Center for Avian Population Studies Publications

2024 Year-to-Date

Peer-Reviewed

Bennett, J. R., B. P. Edwards, J. N. Bergman, A. D. Binley, R. T. Buxton, D. E. Hanna, J. O. Hanson, E. J. Hudgins, S. Karimi, C. V. Raymond, C. D. Robichaud, and T. Rytwinski (2024). How ignoring detection probability hurts biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22:e2782.
Berv, J. S., S. Singhal, D. J. Field, N. Walker-Hale, S. W. McHugh, J. R. Shipley, E. T. Miller, R. T. Kimball, E. L. Braun, A. Dornburg, C. T. Parins-Fukuchi, et al. (2024). Genome and life-history evolution link bird diversification to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Science Advances 10:eadp0114.
Chen, K., S. M. Kross, K. Parkins, C. Seewagen, A. Farnsworth, and B. M. Van Doren (2024). Heavy migration traffic and bad weather are a dangerous combination: bird collisions in New York City. Journal of Applied Ecology 61:784–796.
Dayer, A. A., P. C. Pototsky, R. J. Hall, D. M. Hawley, T. B. Phillips, D. N. Bonter, A. M. Dietsch, E. Greig, and W. M. Hochachka (2024). Birds are not the only ones impacted by guidance to cease bird feeding. People and Nature 6:20–26.
Dinsmore, C., A. Bronikowski, A. M. Sparkman, D. Muñoz, C. L. Davis, J. Avery, S. J. Arnold, and D. A. W. Miller (2024). Princes and paupers: Effects of annual and early-life resource variability on demography in populations of common garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis. Journal of Herpetology 58.
Donlan, C. J., D. Eusse‐González, G. M. Luque, M. E. Reiter, V. Ruiz Gutierrez, M. C. Allen, R. Johnston‐González, O. J. Robinson, G. Fernández, E. Palacios, and J. Valenzuela (2024). An impact evaluation of conservation investments targeting long‐distance migratory species. Conservation Biology 38:e14194.
Dunham, K. D., M. G. Dyck, J. V. Ware, A. E. Derocher, E. V. Regehr, H. L. Stern, G. B. Stenson, and D. N. Koons (2024). A demographic survey of the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation using physical and genetic capture‐recapture‐recovery sampling. Marine Mammal Science 40:e13107.
Farnsworth, A., K. G. Horton, and P. P. Marra (2024). To mitigate bird collisions, enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2320411121.
Fernandez‐Duque, F., E. T. Miller, M. Fernandez‐Duque, J. Falk, G. Venable, S. Rabinowicz, C. D. Becker, and M. E. Hauber (2024). Phenotype predicts interspecific dominance hierarchies in a cloud‐forest hummingbird guild. Ethology 130:e13410.
Freeman, B. G., E. T. Miller, and M. Strimas‐Mackey (2024). Interspecific competition shapes bird species' distributions along tropical precipitation gradients. Ecology Letters 27:e14487.
Gonzalez, C., A. D. Rodewald, P. Arcese, R. E. Bennett, J. N. Hernandez-Aguilera, X. Rueda, M. I. Gómez, and S. Wilson (2024). Effect of local habitat and landscape attributes on bird communities in shade coffee plantations in the Colombian Andes. Global Ecology and Conservation 55:e03207.
González-Sargas, E., T. D. Meehan, O. Hinojosa-Huerta, S. Villagomez-Palma, A. Calvo-Fonseca, C. Dodge, M. Gómez-Sapiens, and P. B. Shafroth (2024). Bird community response to one decade of riparian restoration along the Colorado River delta in Mexico. Ecological Engineering 205:107291.
González-Sargas, E., M. Gómez-Sapiens, O. Hinojosa-Huerta, S. Villagomez-Palma, A. Calvo-Fonseca, J. Grand, T. D. Meehan, C. Dodge, P. L. Nagler, C. Restrepo-Giraldo, C. Nieblas, et al. (2024). Avian communities respond to plant and landscape composition in actively revegetated floodplains of the Colorado River delta in Mexico. Ecological Engineering 205:107266.
Grand, J., T. D. Meehan, W. V. DeLuca, J. Morton, J. Pitt, A. Calvo-Fonseca, C. Dodge, M. Gómez-Sapiens, E. González-Sargas, O. Hinojosa-Huerta, P. Nagler, et al. (2024). Strategic restoration planning for land birds in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico. Journal of Environmental Management 351:119755.
Hagemeyer, N. D. G., W. D. Koenig, and E. L. Walters (2024). Active facilitation of helper dispersal by parents and siblings in the cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 78:89.
Herman, R. W., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O'Brien, K. Veeramah, and H. J. Lynch (2024). Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping‐stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 33:e17282.
Highway, C. J., A. G. Blake‐Bradshaw, N. M. Masto, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. L. Combs, and B. S. Cohen (2024). Hunting constrains wintering mallard response to habitat and environmental conditions. Wildlife Biology 2024:e01198.
Hoekstra, B., W. Bouten, A. Dokter, H. Van Gasteren, C. Van Turnhout, B. Kranstauber, E. Van Loon, H. Leijnse, and J. Shamoun‐Baranes (2024). Fireworks disturbance across bird communities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22:e2694.
Holden, M. H., M. D. Akinlotan, A. D. Binley, F. H. T. Cho, K. J. Helmstedt, and I. Chadès (2024). Why shouldn't I collect more data? Reconciling disagreements between intuition and value of information analyses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15:1580–1592.
Hudgins, E. J., B. Leung, C. J. K. MacQuarrie, D. G. McCullough, A. Francis, G. M. Lovett, Q. Guo, K. M. Potter, C. I. Cullingham, F. H. Koch, J. N. Bergman, et al. (2024). Five organizing themes for invasive forest insect and disease management in Canada and the United States. Forest Ecology and Management 566:122046.
Huffmyer, W. L., F. Ji, J. C. Blackwood, A. Hastings, W. D. Koenig, A. M. Liebhold, J. Machta, and K. C. Abbott (2024). Variation in avian predation pressure as a driver for the diversification of periodical cicada broods. The American Naturalist 203:E92–E106.
Kaczvinsky, C., H. Levy, S. Preston, C. Youngflesh, G. Clucas, H. J. Lynch, T. Hart, and A. L. Smith (2024). The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the bacterial microbiome of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in their natural environment. Scientific Reports 14:17933.
Kaiser, S. A., L. E. Forg, A. N. Stillman, J. F. Deitsch, T. S. Sillett, and G. V. Clucas (2024). Black-throated blue warblers (Setophaga caerulescens) exhibit diet flexibility and track seasonal changes in insect availability. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70340.
Kennerley, W. L., G. V. Clucas, and D. E. Lyons (2024). Multiple methods of diet assessment reveal differences in Atlantic Puffin diet between ages, breeding stages, and years. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1410805.
Kozma, J. M., T. J. Lorenz, and A. N. Stillman (2024). Woodpecker nest cavity orientation in dry conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Acta Ornithologica 58.
Laird, L. S., E. C. Craig, G. Clucas, V. F. Taylor, and C. Y. Chen (2024). Mercury bioaccumulation in three colonial seabird species in the Gulf of Maine. Science of The Total Environment 947:174438.
Lees, A. C., A. Farnsworth, S. R. Curley, and J. J. Gilroy (2024). An unprecedented arrival of Nearctic landbirds in Britain and Ireland in September 2023. British Birds 117:292–307.
Leighton, G. M., J. P. Drury, J. Small, and E. T. Miller (2024). Unfamiliarity generates costly aggression in interspecific avian dominance hierarchies. Nature Communications 15:335.
Li, H., A. Farnsworth, and D. Liang (2024). Eco-metropolis: Re-interpreting ecological conservation in the context of innovative agglomeration. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 19:100342.
Liu, I. A., E. R. Gulson-Castillo, J. X. Wu, A.-J. C. Demery, N. Cortes-Rodriguez, K. M. Covino, S. B. Lerman, S. A. Gill, and V. Ruiz Gutierrez (2024). Building bridges in the conversation on eponymous common names of North American birds. Ibis. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13320
Liu, S., T. Townshend, A. Farnsworth, D. Alexander, H. Tian, and F. Hua (2024). Monitoring bird migration using nocturnal flight calls on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway: A case from Beijing. Bird Conservation International 34:e19.
Lorenz, T., A. Stillman, J. Kozma, and P. Fischer (2024). Bias-corrected natal dispersal estimates fill information gaps for White-headed Woodpecker conservation. Avian Conservation and Ecology 19:art4.
Lostanlen, V., A. Cramer, J. Salamon, A. Farnsworth, B. M. Van Doren, S. Kelling, and J. P. Bello (2024). BirdVoxDetect: Large-scale detection and classification of flight calls for bird migration monitoring. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing 32:4134–4145.
Martell, J. E. M., and A. D. Rodewald (2024). Promoting conservation behaviors by leveraging optimistic and pessimistic messages and emotions. Society & Natural Resources 37:564–585.
Martin, P. R., O. J. Robinson, and F. Bonier (2024). Rare edges and abundant cores: range-wide variation in abundance in North American birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291:20231760.
Masto, N. M., A. G. Blake‐Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, and B. S. Cohen (2024). Human access constrains optimal foraging and habitat availability in an avian generalist. Ecological Applications 34:e2952.
Masto, N. M., A. C. Keever, C. J. Highway, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, and B. S. Cohen (2024). Proximity among protected area networks promotes functional connectivity for wintering waterfowl. Scientific Reports 14:17527.
McNeil, D. J., A. D. Rodewald, V. Ruiz Gutierrez, C. J. Fiss, and J. L. Larkin (2024). Heterogeneity in breeding productivity is driven largely by factors affecting nestlings and young fledglings in an imperiled migratory passerine. Ecology and Evolution 14:e11327.
Molina-Mora, I., V. Ruiz Gutierrez, Á. Vega-Hidalgo, and L. Sandoval (2024). The utility of passive acoustic monitoring for using birds as indicators of sustainable agricultural management practices. Frontiers in Bird Science 3:1386759.
Neugarten, R. A., R. Chaplin-Kramer, R. P. Sharp, R. Schuster, M. Strimas-Mackey, P. R. Roehrdanz, M. Mulligan, A. Van Soesbergen, D. Hole, C. M. Kennedy, J. R. Oakleaf, et al. (2024). Mapping the planet's critical areas for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people. Nature Communications 15:261.
Neugarten, R. A., R. A. Rasolofoson, C. B. Barrett, G. Vieilledent, and A. D. Rodewald (2024). The effect of a political crisis on performance of community forests and protected areas in Madagascar. Nature Communications 15:2963.
Owusu, C., N. M. Masto, A. J. Kalyanapu, J. N. Murdock, and B. S. Cohen (2024). Shallow water depth estimation of inland wetlands using Landsat 8 satellite images. Remote Sensing 16:2986.
Reinoso-Pérez, M. T., K. V. Dhondt, H. Dulcet, N. Katzenstein, A. V. Sydenstricker, and A. A. Dhondt (2024). Seasonal variation in detection of Haemosporidia in a bird community: A comparison of nested PCR and microscopy. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 60.
Ress, E. M., A. Farnsworth, S. R. Morris, M. Lanzone, and B. M. Van Doren (2024). Magnolia Warbler flight calls demonstrate individuality and variation by season and recording location. Ornithology 141:ukad056.
Rhinehart, T. A., D. J. McNeil, C. J. Fiss, J. L. Larkin, A. D. Rodewald, J. Cohen, and J. Kitzes (2024). Benefits of Golden-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler habitat restoration for non-target forest birds: An empirical examination of the focal species concept. Biological Conservation 292:110436.
Robertson, E. P., F. A. La Sorte, J. D. Mays, P. J. Taillie, O. J. Robinson, R. J. Ansley, T. J. O'Connell, C. A. Davis, and S. R. Loss (2024). Decoupling of bird migration from the changing phenology of spring green-up. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2308433121.
Rodewald, A. D., A. Lello-Smith, N. R. Magliocca, K. McSweeney, M. Strimas-Mackey, S. E. Sesnie, and E. A. Nielsen (2024). Intersection of narco trafficking, enforcement and bird conservation in the Americas. Nature Sustainability 7:855–859.
Rohwer, V. G., J. L. Houtz, M. N. Vitousek, R. L. Bailey, and E. T. Miller (2024). The evolution of using shed snake skin in bird nests. The American Naturalist:733208.
Roth, A. P., P. H. Wightman, N. M. Masto, J. R. Cantrell, C. Ruth, B. S. Cohen, M. J. Chamberlain, and B. A. Collier (2024). Sex-specific resource use by wild turkeys in response to hunting activity. The Journal of Wildlife Management 88:e22567.

In Press

Blake-Bradshaw, A. G., N. M. Masto, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, P. T. Link, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. C. Osborne, and B. S. Cohen (no date). [in press] Caught out in the cold: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) survival decreased during an extreme climatic event. Ornithological Applications.
Curley, S. R., J. R. Ramírez‐Garofalo, M. Acosta Alamo, L. L. Manne, J. L. Lockwood, and R. R. Veit (no date). [in press] The erosion of seasonality in avian communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Curley, S. R., J. R. Ramírez‐Garofalo, and M. C. Allen (no date). [In press] Southern breeding populations drive declining migration distances in Arctic and subarctic geese. Ecography.
Donlan, C. J., D. Eusse‐González, G. M. Luque, M. E. Reiter, V. Ruiz Gutierrez, M. C. Allen, R. Johnston‐González, O. J. Robinson, G. Fernández, E. Palacios, and J. Valenzuela (2024). An impact evaluation of conservation investments targeting long‐distance migratory species. Conservation Biology 38:e14194.
Hanson, J. O., R. Schuster, M. Strimas‐Mackey, N. Morrell, B. P. M. Edwards, P. Arcese, J. R. Bennett, and H. P. Possingham (no date). [in press] Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package. Conservation Biology.
Highway, C. J., N. M. Masto, A. C. Keever, A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. L. Combs, and B. S. Cohen (no date). [in press] A rapid monitoring protocol to estimate unharvested corn biomass in waterfowl impoundments. WIldlife Society Bulletin.
Howard, C. A., N. M. Masto, B. S. Cohen, H. M. Hagy, A. J. Hitchcock, and N. Wirwa (no date). [In press] Rapid yield estimation methods for unharvested rice planted for migratory and wintering waterfowl. Journal of Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Martell, J. E. M., and A. D. Rodewald (no date). [in press] Wildlife values can inform strategic conservation communication efforts. Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Masto, N. M., A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, A. C. Keever, J. C. Feddersen, P. T. Link, H. M. Hagy, D. C. Osborne, and B. S. Cohen (no date). [in press] Spring migration strategies of <em>Anas platyrhynchos</em> (Mallard) necessitate individual time-energy trade-offs despite wintering origins or migratory destinations. Ornithology.
Masto, N. M., H. M. Hagy, A. G. Blake‐Bradshaw, C. J. Highway, J. C. Feddersen, A. C. Keever, and B. S. Cohen (no date). [in press] Comparing winter distribution and harvest rates of transmitter-marked and banded-only mallards in western Tennessee. WIldlife Society Bulletin.
Nussbaumer, R., A. Farnsworth, W. M. Hochachka, A. Johnston, F. A. La Sorte, B. M. Van Doren, and A. M. Dokter (no date). [In press] Nocturnal avian migration drives high daily turnover but limited abundance change of birds on the ground. Ecography.
Rhyne, G. S., P. C. Stouffer, M. Briedis, and R. Nussbaumer (no date). [In press] Barometric geolocators can reveal unprecedented details about the migratory ecology of small birds. Ornithology.
Rodewald, A. D., A. Lello-Smith, N. R. Magliocca, K. McSweeney, M. Strimas-Mackey, S. E. Sesnie, and E. A. Nielsen (no date). [In press] America’s birds have a drug problem. Nature Sustainability.
Rutt, C. L., E. T. Miller, A. J. Barryman, R. J. Safford, C. Biggs, and J. C. Mittermeier (no date). [In press] Global gaps in citizen science data reveal the world’s ‘lost’ birds. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Socolar, J. B., G. Batbayar, A. Johnston, F. A. La Sorte, O. J. Robinson, K. V. Rosenberg, and A. M. Dokter (no date). [in press] Seasonal macro-demography of North American bird populations revealed through citizen science monitoring. Ecography.
Szafranski, N., A. G. Blake-Bradshaw, R. Poulson, N. M. Masto, C. J. Highway, J. C. Feddersen, H. M. Hagy, D. Carter, B. S. Cohen, and R. W. Gerhold (no date). [in press] Earliest detection of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5) in Mississippi Flyway wild waterfowl, 2022. Avian Diseases.
Wright, D. R., S. A. Bekessy, P. E. Lentini, G. E. Garrard, A. Gordon, A. D. Rodewald, R. E. Bennett, and M. J. Selinske (no date). [In press] Sustainable coffee: A review of the diverse initiatives and governance dimensions of global coffee supply chains. Ambio.

Not Peer-Reviewed

Binley, A., L. Haddaway, R. Buxton, K. Lalla, D. Lesbarreres, P. Smith, and J. Bennett (2024). Trimming the hedges in a hurricane: Endangered species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action. [Online.] Available at
Binley, A., J. Hanson, O. Robinson, G. Golet, and J. Bennett (2024). Quantifying the value of community science data for conservation decision-making. [Online.] Available at
Clucas, G. V., A. Stillman, and E. C. Craig (2024). From presence/absence to reliable prey proportions: A field test of dietary DNA for characterizing seabird diets. [Online.] Available at
McTavish, E. J., J. A. Gerbracht, M. T. Holder, M. J. Iliff, D. Lepage, P. Rasmussen, B. Redelings, L. L. Sanchez Reyes, and E. T. Miller (2024). A complete and dynamic tree of birds. [Online.] Available at
Rousseau, J. S., A. Johnston, and A. D. Rodewald (2024). Indicators of a data-deficient taxa: combining bird and environmental data enhances predictive accuracy of wild bee richness. [Online.] Available at
Shi, X., J. Drucker, J. W. Chapman, M. Sanchez Herrera, and A. M. Dokter (2024). Analysis of mixtures of birds and insects in weather radar data. [Online.] Available at

2023

Abbott, A. L., Y. Deng, K. Badwey, A. Farnsworth, and K. G. Horton (2023). Inbound arrivals: using weather surveillance radar to quantify the diurnal timing of spring trans‐Gulf bird migration. Ecography 2023:e06644.
Allen, M. C., J. L. Lockwood, and O. J. Robinson (2023). Integrating habitat models for threatened species with landownership information to inform coastal resiliency and conservation planning. Environmental Conservation 50:31–39.
Baiz, M. D., A. Benavides C., E. T. Miller, A. W. Wood, and D. P. L. Toews (2023). Gut microbiome composition better reflects host phylogeny than diet diversity in breeding wood‐warblers. Molecular Ecology 32:518–536.
Berberi, I., E. T. Miller, and R. Dakin (2023). The effect of sociality on competitive interactions among birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:20221894.
Binley, A. D., J. R. Bennett, R. Schuster, A. D. Rodewald, F. A. La Sorte, D. Fink, B. Zuckerberg, and S. Wilson (2023). Species traits drive responses of forest birds to agriculturally‐modified habitats throughout the annual cycle. Ecography 2023:e06457.
Cai, Z., F. A. La Sorte, Y. Chen, and J. Wu (2023). The surface urban heat island effect decreases bird diversity in Chinese cities. Science of The Total Environment 902:166200.
Chaplin-Kramer, R., R. A. Neugarten, R. P. Sharp, P. M. Collins, S. Polasky, D. Hole, R. Schuster, M. Strimas-Mackey, M. Mulligan, C. Brandon, S. Diaz, et al. (2023). Mapping the planet’s critical natural assets. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7:51–61.
Cohen, J. M., D. Fink, and B. Zuckerberg (2023). Spatial and seasonal variation in thermal sensitivity within North American bird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:20231398.
Cooper, N. W., B. C. Dossman, L. E. Berrigan, J. M. Brown, A. R. Brunner, H. E. Chmura, D. A. Cormier, C. Bégin-Marchand, A. D. Rodewald, P. D. Taylor, C. M. Tonra, et al. (2023). Songbirds initiate migratory flights synchronously relative to civil dusk. Movement Ecology 11:24.
Cooper, N. W., B. C. Dossman, L. E. Berrigan, J. M. Brown, D. A. Cormier, C. Bégin-Marchand, A. D. Rodewald, P. D. Taylor, J. A. Tremblay, and P. P. Marra (2023). Atmospheric pressure predicts probability of departure for migratory songbirds. Movement Ecology 11:23.
Davis, C. L., R. P. Guralnick, and E. F. Zipkin (2023). Challenges and opportunities for using natural history collections to estimate insect population trends. Journal of Animal Ecology 92:237–249.
Davis, C. L., D. J. Muñoz, S. M. Amburgey, C. R. Dinsmore, E. W. Teitsworth, and D. A. W. Miller (2023). Multistate model to estimate sex‐specific dispersal rates and distances for a wetland‐breeding amphibian population. Ecosphere 14.
Davis, C. L., S. C. Walls, W. J. Barichivich, M. E. Brown, and D. A. W. Miller (2023). Disentangling direct and indirect effects of extreme events on coastal wetland communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 92:1135–1148.
Davis, C. L., Y. Bai, D. Chen, O. Robinson, V. Ruiz Gutierrez, C. P. Gomes, and D. Fink (2023). Deep learning with citizen science data enables estimation of species diversity and composition at continental extents. Ecology 104:e4175.
Dossman, B. C., A. D. Rodewald, C. E. Studds, and P. P. Marra (2023). Migratory birds with delayed spring departure migrate faster but pay the costs. Ecology 104.
Dunham, K. D., P. K. Devers, A. J. Lawson, J. E. Lyons, C. P. McGowan, and J. A. Royle (2023). Strategic monitoring to minimize misclassification errors from conservation status assessments. Biological Conservation 286:110260.
Ensanyar-Volle, O., J. Appoo, N. Bunbury, G. Clucas, N. Khan, G. Rocamora, C. Sanchez, and A. Fayet (2023). Differences in foraging range between white-tailed tropicbirds breeding on inner and outer Seychelles islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 724:141–154.
Fayet, A. L., C. Sanchez, J. Appoo, J. Constance, G. Clucas, L. A. Turnbull, and N. Bunbury (2023). Marked differences in foraging area use and susceptibility to predation between two closely-related tropical seabirds. Oecologia 203:167–179.
Fink, D., A. Johnston, M. Strimas‐Mackey, T. Auer, W. M. Hochachka, S. Ligocki, L. Oldham Jaromczyk, O. Robinson, C. Wood, S. Kelling, and A. D. Rodewald (2023). A Double machine learning trend model for citizen science data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14:2435–2448.
Flynn, C. M., T. Hart, G. V. Clucas, and H. J. Lynch (2023). Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies. Biological Conservation 286:110318.
Freeman, B. G., M. Strimas-Mackey, and E. T. Miller (2023). Response to comment on "Interspecific competition limits bird species' ranges on tropical mountains". Science 379:eade8043.
Fuentes, M., B. M. Van Doren, D. Fink, and D. Sheldon (2023). BirdFlow: Learning seasonal bird movements from eBird data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14:923–938.
Fuxjager, M. J., T. B. Ryder, N. M. Moody, C. Alfonso, C. N. Balakrishnan, J. Barske, M. Bosholn, W. A. Boyle, E. L. Braun, I. Chiver, R. Dakin, et al. (2023). Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds. Hormones and Behavior 151:105340.
Garnier, J., G. V. Clucas, J. Younger, B. Sen, C. Barbraud, M. Larue, A. D. Fraser, S. Labrousse, and S. Jenouvrier (2023). Massive and infrequent informed emigration events in a species threatened by climate change: the emperor penguins. [Online.] Available at
Hagler, S. J., K. Abbott, C. D. Hayes, T. I. Hayes, and A. A. Dhondt (2023). Pre-breeding behavior of Ridgway's Hawks (Buteo ridgwayi) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 36:75–80.
Hahs, A. K., B. Fournier, M. F. J. Aronson, C. H. Nilon, A. Herrera-Montes, A. B. Salisbury, C. G. Threlfall, C. C. Rega-Brodsky, C. A. Lepczyk, F. A. La Sorte, I. MacGregor-Fors, et al. (2023). Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide. Nature Communications 14:4751.
Halupka, L., D. Arlt, J. Tolvanen, A. Millon, P. Bize, P. Adamík, P. Albert, W. J. Arendt, A. V. Artemyev, V. Baglione, J. Bańbura, et al. (2023). The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2208389120.
Harris, S. M., O. J. Robinson, Y. Hingrat, E. Le Nuz, and V. Ruiz Gutierrez (2023). Understanding the demography of a reinforced population: Long-term survival of captive-bred and wild-born houbara bustards in Morocco. Biological Conservation 284:110185.
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Hines, C., L. Duval, B. D. Watts, G. Van Horn, and E. Miller (2023). Citizen science photographs indicate different timing and location use of migrating adult and juvenile Whimbrels. Ornithological Applications 125:duad011.
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