For altricial young, fledging is an abrupt step into an unknown environment. Despite
increasing numbers of studies addressing the post‐fledging period, our current knowledge …

Oviposition-site choice is a major maternal effect by which females can affect the survival
and phenotype of their offspring. Across oviparous species, the ultimate reasons for females' …

Migratory bird needs must be met during four phases of the year: breeding season, fall
migration, wintering, and spring migration; thus, management may be needed during all four …

Spatially explicit population models (SEPMs) are often considered the best way to predict
and manage species distributions in spatially heterogeneous landscapes. However, they …

Habitat loss and fragmentation affect forest birds through direct loss of breeding habitats,
detrimental edge effects such as increased nest predation and brood parasitism, and …

Historically, forests in the northeastern United States were disturbed by fire, wind, Native
American agriculture, flooding, and beavers (Castor canadensis). Of these, wind and …

As a result of changes in natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes, the extent of early-
successional forest across much of eastern North American is near historic lows, and …

Spatially-explicit, individual-based models are increasingly used to evaluate the effects of
habitat loss and fragmentation on habitat use and population persistence. Yet, they are …

But how to begin a beginning? A strange sound interrupted my tossing. I went to the window,
the cold air against my eyes. At first I saw only starlight. Then they were there. Up in the …