EBBA Grants Bibliography

Peer Reviewed Papers – alphabetical by grantee’s last name

  1. Niederhauser JM, MC Slevin, EG Noonburg, and RC Anderson. (2021). Body size, habitat quality, and territory defense in Bachman’s sparrow,  158(6), 479-502
  2. Covino KM, RL Holberton, and SR Morris. (2014). Factors influencing migratory decisions made by songbirds on spring stopover. Journal of Avian Biology. 46:73-80.
  3. Covino KM and B Cooney. (2015). Daytime sleeping behavior observed in a Black-and-white Warbler during spring stopover. Animal Migration. 2(1):44-46.
  4. Covino KM (2015). Determination of Sex Using Morphometrics in the Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) and Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 127(4):706-711.
  5. Covino KM, SR Morris, and FR Moore. (2015). Patterns of testosterone in three Nearctic–Neotropical migratory songbirds during spring passage. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 224:186-193.
  6. Covino KM, JM Jawor, JF Kelly, and FR Moore. (2016). Overlapping life-history stages in migrating songbirds: variation in circulating testosterone and testosterone production capacity. Journal of Ornithology. 158:203-212.
  7. Covino KM, JM Jawor, SR Morris, and FR Moore. (2018). Sex-specific hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis sensitivity in migrating songbirds. Hormones and Behavior. 97:112-120.
  8. Derbyshire R, D Strickland, and DR Norris. (2015). Experimental evidence and 43 years of monitoring data show that food limits reproduction in a food-caching passerine. 96(11):3005-15.
  9. Derbyshire R, DR Norris, KA Hobson, and D Strickland. (2019). Isotopic spiking and food dye experiments provide evidence that nestling Canada Jays (Perisoreuscanadensis) receive cached food from their parents. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97(4): 368-375.
  10. Gómez C, T Larsen, BN Popp, KA Hobson, and CD Cadena. (2018). Assessing seasonal changes in animal diets with stable-isotope analysis of amino acids: a migratory boreal songbird switches diet over its annual cycle.  187:1-13.
  11. Herbert JA, D Mizrahi, CM Taylor. (2022). Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebird. Journal of Animal Ecology. Doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13670. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35118651
  12. Newell-Wohner PJ, CR Foss, and RJ Cooper. (2020). Rusty Blackbird Habitat Selection and Survivorship during Nesting and Post-Fledging. Diversity. 12(6):221.
  13. Palestis BG. (2018). Low recruitment of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) in the declining Barnegat Bay population. Seabird. 31:64-74.
  14. Valero MM, and BG Palestis. (2019). Movements of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Chicks from the Nest with Age. Waterbirds. 42(1): 107-111.
  15. Swayser B, G George, and TL Master. (2019). Brood parasitism of a Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) nest by a cuckoo (Coccyzus) in Pennsylvania. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131(3):647-650.
  16. Vasseur PL, and PL Leberg. (2015). Effects of habitat edges and nest-site characteristics on Painted Bunting nest success. Journal of Field Ornithology. 86(1): 27-40.
  17. Vasseur PL, and PL Leberg. (2016). Video Surveillance of Painted Bunting Nests to Determine the Effect of Parental Behavior on Nest Success. Southeastern Naturalist. 15(1):1-11.
  18. Zenzal TJ, AC Fish, TM Jones, EA Ospina, and FR. Moore. (2013). Observations of Predation and Anti-Predator Behavior of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds During Migratory Stopover. Southeastern Naturalist. 12(4):21-25.
  19. Zenzal TJ, and FR Moore. (2016). Stopover biology of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) during autumn migration. The Auk. 133(2):237–250.
  20. Zenzal TJ, FR Moore, RH Diehl, MP Ward, and JL. Deppe. (2018). Migratory hummingbirds make their own rules: the decision to resume migration along a barrier. Animal Behaviour. 137:215-224.
  21. Zenzal TJ, AJ Contina, JF Kelly, and FR Moore. (2018). Temporal migration patterns between natal locations of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) and their Gulf Coast stopover site. Movement Ecology.6:2.
  22. Zenzal TJ, and FR Moore. (2019). Resource use and defence by Ruby-throated Hummingbirds during stopover. Behaviour. 156(2):131-153.

Doctoral Dissertations

  1. Covino KM. (2016). Transition Between Phases of the Annual Cycle: Spring Migration to Breeding in Nearctic-Neotropical Songbirds. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi.
  2. Farley-Dawson EA (2017). Factors influencing habitat selection, spatial distribution, and site fidelity in a Neotropical migratory bird, the Veery (Catharus fuscescens). Doctoral Dissertation, Texas Tech University.
  3. Ferguson SM (2017). Vocal Aggression in the Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens): Behavior, Hormones, and the Role of Females. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Memphis.
  4. Fish AC. (2021). American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) Migration Ecology in Eastern North America. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maine.
  5. Frantz MW. (2019). Demographic, spatial, and epigenetic response of the Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) to shale gas development. Doctoral Dissertation, West Virginia University.
  6. Herbert JA. (2021), Survival, effects of habitat change, and migratory tactics of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebirds. Doctoral Dissertation, Tulane University.
  7. Zenzal TJ. (2016). Stopover ecology of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) during autumn migration. Doctoral Dissertations, University of Southern Mississippi.

Master’s Theses

  1. Baillie SK.(2014). Boldness in Response to Predatory Threat and Its Correlation with Reproductive Success in Carolina Chickadees (Poecile Carolinensis). Master’s Thesis, Villanova University.
  2. Derbyshire R. (2014). Experimental evidence and over forty years of monitoring data show that food limits reproductive success in a boreal food-caching passerine. Master’s Thesis, University of Guelph.
  3. Gautreaux JM. (2013). Spring Landbird Migration along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico: MultiScaled Investigation of Stopover Ecology Within an Urbanized Landscape. Master’s Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi.