OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Movement Ecology is 9. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Wolverines use spatial memory to plan efficient routes through rugged terrain	70
Towards transient space-use dynamics: re-envisioning models of utilization distribution and their applications	46
Comparison of triploid and diploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fine-scale movement, migration and catchability in lowland lakes of western Washington	33
Drivers of seasonal space use and movements of mule deer in agriculturally modified landscapes of the Great Plains	31
Increasingly detailed insights in animal behaviours using continuous on-board processing of accelerometer data	30
Habitat conditions during winter explain movement among subpopulations of a declining migratory bird	26
Specializing in order to generalize: fidelity to foraging areas is modulated by flexible fine-scale habitat use in Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)	24
The impacts of anthropogenic linear features on the space-use patterns of two sympatric ungulates	24
Seasonal migrations of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in UK and surrounding waters	24
A call for using rangeland-based livestock operations as model systems for studying the movement ecology of terrestrial animals	24
Clinging to the top: natal dispersal tracks climate gradient in a trailing-edge population of a migratory songbird	23
Resource availability and anthropogenic disturbance alter how wolves move and feed: comparing two populations	23
Considering landscape heterogeneity improves the inference of inter-individual interactions from movement data	23
Spatial and temporal predictability drive foraging movements of coastal birds	23
Effects of vasectomy on breeding-related movement and activity in free-ranging white-tailed deer	22
Individual variation in the habitat selection of upstream migrating fish near a barrier	21
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	21
Landscapes, habitat, and migratory behaviour: what drives the summer movements of a Northern viper?	21
North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates	21
Individual-level patterns of resource selection do not predict hotspots of contact	20
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	20
Phenological drivers of ungulate migration in South America: characterizing the movement and seasonal habitat use of guanacos	20
White stork movements reveal the ecological connectivity between landfills and different habitats	19
Watershed-scale dispersal patterns of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) revealed through genetic parentage analysis	19
Remote sensing reveals the role of forage quality and quantity for summer habitat use in red deer	19

Effects of topographic complexity on space-use by a key intertidal grazer in artificial environments	19
The influence of thermal and hypoxia induced habitat compression on walleye (Sander vitreus) movements in a temperate lake	18
Weather-dependent changes in habitat use by Alpine chamois	18
Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate	17
Distance to central-place drives species-specific habitat selection in sympatric insectivorous birds	17
Fast food: GPS tracking reveals behavior-specific habitat selection and cattle farm subsidies of three sympatric neotropical vulture species	16
Six decades of animal accelerometry: trends, applications, and future directions	16
Ecological barrier crossing strategies in longitudinal migrants: a case study of Mongolian gulls (Larus mongolicus) distributed in East Asia	15
Hunting mode and habitat selection mediate the success of human hunters	15
Naivety dies with the calf: calf loss to human hunters imposes behavioral change in a long-lived but heavily harvested ungulate	15
Do GPS collars and coded neckbands tell the same story about year-round movements in geese?	15
Consistent individual differences in foraging movement tactics drive habitat partitioning in an inland-breeding Great Cormorant population	15
Diving ecology of a pelagic seabird, the Little Auk Alle alle, in a changing Arctic revealed by multiyear tracking and optical zooplankton data	15
The fence interface effect: how altered herbivore movement creates a soil bacterial diversity hotspot	15
Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast	15
Multi-scale movement syndromes for comparative analyses of animal movement patterns	15
Intraseasonal variations in the spatial behaviour of an Arctic predator	15
Rest to roam: behavioural adaptations of tigers in anthropogenically altered landscapes	15
Current and future habitat suitability of northern fur seals and overlap with the commercial walleye pollock fishery in the eastern Bering Sea	15
Distributing transmitters to maximize population-level representativeness in automated radio telemetry studies of animal movement	14
Effect of harness design for tag attachment on the flight performance of five soaring species	14
Seasonal migration patterns of Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) facing the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	14
Resource predictability modulates spatial-use networks in an endangered scavenger species	14
Stuck in space but not in time: multiple-scale resource selection in a stationary prey	14
Crabs ride the tide: incoming tides promote foraging of Giant Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)	13
Weather, sex and body condition affect post-fledging migration behaviour of the greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	13
Variability in foraging ranges of snow petrels and implications for breeding distribution and use of stomach-oil deposits as proxies for paleoclimate	12
Northern populations of Finnish raccoon dogs are active at the range edge and unhindered by movement boundaries	12
Simultaneous estimation of the temporal and spatial extent of animal migration using step lengths and turning angles	12
Sex specificity of dispersal behaviour and flight morphology varies among tree hollow beetle species	12
Ecological drivers of movement for two sympatric marine predators in the California current large marine ecosystem	12
Linking changes in individual specialization and population niche of space use across seasons in the great evening bat (Ia io)	12
Movement patterns and habitat selection of Lahontan cutthroat trout during streamflow recession in a Great Basin stream	12
Identification and conservation of critical nodes for shorebirds based on migration network perspective	11
Community structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections	11
Atmospheric pressure predicts probability of departure for migratory songbirds	11
Movement patterns of a small-bodied minnow suggest nomadism in a fragmented, desert river	11
Correction: Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey	11
Marine predator movements create seascape connectivity in remote coral reef ecosystems	11
Allied male dolphins use synchronous displays to strengthen social bonds in a cooperative context	11
Linking fine-scale behaviour to the hydraulic environment shows behavioural responses in riverine fish	10
Activity patterns throughout the annual cycle in a long-distance migratory songbird, the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio	10
Going stressed underground: corticosterone-induced stress responses alter the movement and spatial ecology of males in a fossorial reptile	10
Should I stay or should I go? Causes and consequences of intraspecific variation in site fidelity	10
Overcoming the curse of knowledge: guidelines for reporting system-specific details of host infection and migration dynamics	10
Movement ecology of an endangered mesopredator in a mining landscape	10
Individuals of a group-living shorebird show smaller home range overlap when food availability is low	10
Experience-based optimal foraging on planktonic prey in Baikal seals	10
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements	10
Migratory strategies across an ecological barrier: is the answer blowing in the wind?	10

Evaluating movement-based methods for estimating the frequency and timing of parturition in mule deer	9
Effects of tag mass on the physiology and behaviour of common noctule bats	9
Drivers of polar bear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy	9
Introduction to the Wayne Getz Festschrift	9
Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data	9
Agricultural habitat use and selection by a sedentary bird over its annual life cycle in a crop-depredation context	9
Allochrony is shaped by foraging niche segregation rather than adaptation to the windscape in long-ranging seabirds	9
Differential impacts of wind and waves on albatross flight performance in two ocean basins	9
Dispersal of juvenile Barrow’s goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica) mirrors that of breeding adults	9
Windy weather drives social structure in wild zebra finches	9
The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps	9
Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk	9
A cold high-pressure system over North China hinders the southward migration of Mythimna separata in autumn	9
Soaring over open waters: horizontal winds provide lift to soaring migrants in weak thermal conditions	9