Scott Sillett

Research Scientist / Migratory Bird Center

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.

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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

Research Topics

• Island Scrub-Jay
• Hubbard Brook Bird Research
• Orange-crowned Warbler

Most Recent Publications

Langin, K.M., Sillett, T.S., Yoon, J., Sofaer, H.R., Morrison, S.A. and Ghalambor, C.K. Reproductive consequences of an extreme drought for orange-crowned warblers on Santa Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands.. Institute for Wildlife Studies. 2009.

Betts, M.G., Rodenhouse, N.L., Sillett, T.S., Doran, P.J. and Holmes, R.T. Dynamic occupancy models reveal within-breeding season movement up a habitat quality gradient by a migratory songbird, Ecography, 31 (5) 592-600. 2008.

Cruz-Angon, A., Sillett, T.S. and Greenberg, R.S. An Experimental Study of Habitat Selection by Birds in a Coffee Plantation, Ecology, 89 (4) 921-927. 2008.

Peluc, S.I., Sillett, T.S., Rotenberry, J.T. and Ghalambor, C.K. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in an island songbird exposed to a novel predation risk, Behavioral Ecology, 19 (4) 830-835. 2008.

Salgado-Ortiz, J., Marra, P.P., Sillett, T.S. and Robertson, R.J. Breeding Ecology of the Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica petechia Bryanti) and Comparative Life History of the Yellow Warbler Subspecies Complex, The Auk, 125 (2) 402-410. 2008.

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