Recent Research Papers

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.

Chiver, I., E. S. Morton, and B. J. M. Stutchbury. 2007. Incubation delays territory defence by male blue-headed vireos, Vireo solitarius. Animal Behaviour 73:143-148.

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.

Dietsch, T.V., Perfecto, I. & Greenberg, R. 2007. Avian foraging behavior in two different types of coffee agrosystem in Chiapas, Mexico. Biotropica 39, 232-240.

Dobbs, R. C., Sillett, T. S., Rodenhouse, N. L. & Holmes, R. T. 2007. Population density affects foraging behavior of male Black-throated Blue Warblers during the breeding season. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 133-139.

Durrant, K. L., Marra, P. P., Fallon, S. M., Colbeck, G. J., Gibbs, H. L., Hobson, K. A., Norris, D. R., Bernik, B., Lloyd, V. L. & Fleischer, R. C. 2008. Parasite assemblages distinguish populations of a migratory passerine on its breeding grounds. Journal of Zoology 274: 318-326.

Etterson, M.A., Olsen, B. & Greenberg, R. 2007. The Analysis of Covariates in Multi-Fate Markov Chain Nest-Failure Models. Studies in Avian Biology 34, 55-64.

Gomez, A., Kilpatrick, A. M., Kramer, L. D., Dupuis, A. P., Jones, M. J., Goetz, S. J., Marra, P. P., Daszak, P. & Aguirre, A. A. 2007. Multiple factors influence West Nile virus seroprevalence in wild mammals. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77: 134-144.

Greenberg, R. 2007. Review of Conservation and Biology of Small Populations: The Sparrows of Mandarte Island by Smith et al. Journal of Field Ornithology 78:340-341.

Greenberg, R. , Perfecto, I. & Philpott, S. M. 2008. Introduction: Agroforests as Model Systems for Tropical Ecology. Ecology 89: 913-914.

Greenberg, R. Bye-bye Blackbird. ZooGoer 37[4], 8-15. 2008.

Greenberg, R., Perfecto, I. & Philpott, S. 2008. Guest Editorial. Coffee: ecology in the marketplace. Frontiers in Ecology 115.

Griffing, S. M., A. M. Kilpatrick, L. Clark, and P. P. Marra. 2007. Mosquito Landing Rates on Nesting American Robins (Turdus migratorius). Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7:437-443.

Ibanez, I., J. S. Clark, S. L. LaDeau, and J. Lambers. 2007. Exploiting temporal variability to understand tree recruitment response to climate change. Ecological Monographs 77:163-177.

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.

Kilpatrick, A. M., Kramer, L., Jones, M., Marra, P., Daszak, P. & Fonseca, D. 2007. Genetic influences on mosquito feeding behavior and the emergence of zoonotic pathogens. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77: 667-671.

Kilpatrick, A. M., Marra, P. P. & LaDeau, S. L. 2007. The ecology and impact of West Nile virus in the Western Hemisphere. The Auk 1121-1136.

King, R. S., W. V. DeLuca, D. F. Whigham, and P. P. Marra. 2007. Threshold Effects of Coastal Urbanization on Phragmites australis (Common Reed) Abundance and Foliar Nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 30:469-481.

LaDeau, S., Kilpatrick, M. and Marra, P.P. 2007. West Nile virus emergence and large-scale declines of North American bird populations. Nature 447:710-714.

Langin, K. M., Reudink, M. W., Marra, P. P., Norris, D. R., Kyser, T. K. & Ratcliffe, L. M. 2007. Hydrogen isotopic variation in migratory bird tissues of known origin: implications for geographic assignment. Oecologia 152: 449-457.

Liu, I. A., Lohr, B., Olsen, B. & Greenberg, R. 2008. Macrogeographic Vocal Variation in Subspecies of Swamp Sparrow. The Condor 110: 102-109.

Norris, D. R., P. P. Marra, T. K. Kyser, T. W. Sherry, L. M. Ratcliffe, and R. Montgomerie. 2007. Continent-wide variation in feather colour of a migratory songbird in relation to body condition and moulting locality. Biology Letters 3:16-19.

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.

Philpott, S. M., Bichier, P., Rice, R. & Greenberg, R. 2007. Field-testing ecological and economic benefits of coffee certification programs. Conservation Biology 21: 975-985.

Pomara, L. Y., Cooper, R. J. & Petit, L. J. 2007. Modeling the flocking propensity of passerine birds in two neotropical habitats. Oecologia 153: 121-133.

Rice, R. A. 2008. Agricultural intensification within agroforestry: The case of coffee and wood products. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.

Rice, R. A. Drinking Green. ZooGoer 37[4], 15-23. 2008.

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.

Studds, C. E. & Marra, P. P. 2007. Linking fluctuations in rainfall to nonbreeding season performance in a long-distance migratory bird, Setophaga ruticilla. Climate Research 35: 115-122.

Studds, C. E., Kyser, T. K. & Marra, P. P. 2008. Natal dispersal drive by environmental conditions interacting across the annual cycle of a migratory songbird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 2929-2933.

Van Bael, S. A., Bichier, P. & Greenberg, R. 2007. Bird predation on insects reduces damage to the foliage of cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao) in western Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 715-719.

Van Bael, S. A., Philpott, S. M., Greenberg, R., Bichier, P., Barber, N. A., Mooney, K. A. & Gruner, D. S. 2008. Birds as Predators in Tropical Agroforestry Systems. Ecology 89: 928-934.