Science Article Summaries
The following articles are summaries, written for the general public, of papers published in scientific journals. Citations, abstracts, and printable versions are available on the linked page.
- Differences in the Bills of Male and Female Sparrows on Islands Is Driven by Climate
- Blackbird Reaction to Change
- New Population Statistics Reveal Island Scrub-Jay Among United States’ Rarest Bird Species
- Smithsonian Scientists Explain Bill Size Variation of Birds in Different Habitats
- Scientists Find That Rain May Not Always Be a Welcome Thing to Waterbirds
- Human-Modified Habitats Shape Bird Mating Patterns
- A Second Home May Shore up Island Scrub Jay's Future
- For Fewer Insect Pests, Invite Bluebirds into Your Vineyard
- Smithsonian Scientists Discover That Urban Songbirds Adjust Their Melodies to Adapt to Various Elements of City Life
- Migratory Connectivity
- Bugs and Berries: Deciphering the Winter Diet of the Hermit Thrush
- Biofuel Crops and Grassland Birds: Can They Coexist?
- Fruit Production in Shade Grown Coffee Farms
- It's No Sweat for Salt Marsh Sparrows to Beat the Heat if They Have a Larger Bill
- Web-based Teaching Module on Black-throated Blue Warblers
- Environmental, Developmental, and Selection Factors all Tied to Birds' Reaction to Stress
- Mangrove Birds Have Bigger Beaks
- Northern Waterthrush Space-use Strategies
- Northern Waterthrush Winter Habitat Use
- Smithsonian Scientists Find Declining Rainfall Is a Major Influence for Migrating Birds
- It's Catbirds vs. Cats…and the Cats Are Winning
- Using Super-science to Track the Rusty Blackbird
- Working Together to Save a Species: the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group
- Birds and Bugs and Plants
- Hormonal Variation in Orange-crowned Warblers
- Early Adult Plumage Can Give Yearling Redstarts a Big Advantage
- Backyard Bird Nest Survival in Cities and Country
- Northern Waterthrush Winter Habitat
- Different Look, Same DNA
- Ladies' Choice: Sexual Selection in Coastal Plain and Southern Swamp Sparrows
- Tweet Y'all: a Look at the Regional Accents of the Northern and Southern Black-throated Blue Warblers
- Saving Migratory Birds: The Quest for Knowledge vs. the Ticking Clock
- Resident vs. Migrant Birds: Who copes better with change?
- Slowing the Spread of West Nile Virus: the Robin Vaccination Study
- Fruit Trees Help Ensure Tropical Birds' Future on Coffee Plantations
- A Closer Look at the Dusky Orange-crowned Warbler Nests of Santa Catalina Island
- A Swamp Sparrow Meetup in Delaware
- Sexing Bay-capped Wren-Spinetails
- Epiphytes Important for Biodiversity
- Shade Grown Coffee Keeps Coffee Berry Borer at Bay
- Redstart Stress Response Differs by Habitat
- Southern Warblers Cross Gulf First
- Why Are Redstarts Red?
- Drought Affects Dusky Orange-crowned Warbler
- Microbial Communities on American Redstarts
- Russian Boreal Forest Avifauna
- Inland and Coastal Swamp Sparrows Use Different Nesting Strategies
- You Are What Eats You
- Mangroves: Trouble in the Tropics
- Forensic Analysis
- Swamp Sparrow Subspecies Songs
- Rustic Coffee Best for Birds and Ants
- Birds, Bugs, and Agroforestry
- Ice Age Redstarts
- Shaded Coffee Farms Provide Secondary Income for Farmers: Wood
- Sexual Identity Issues in Male Red-backed Fairy-Wrens
- Effect of Epiphyte Removal on Common Bush-Tanagers and Golden-crowned Warblers
- Impact of Development on Chesapeake Bay Birds
- Breeding Ecology of the Mangrove Warbler
- Northern Waterthrush Roosting Behavior
- Radio Transmitters No Problem for Hermit Thrushes
- Finding the Right Spot
- Maiden Flight
- Swamp Sparrow Nest Monitoring
- Shade Grown Cacao: Good for the Birds, Good for the Farmer
- Comparison of Shade Cacao and Forest Fragments in Panama
- Bird Migration and the Spread of Bacteria
- Robin Parents Shield Nestlings from Mosquitoes
- Redstart Tail Color Influenced by Molting Location
- Earlier Springs and Drier Winters May Create a Problem for American Redstarts
- Coffee Farms in Chiapas, Mexico
- Crowding Affects Black-throated Blue Warbler Foraging Behavior
- Effects of Prescribed Fire on Seaside Sparrows
- Lead Contamination of mid-Atlantic Songbirds
- West Nile Virus Hammers Backyard Birds
- Tidal Marshes: A Global Perspective
- Residents Versus Migrants in a Shade Coffee Farm
- Comparison of Winter Habitats in Jamaica Used by American Redstarts
- Site-dependence a Factor in Regulating Black-throated Blue Warblers
- West Nile Virus in our Backyard
- Birds Prefer Acacias over Oaks
- Move to a Tidal Marsh, Get a Bigger Beak
- Ants Bother Birds in Coffee Plantation
- Redstarts in Jamaica: Winter Habitat Quality and the Battle of the Sexes
- Not All House Wren Parents Are Equal
- Can Birds Change Their Nesting Strategy?
- Birds and Ants as Insect Predators in Coffee Farms
- Two's Company Three's a Crowd: Black-throated Blue Warbler Population Stable
- California Bird’s Puzzling Decline
- Epiphytes, Birds, and Coffee: More Tropical Connections
- Singing the Blues
- Cattle Pastures: Unlikely Bird Habitat
- Using Nest Departure Calls in Bird Surveys
- Coffee Overproduction: An Opportunity for Biodiversity Conservation
- Population Regulation of Black-throated Blue Warblers
- Why Ovenbirds Hate Maple Syrup
- The Chocolate Tree
- Martin Landlords Get To Know Their Birds
- Black-throated Green, Townsend's, and Hermit Warblers in Mexico
- Organic and Fair Trade Certifications Emerging in the Coffee Market
- Shaded Cacao Farms Good for Migratory Birds
- Birds Keep Coffee Farms Pest-free
- Chocolate Farms as Bird Habitat
- The Long-term Decline of the Rusty Blackbird
- Boreal Forest Bird Assemblages Defined by Ice Age
- Bird Communities of Boreal Forests
- Coffee: Traditional vs. Technified
- Birds of Coffee Farms in Chiapas, Mexico
- Birds of Coffee Farms in Guatemala
- History of Coffee in Chiapas, Mexico
- Yellow Warbler: Bully of Sun Coffee
- Coffee Farms Role in Conserving Biodiversity
- Arroyos as Winter Habitat
- Vireo Cousins Coexist on Yucatan Peninsula
- Hooded Warbler Habitat Selection
- Swamp Sparrow Nest Departure Call
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