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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Autumn migration of the migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) at the Baltic coast	35
The statistical building blocks of animal movement simulations	31
MoveApps: a serverless no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data	30
Track and dive-based movement metrics do not predict the number of prey encountered by a marine predator	28
African wild dog movements show contrasting responses to long and short term risk of encountering lions: analysis using dynamic Brownian bridge movement models	27
The oxidative balance and stopover departure decisions in a medium- and a long-distance migrant	22
Energy supply during nocturnal endurance flight of migrant birds: effect of energy stores and flight behaviour	21
Birds of three worlds: moult migration to high Arctic expands a boreal-temperate flyway to a third biome	19
Using pseudo-absence models to test for environmental selection in marine movement ecology: the importance of sample size and selection strength	18
Movement ecology of an endangered mesopredator in a mining landscape	17
Deterministic, random, or in between? Inferring the randomness level of wildlife movements	17
Categorising cheetah behaviour using tri-axial accelerometer data loggers: a comparison of model resolution and data logger performance	17
Consequences of migratory distance, habitat distribution and season on the migratory process in a short distance migratory shorebird population	16
Seasonal migrations of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in UK and surrounding waters	16
Simulation experiment to test strategies of geomagnetic navigation during long-distance bird migration	15
Individuals of a group-living shorebird show smaller home range overlap when food availability is low	14
Linking fine-scale behaviour to the hydraulic environment shows behavioural responses in riverine fish	14
Gauge-and-compass migration: inherited magnetic headings and signposts can adapt to changing geomagnetic landscapes	14
Migratory strategies across an ecological barrier: is the answer blowing in the wind?	14
Multispecies fish tracking across newly created shallow and deep habitats in a forward-restored lake	14
Tricolored bats at a southern range edge exhibit partial migration northward in autumn	14
Central-place foraging poses variable constraints year-round in a neotropical migrant	13
Unveiling the roles of temporal periodicity, the spatial environment and behavioural modes in terrestrial animal movement	13
A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa	13
Factors modulating home range and resource use: a case study with Canarian houbara bustards	13

Comparison of triploid and diploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fine-scale movement, migration and catchability in lowland lakes of western Washington	13
Migratory movements of bats are shaped by barrier effects, sex-biased timing and the adaptive use of winds	13
Clinging to the top: natal dispersal tracks climate gradient in a trailing-edge population of a migratory songbird	13
Density-dependent distributions of hosts and parasitoids resulting from density-independent dispersal rules: implications for host–parasitoid interactions and population dynamics	12
Identifying signals of memory from observations of animal movements	11
A novel method for identifying fine-scale bottom-use in a benthic-foraging pinniped	11
Seasonal habitat use and diel vertical migration in female spurdog in Nordic waters	11
Analyzing tiger interaction and home range shifts using a time-geographic approach	11
Migration distance affects how closely Eurasian wigeons follow spring phenology during migration	11
Movement patterns of a small-bodied minnow suggest nomadism in a fragmented, desert river	11
Timing is critical: consequences of asynchronous migration for the performance and destination of a long-distance migrant	11
Roads constrain movement across behavioural processes in a partially migratory ungulate	10
Divergent migration routes reveal contrasting energy-minimization strategies to deal with differing resource predictability	10
Community structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections	10
The comparison of dispersal rate between invasive and native species varied by plant life form and functional traits	9
How to treat mixed behavior segments in supervised machine learning of behavioural modes from inertial measurement data	9
Correction to: Changes in selection of resources with reproductive state in a montane ungulate	9
Inclement weather forces stopovers and prevents migratory progress for obligate soaring migrants	9
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	9
Increasingly detailed insights in animal behaviours using continuous on-board processing of accelerometer data	9
Going underground: short- and long-term movements may reveal the fossorial spatial ecology of an amphisbaenian	9
Ponds as experimental arenas for studying animal movement: current research and future prospects	9
A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing	9
High individual repeatability of the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migratory seabird	8
Correction: Combining accelerometry with allometry for estimating daily energy expenditure in joules when in-lab calibration is unavailable	8
Seasonal coastal residency and large-scale migration of two grey mullet species in temperate European waters	8
Allochrony is shaped by foraging niche segregation rather than adaptation to the windscape in long-ranging seabirds	8
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
Correction: Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey	8
Influence of prey availability on habitat selection during the non-breeding period in a resident bird of prey	8
Modeling the movement of Oecophylla smaragdina on short-length scales in an unfamiliar environment	8
Natal colony influences age-specific movement patterns of the Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis)	8
Agricultural land use shapes dispersal in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	8
GPS tracking reveals landfill closures induce higher foraging effort and habitat switching in gulls	8
The timing and spatial distribution of mother–offspring interactions in an obligate hider	8
Correction: The Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) as a model to understand vagrancy and its potential for the evolution of new migration routes	8
Spatial and temporal predictability drive foraging movements of coastal birds	8
ORTEGA v1.0: an open-source Python package for context-aware interaction analysis using movement data	8
Holling meets habitat selection: functional response of large herbivores revisited	8
Behaviour of anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a hydropower regulated freshwater system	7
Agricultural habitat use and selection by a sedentary bird over its annual life cycle in a crop-depredation context	7
Study methodology impacts density-dependent dispersal observations: a systematic review	7
Correction: Home sweet home: spatiotemporal distribution and site fidelity of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in Dungonab Bay, Sudan	7
Sensitivity of migratory connectivity estimates to spatial sampling design	7
Correction: High individual repeatability of the migratory behaviour of a long-distance migratory seabird	7
The influence of thermal and hypoxia induced habitat compression on walleye (Sander vitreus) movements in a temperate lake	7
Movement of an imperiled esocid fish in an agricultural drain	7
The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations	7
Analysis of local habitat selection and large-scale attraction/avoidance based on animal tracking data: is there a single best method?	7
A three-dimensional model of terrain-induced updrafts for movement ecology studies	7

North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates	7
The spatial and temporal exploitation of anthropogenic food sources by common ravens (Corvus corax) in the Alps	7
Changes in movement, habitat use, and response to human disturbance accompany parturition events in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)	7
What has biotelemetry ever done for avian translocations?	7
Effects of temperature experienced across life stages on morphology and flight behavior of painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui)	7
Drivers of polar bear behavior and the possible effects of prey availability on foraging strategy	7