Russell Greenberg
Center Head / Migratory Bird Center
Fax: 202.673.4916
Address:
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
National Zoological Park
P.O. Box 37012-MRC 5503
Washington, DC 20013
Research Focus
habitat selection, the ecology and evolution of migration, interspecific interaction, and use of man-modified tropical habitats.
Education and Degrees
- 1981 Ph.D. in Ornithology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research Topics
- Shade Grown Coffee
- Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow
- Shade Grown Cacao
- Forest Change
- Neophobia
- Rusty Blackbird
- Birds of Argentina
- Kentucky Warbler
- Coastal Marsh Working Group
Most Recent Publications
Cardoni, D.A., Maldonado, J.E., Isacch, J.P. and Greenberg, R.S. Subtle Sexual Dimorphism in the Bay-Capped Wren-Spinetail (Furnariidae) Uncovered through Molecular Sex Determination, Ornitologia Neotropical, 20 347-355. 2009.
Cruz-Angon, A., Baena, M.L. and Greenberg, R.S. The contribution of epiphytes to the abundance and species richness of canopy insects in a Mexican coffee plantation, Journal of Tropical Ecology, 25 453-463. 2009.
Gordon, C.E., McGill, B., Ibarra-Nunez, G., Greenberg, R.S. and Perfecto, I. Simplification of a coffee foliage-dwelling beetle community under low-shade management, Basic and Applied Ecology, 10 246-254. 2009.
Luther, D.A. and Greenberg, R.S. Mangroves: A Global Perspective on the Evolution and Conservation of their Terrestrial Vertebrates, Bioscience, 59 (7) 602-612. 2009.
Peele, A.M., Burtt Jr., E.H., Schroeder, M.R. and Greenberg, R.S. Dark color of the coastal plain swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens) may be an evolutionary response to occurrence and abundance of salt-tolerant feather-degrading bacilli in its plumage, The Auk, 126 (3) 531-535. 2009.
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