OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Movement Ecology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Energy supply during nocturnal endurance flight of migrant birds: effect of energy stores and flight behaviour	42
Spatial and temporal predictability drive foraging movements of coastal birds	38
Deterministic, random, or in between? Inferring the randomness level of wildlife movements	31
Migration distance affects how closely Eurasian wigeons follow spring phenology during migration	30
Simulation experiment to test strategies of geomagnetic navigation during long-distance bird migration	30
Categorising cheetah behaviour using tri-axial accelerometer data loggers: a comparison of model resolution and data logger performance	24
Increasingly detailed insights in animal behaviours using continuous on-board processing of accelerometer data	22
African wild dog movements show contrasting responses to long and short term risk of encountering lions: analysis using dynamic Brownian bridge movement models	22
Roads constrain movement across behavioural processes in a partially migratory ungulate	22
Community structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections	21
Inclement weather forces stopovers and prevents migratory progress for obligate soaring migrants	20
Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant	18
A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing	18
A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa	17
Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey	17
Central-place foraging poses variable constraints year-round in a neotropical migrant	17
MoveApps: a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data	17
The oxidative balance and stopover departure decisions in a medium- and a long-distance migrant	16
Multispecies fish tracking across newly created shallow and deep habitats in a forward-restored lake	15
Track and dive-based movement metrics do not predict the number of prey encountered by a marine predator	15
Divergent migration routes reveal contrasting energy-minimization strategies to deal with differing resource predictability	15
Autumn migration of the migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) at the Baltic coast	15
Using pseudo-absence models to test for environmental selection in marine movement ecology: the importance of sample size and selection strength	15
Individuals of a group-living shorebird show smaller home range overlap when food availability is low	14
Animal behaviour on the move: the use of auxiliary information and semi-supervision to improve behavioural inferences from Hidden Markov Models applied to GPS tracking datasets	14

A novel method for identifying fine-scale bottom-use in a benthic-foraging pinniped	14
Comparison of triploid and diploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fine-scale movement, migration and catchability in lowland lakes of western Washington	13
Unveiling the roles of temporal periodicity, the spatial environment and behavioural modes in terrestrial animal movement	12
The statistical building blocks of animal movement simulations	12
Gauge-and-compass migration: inherited magnetic headings and signposts can adapt to changing geomagnetic landscapes	12
Clinging to the top: natal dispersal tracks climate gradient in a trailing-edge population of a migratory songbird	12
Movement ecology of an endangered mesopredator in a mining landscape	12
Migratory movements of bats are shaped by barrier effects, sex-biased timing and the adaptive use of winds	12
Seasonal migrations of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in UK and surrounding waters	12
Seasonal habitat use and diel vertical migration in female spurdog in Nordic waters	12
Density-dependent distributions of hosts and parasitoids resulting from density-independent dispersal rules: implications for host–parasitoid interactions and population dynamics	12
Analyzing tiger interaction and home range shifts using a time-geographic approach	11
Migratory strategies across an ecological barrier: is the answer blowing in the wind?	11
Seasonal coastal residency and large-scale migration of two grey mullet species in temperate European waters	11
Linking fine-scale behaviour to the hydraulic environment shows behavioural responses in riverine fish	11
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements	11
Factors modulating home range and resource use: a case study with Canarian houbara bustards	11
How to treat mixed behavior segments in supervised machine learning of behavioural modes from inertial measurement data	10
The timing and spatial distribution of mother–offspring interactions in an obligate hider	10
Modeling the movement of Oecophylla smaragdina on short-length scales in an unfamiliar environment	10
Movement patterns of a small-bodied minnow suggest nomadism in a fragmented, desert river	10
Ponds as experimental arenas for studying animal movement: current research and future prospects	10
Correction to: Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate	10
Correction: The Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) as a model to understand vagrancy and its potential for the evolution of new migration routes	10
Towards transient space-use dynamics: re-envisioning models of utilization distribution and their applications	10
The comparison of dispersal rate between invasive and native species varied by plant life form and functional traits	10
Correction: Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey	10
Correction: Combining accelerometry with allometry for estimating daily energy expenditure in joules when in-lab calibration is unavailable	10
Birds of three worlds: moult migration to high Arctic expands a boreal-temperate flyway to a third biome	10
Tricolored bats at a southern range edge exhibit partial migration northward in autumn	10
Location of capture sufficiently characterises lifetime growth trajectories in a highly mobile fish	9
Effects of temperature experienced across life stages on morphology and flight behavior of painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui)	9
Consequences of migratory distance, habitat distribution and season on the migratory process in a short distance migratory shorebird population	9
The spatial consistency and repeatability of migratory flight routes and stationary sites of individual European nightjars based on multiannual GPS tracks	9
Weather-dependent changes in habitat use by Alpine chamois	9
High individual repeatability of the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migratory seabird	9
What has biotelemetry ever done for avian translocations?	9
Individual variation in the habitat selection of upstream migrating fish near a barrier	9
No “carry-over” effects of tracking devices on return rate and parameters determining reproductive success in once and repeatedly tagged common swifts (Apus apus), a long-distance migratory bird	8
Drivers of polar bear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy	8
Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk	8
Movement and dispersal of a habitat specialist in human-dominated landscapes: a case study of the red panda	8
The influence of thermal and hypoxia induced habitat compression on walleye (Sander vitreus) movements in a temperate lake	8
The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations	8
Sensitivity of migratory connectivity estimates to spatial sampling design	8
Primed and cued: long-term acoustic telemetry links interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades	8
Predicting movement speed of beetles from body size and temperature	8
The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps	8
Individual-level patterns of resource selection do not predict hotspots of contact	8
Holling meets habitat selection: functional response of large herbivores revisited	8

Correction: Home sweet home: spatiotemporal distribution and site fidelity of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in Dungonab Bay, Sudan	8
Natal colony influences age-specific movement patterns of the Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis)	8
Activity patterns throughout the annual cycle in a long-distance migratory songbird, the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio	8
North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates	8
Agricultural habitat use and selection by a sedentary bird over its annual life cycle in a crop-depredation context	8
Changes in movement, habitat use, and response to human disturbance accompany parturition events in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)	7
ORTEGA v1.0: an open-source Python package for context-aware interaction analysis using movement data	7
What drives wild pig (Sus scrofa) movement in bottomland and upland forests?	7
Allochrony is shaped by foraging niche segregation rather than adaptation to the windscape in long-ranging seabirds	7
Movement of an imperiled esocid fish in an agricultural drain	7
Evaluating movement-based methods for estimating the frequency and timing of parturition in mule deer	7
Correction: High individual repeatability of the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migratory seabird	7
Behaviour of anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a hydropower regulated freshwater system	7
Study methodology impacts density-dependent dispersal observations: a systematic review	7
A three-dimensional model of terrain-induced updrafts for movement ecology studies	7
Analysis of local habitat selection and large-scale attraction/avoidance based on animal tracking data: is there a single best method?	6
Remote sensing reveals the role of forage quality and quantity for summer habitat use in red deer	6
Phenological drivers of ungulate migration in South America: characterizing the movement and seasonal habitat use of guanacos	6
Movement ecology of vulnerable lowland tapirs between areas of varying human disturbance	6
GPS tracking reveals landfill closures induce higher foraging effort and habitat switching in gulls	6
Watershed-scale dispersal patterns of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) revealed through genetic parentage analysis	6
Correction: What has biotelemetry ever done for avian translocations?	6
Time synchronisation for millisecond-precision on bio-loggers	6
Agricultural land use shapes dispersal in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	5
Adaptive drift and barrier-avoidance by a fly-forage migrant along a climate-driven flyway	5
Chinook salmon depth distributions on the continental shelf are shaped by interactions between location, season, and individual condition	5
Movement syndromes of a Neotropical frugivorous bat inhabiting heterogeneous landscapes in Brazil	5
White stork movements reveal the ecological connectivity between landfills and different habitats	5
Flight behaviour and short-distance homing by nomadic grey-headed flying-foxes: a pilot study	5
From little things big things grow: enhancement of an acoustic telemetry network to monitor broad-scale movements of marine species along Australia’s east coast	5
Examination of head versus body heading may help clarify the extent to which animal movement pathways are structured by environmental cues?	5
Movement and habitat selection of a large carnivore in response to human infrastructure differs by life stage	5
Exploring motion using geometric morphometrics in microscopic aquatic invertebrates: ‘modes’ and movement patterns during feeding in a bdelloid rotifer model species	5
Effects of tag mass on the physiology and behaviour of common noctule bats	5
Modelling the timing of migration of a partial migrant bird using ringing and observation data: a case study with the Song Thrush in Italy	5
A cold high-pressure system over North China hinders the southward migration of Mythimna separata in autumn	5
Correction to: Individual consistency in migration strategies of a tropical seabird, the Round Island petrel	4
Publisher Correction to: Foraging on the wing for fish while migrating over changing landscapes: traveling behaviors vary with available aquatic habitat for Caspian terns	4
Carnivore space use behaviors reveal variation in responses to human land modification	4
Links between energy budgets, somatic condition, and life history reveal heterogeneous energy management tactics in a group-living mesocarnivore	4
Prospecting during egg laying informs incubation recess movements of eastern wild turkeys	4
Categorizing the geometry of animal diel movement patterns with examples from high-resolution barn owl tracking	4
Scatter-hoarding birds disperse seeds to sites unfavorable for plant regeneration	4
Soaring over open waters: horizontal winds provide lift to soaring migrants in weak thermal conditions	4
Long-distance migrations and seasonal movements of meagre (Argyrosomus regius), a large coastal predator, along the Iberian Peninsula coast	4
Combining acoustic tracking and LiDAR to study bat flight behaviour in three-dimensional space	4
Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate	4
Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast	4
Dispersal of juvenile Barrow’s goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica) mirrors that of breeding adults	4
Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection	4
Home sweet home: spatiotemporal distribution and site fidelity of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in Dungonab Bay, Sudan	3
Correction to: Identifying resting locations of a small elusive forest carnivore using a two-stage model accounting for GPS measurement error and hidden behavioral states	3
Introduction to the Wayne Getz Festschrift	3
Movement behavior in a dominant ungulate underlies successful adjustment to a rapidly changing landscape following megafire	3
Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are forest structure specialists when resting and generalists when moving: behavior influences resource selection in a northern Rocky Mountain fisher population	3
Combined effects of landscape fragmentation and sampling frequency of movement data on the assessment of landscape connectivity	3
Behaviour-specific habitat selection patterns of breeding barn owls	3
Movement predictability of individual barn owls facilitates estimation of home range size and survival	3
Induced breeding failure alters movements, migratory phenology, and opportunities for pathogen spread in an urban gull population	3
Movement and behavioral states of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in response to a behavioral deterrent in a navigational lock	3
Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data	3
Soaring migrants flexibly respond to sea-breeze in a migratory bottleneck: using first derivatives to identify behavioural adjustments over time	3
Using tri-axial accelerometer loggers to identify spawning behaviours of large pelagic fish	3
Recent trends in movement ecology of animals and human mobility	3
Towns and trails drive carnivore movement behaviour, resource selection, and connectivity	3
How animals distribute themselves in space: energy landscapes of Antarctic avian predators	3
Time-dependent memory and individual variation in Arctic brown bears (Ursus arctos)	3
Impact of food availability and predator presence on patterns of landscape partitioning among neighbouring Guinea baboon (Papio papio) parties	3
Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad	3
Land use drives differential resource selection by African elephants in the Greater Mara Ecosystem, Kenya	3
Individual and seasonal variation in the movement behavior of two tropical nectarivorous birds	3
Correction to: Far eastern curlew and whimbrel prefer flying low - wind support and good visibility appear only secondary factors in determining migratory flight altitude	3
Caution is warranted when using animal space-use and movement to infer behavioral states	3
Horizontal-vertical movement relationships: Adélie penguins forage continuously throughout provisioning trips	3
Multi-scale movement syndromes for comparative analyses of animal movement patterns	3