OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Movement Ecology is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Wolverines use spatial memory to plan efficient routes through rugged terrain	61
Spatial and temporal predictability drive foraging movements of coastal birds	58
Increasingly detailed insights in animal behaviours using continuous on-board processing of accelerometer data	47
Towards transient space-use dynamics: re-envisioning models of utilization distribution and their applications	44
Categorising cheetah behaviour using tri-axial accelerometer data loggers: a comparison of model resolution and data logger performance	29
A call for using rangeland-based livestock operations as model systems for studying the movement ecology of terrestrial animals	28
Habitat conditions during winter explain movement among subpopulations of a declining migratory bird	27
Comparison of triploid and diploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fine-scale movement, migration and catchability in lowland lakes of western Washington	22
Seasonal migrations of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in UK and surrounding waters	22
Clinging to the top: natal dispersal tracks climate gradient in a trailing-edge population of a migratory songbird	20
Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant	20
North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates	20
Landscapes, habitat, and migratory behaviour: what drives the summer movements of a Northern viper?	19
Watershed-scale dispersal patterns of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) revealed through genetic parentage analysis	18
Individual-level patterns of resource selection do not predict hotspots of contact	18
Weather-dependent changes in habitat use by Alpine chamois	18
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	18
Effects of vasectomy on breeding-related movement and activity in free-ranging white-tailed deer	18
The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations	17
Remote sensing reveals the role of forage quality and quantity for summer habitat use in red deer	17
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	17
The influence of thermal and hypoxia induced habitat compression on walleye (Sander vitreus) movements in a temperate lake	17
Phenological drivers of ungulate migration in South America: characterizing the movement and seasonal habitat use of guanacos	17
Considering landscape heterogeneity improves the inference of inter-individual interactions from movement data	17
Individual variation in the habitat selection of upstream migrating fish near a barrier	17

White stork movements reveal the ecological connectivity between landfills and different habitats	17
Fall migration, oceanic movement, and site residency patterns of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) on the mid-Atlantic Coast	16
Multi-scale movement syndromes for comparative analyses of animal movement patterns	16
Current and future habitat suitability of northern fur seals and overlap with the commercial walleye pollock fishery in the eastern Bering Sea	16
Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate	16
Fast food: GPS tracking reveals behavior-specific habitat selection and cattle farm subsidies of three sympatric neotropical vulture species	15
Hunting mode and habitat selection mediate the success of human hunters	15
Rest to roam: behavioural adaptations of tigers in anthropogenically altered landscapes	15
Intraseasonal variations in the spatial behaviour of an Arctic predator	15
Recent trends in movement ecology of animals and human mobility	15
Distributing transmitters to maximize population-level representativeness in automated radio telemetry studies of animal movement	14
Naivety dies with the calf: calf loss to human hunters imposes behavioral change in a long-lived but heavily harvested ungulate	14
Effect of harness design for tag attachment on the flight performance of five soaring species	14
Simultaneous estimation of the temporal and spatial extent of animal migration using step lengths and turning angles	13
Resource predictability modulates spatial-use networks in an endangered scavenger species	13
Seasonal migration patterns of Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) facing the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	13
Linking changes in individual specialization and population niche of space use across seasons in the great evening bat (Ia io)	13
Weather, sex and body condition affect post-fledging migration behaviour of the greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	13
Individual consistency in migration strategies of a tropical seabird, the Round Island petrel	13
Crabs ride the tide: incoming tides promote foraging of Giant Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)	13
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	12
Allied male dolphins use synchronous displays to strengthen social bonds in a cooperative context	12
Ecological drivers of movement for two sympatric marine predators in the California current large marine ecosystem	12
Sex specificity of dispersal behaviour and flight morphology varies among tree hollow beetle species	12
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	11
Correction: Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey	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
Body-size dependent foraging strategies in the Christmas Island flying-fox: implications for seed and pollen dispersal within a threatened island ecosystem	11
Community structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections	10
A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa	10
Individuals of a group-living shorebird show smaller home range overlap when food availability is low	10
Migratory strategies across an ecological barrier: is the answer blowing in the wind?	10
Movement ecology of an endangered mesopredator in a mining landscape	10
Marine predator movements create seascape connectivity in remote coral reef ecosystems	10
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements	10
Agricultural habitat use and selection by a sedentary bird over its annual life cycle in a crop-depredation context	9
Should I stay or should I go? Causes and consequences of intraspecific variation in site fidelity	9
Differential impacts of wind and waves on albatross flight performance in two ocean basins	9
Experience-based optimal foraging on planktonic prey in Baikal seals	9
Activity patterns throughout the annual cycle in a long-distance migratory songbird, the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio	9
Evaluating movement-based methods for estimating the frequency and timing of parturition in mule deer	9
Linking fine-scale behaviour to the hydraulic environment shows behavioural responses in riverine fish	9
African wild dog movements show contrasting responses to long and short term risk of encountering lions: analysis using dynamic Brownian bridge movement models	9
Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk	9
Allochrony is shaped by foraging niche segregation rather than adaptation to the windscape in long-ranging seabirds	8
The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps	8
Introduction to the Wayne Getz Festschrift	8

Drivers of polar bear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy	8
Publisher Correction to: Foraging on the wing for fish while migrating over changing landscapes: traveling behaviors vary with available aquatic habitat for Caspian terns	8
Effects of tag mass on the physiology and behaviour of common noctule bats	8
Correction to: Individual consistency in migration strategies of a tropical seabird, the Round Island petrel	8
A cold high-pressure system over North China hinders the southward migration of Mythimna separata in autumn	7
The Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) as a model to understand vagrancy and its potential for the evolution of new migration routes	7
Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant	7
Wild pigs impact reproductive season movements and space use of wild turkeys	7
Dispersal of juvenile Barrow’s goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica) mirrors that of breeding adults	7
Soaring over open waters: horizontal winds provide lift to soaring migrants in weak thermal conditions	7
Rayleigh step-selection functions and connections to continuous-time mechanistic movement models	7
The multivariate analysis of variance as a powerful approach for circular data	7
Exploring the interplay between small and large scales movements in a neotropical small mammal	7
Movement and behavioral states of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in response to a behavioral deterrent in a navigational lock	7
Detour migration to circumvent the Himalayas in the Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus	7
Correction to: Foraging conditions for breeding penguins improve with distance from colony and progression of the breeding season at the South Orkney Islands	7
Is it the road or the fence? Influence of linear anthropogenic features on the movement and distribution of a partially migratory ungulate	7
Correction: Modeling the movement of Oecophylla smaragdina on short-length scales in an unfamiliar environment	7
Successive stamen movement in Saxifraga candelabrum is responsive to weather and pollinator visits	7
Predictive model of sperm whale prey capture attempts from time-depth data	7
Movement and habitat selection of a large carnivore in response to human infrastructure differs by life stage	7