Thomas Brandt Ryder

Research Scientist / Migratory Bird Center

Research Focus

reproductive strategies of birds. My current study on gray catbirds examines how landscape connectivity and urbanization influence rates of extra-pair paternity among populations.

Most Recent Publications

Small-Lorenz, Stacy, Culp, Leah A., Ryder, T. B., Will, Tom C. and Marra, Peter P. A blind spot in climate change vulnerability assessments, Nature Climate Change, 3 (2) 91-93. 2013.

Rutz, Christian, Ryder, Thomas B. and Fleischer, Robert C. Restricted gene flow and fine-scale population structuring in tool using New Caledonian crows, Naturwissenschaften, 99 (4) 313-320. 2012.

Ryder, Thomas B., Fleischer, Robert C., Shriver, W. Greg and Marra, Peter P. The ecological–evolutionary interplay: density-dependent sexual selection in a migratory songbird, Ecology and Evolution, 2 (5) 976-987. 2012.

Ryder, Thomas B., Horton, Brent M., Tillaart, Mike van den, Morales, Juan De Dios and Moore, Ignacio T. Proximity data-loggers increase the quantity and quality of social network data, Biology Letters, 8 (6) 917-920. 2012.

Balogh, Anne L., Ryder, Thomas B. and Marra, Peter P. Population demography of Gray Catbirds in the suburban matrix: sources, sinks and domestic cats, Journal of Ornithology, 152 (3) 717-726. 2011.

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