive Mammals in a Wetland Environment: Trialling an Automated Radio Telemetry System to Track Rattus spp.

Ellen Carlyon

Activity patterns -
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
2019-03-27
Spring Shorebird Migration Chronology and Stopover Duration at an Important Staging Site in the North American Central Flyway

Jessica E. Howell, Ann E. McKellar, Richard H. M. Espie, Christy A. Morrissey

Population estimates Site importance Stopover duration Waterbirds
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
2019-02-28
Stopover departure behavior and flight orientation of spring-migrant Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata) experimentally exposed to methylmercury

Chad L. Seewagen, Yanju Ma, Yolanda E. Morbey, Christopher G. Guglielmo

Contaminants Departure decisions Flight orientation Migratory physiology Stopover duration Journal of Ornithology
2020-02-07
Stopover departure decisions in songbirds: do long-distance migrants depart earlier and more independently of weather conditions than medium-distance migrants?

Florian Packmor, Thomas Klinner, Bradley K. Woodworth, Cas Eikenaar, Heiko Schmaljohann

Departure decisions Migratory physiology Stopover duration Weather Movement Ecology
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

Departure decisions Flight orientation Stopover duration Movement Ecology
2017-01
Stopover movement patterns by Blackpoll and Canada Warblers across southeastern Canada during fall migration: an automated radio-telemetry study

Alain Parada Isada

Departure decisions Stopover duration Weather -
2020-08-08
Stopover refueling, movement, and departure decisions in the White-throated Sparrow: the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors during spring migration

Andrew T. Beauchamp, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Yolanda E. Morbey

Activity patterns Departure decisions Displacement Migratory phenology Migratory physiology Stopover duration Journal of Animal Ecology
2024-11-20
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America

Annie Bracey, Fred Strand, Alexis Grinde, Francesca Cuthbert, Ann E. McKellar, David Moore, Elizabeth Craig, Simeon Lisovski

Breeding and postbreeding dispersal Site importance Journal of Avian Biology
2025-03-31
Sufficient food is critical for a long-distant migratory shorebird to advance migration phenology

Thomas Lameris, Allert Bijleveld, Roeland Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc de Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma

Departure decisions -
2019-11-17
Summer movements of a radio-tagged Hoary Bat ( Lasiurus cinereus ) captured in southwestern Ontario

Derek Morningstar, Al Sandilands

Displacement Individual path choice Industrial development The Canadian Field-Naturalist

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