Minimizing marker mass and handling time when attaching radio-transmitters and geolocators to small songbirds

HM Streby, TL McAllister, SM Peterson… - The Condor …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Radio-transmitters and light-level geolocators are currently small enough for use on
songbirds weighing< 15 g. Various methods are used to attach these markers to larger …

Density‐dependent home‐range size revealed by spatially explicit capture–recapture

MG Efford, DK Dawson, YV Jhala, Q Qureshi - Ecography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The size of animal home ranges often varies inversely with population density among
populations of a species. This fact has implications for population monitoring using spatially …

Tornadic storm avoidance behavior in breeding songbirds

HM Streby, GR Kramer, SM Peterson, JA Lehman… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Migration is a common behavior used by animals of many taxa to occupy different habitats
during different periods [1]. Migrant birds are categorized as either facultative (ie, those that …

Density estimation of sound-producing terrestrial animals using single automatic acoustic recorders and distance sampling

E Sebastián-González… - Avian …, 2018 - research-repository.st-andrews.ac …
Obtaining accurate information on the distribution, density, and abundance of animals is an
important first step toward their conservation. Methodological approaches using automatic …

Geolocators on Golden-winged Warblers do not affect migratory ecology

SM Peterson, HM Streby, GR Kramer… - The Condor …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The use of light-level geolocators is increasingly common for connecting breeding and
nonbreeding sites and identifying migration routes in birds. Until recently, the mass and size …

Retirement investment theory explains patterns in songbird nest-site choice

HM Streby, JM Refsnider… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
When opposing evolutionary selection pressures act on a behavioural trait, the result is often
stabilizing selection for an intermediate optimal phenotype, with deviations from the …

Prothonotary warbler nestling growth and condition in response to variation in aquatic and terrestrial prey availability

JC Dodson, NJ Moy, LP Bulluck - Ecology and Evolution, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic prey subsidies entering terrestrial habitats are well documented, but little is known
about the degree to which these resources provide fitness benefits to riparian consumers …

Survival and habitat use of fledgling Golden-winged Warblers in the western Great Lakes region

HM Streby, SM Peterson, DE Andersen… - Golden-winged …, 2016 - books.google.com
Postfledging habitat use and fledgling survival remain unstudied for most songbirds, but this
period is critical for understanding breeding habitat associations and full-season …

[PDF][PDF] Stand and within-stand factors influencing Golden-winged Warbler use of regenerating stands in the central Appalachian Mountains.

MH Bakermans, BW Smith, BC Jones… - Avian Conservation & …, 2015 - researchgate.net
The Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) is currently being considered for
protected status under the US Endangered Species Act. The creation of breeding habitat in …

Movements, cover-type selection, and survival of fledgling Ovenbirds in managed deciduous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forests

HM Streby, DE Andersen - Forest Ecology and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
We used radio telemetry to monitor movements, cover-type selection, and survival for
fledglings of the mature-forest nesting Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) at two managed forest …