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.
2012
2011
- 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
2010
- 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
2009
- 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
2008
- 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
2007
- 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
2006
- 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
2005
- 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?
2004
- 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
2003
- 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
2001
- Black-throated Green, Townsend's, and Hermit Warblers in Mexico
- Organic and Fair Trade Certifications Emerging in the Coffee Market
2000
- Shaded Cacao Farms Good for Migratory Birds
- Birds Keep Coffee Farms Pest-free
- Chocolate Farms as Bird Habitat
1999
- 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
1997
- Birds of Coffee Farms in Chiapas, Mexico
- Birds of Coffee Farms in Guatemala
- History of Coffee in Chiapas, Mexico
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