Contact Information
Address:
National Zoological Park
P.O. Box 37012-MRC 5503
Washington, DC 20013
Telephone: 202.633.4213
Fax: 202.673.4916
Research Focus
Scott studies how events throughout the annual cycle of migratory birds are interconnected and how multiple mechanisms, both natural and human-related, operate to limit and regulate these bird populations.
Most Recent Publications
- Betts, M. G., Rodenhouse, N. L., Sillett, T. S., Doran, P. J. & Holmes, R. T. 2008. Dynamic occupancy models reveal within-breeding season movement up a habitat quality gradient by a migratory songbird. Ecography.
- Cruz-Angon, A., Sillett, T. S. & Greenberg, R. 2008. An Experimental Study of Habitat Selection by Birds in a Coffee Plantation. Ecology 89: 921-927.
- Karubian, J., Sillett, T. S. & Webster, M. S. 2008. The Effects of Delayed Plumage Maturation on Aggression and Survival in Male Red-Backed Fairy-Wrens. Behavioral Ecology 19: 508-516.
- Peluc, S. I., Sillett, T. S., Rotenberry, J. T. & Ghalambor, C. K. 2008. Adaptive plasticity in nest site selection in response to increased predation risk. Behavioral Ecology 19: 830-835.
- Salgado-Ortiz, J., Marra, P. P., Sillett, T. S. & Robertson, R. J. 2008. Breeding Ecology of the Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica petechia Bryanti) and Comparative Life History of the Yellow Warbler Subspecies Complex. The Auk 125: 402-410.
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Education and Degrees
- 2000 Ph.D. in Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- 1992 M.S. in Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- 1989 B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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