Search Results - "Brown, Mary Bomberger"

The Risk of Flawed Inference in Evolutionary Studies When Detectability Is Less than One by Gimenez, Olivier, Viallefont, Anne, Charmantier, Anne, Pradel, Roger, Cam, Emmanuelle, Brown, Charles R., Anderson, Mark D., Brown, Mary Bomberger, Covas, Rita, Gaillard, Jean‐Michel

“…Addressing evolutionary questions in the wild remains a challenge. It is best done by monitoring organisms from birth to death, which is very difficult in part…”
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Flight initiation distances of nesting Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) in response to human disturbance by Jorgensen, Joel G., Dinan, Lauren R., Bomberger Brown, Mary

“…Birds frequently interact with people when they occur in coupled human-ecological or anthropogenic environments, which makes the protection of legally…”
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Location matters: evaluating Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) boom chorus propagation by Raynor, Edward J., Whalen, Cara E., Bomberger Brown, Mary, Powell, Larkin A.

“…Anthropogenic disturbances can affect species of conservation concern by influencing their behavior. Of special concern is the possibility that noise from…”
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Effects of climate change and anthropogenic modification on a disturbance‐dependent species in a large riverine system by Zeigler, Sara L., Catlin, Daniel H., Bomberger Brown, Mary, Fraser, James D., Dinan, Lauren R., Hunt, Kelsi L., Jorgensen, Joel G., Karpanty, Sarah M.

“…Humans have altered nearly every natural disturbance regime on the planet through climate and land‐use change, and in many instances, these processes may have…”
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Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori) respond to vegetation density and elevation in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana by McCollum, Kathryn R., Powell, Larkin A., Snyman, Andrei, Bomberger Brown, Mary, Carroll, John P.

“…Conservation planning and decision making for species of concern requires precise information on abundance and habitat associations. We conducted transect…”
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Where has all the road kill gone? by Brown, Charles R., Bomberger Brown, Mary

“…An estimated 80 million birds are killed by colliding with vehicles on U. S. roads each year [1], and millions more die annually in Europe [2] and elsewhere…”
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Buggy Creek Virus: Evidence for Multiple Clades in the Western Great Plains, United States of America by PFEFFER, Martin, FOSTER, Jerome E, EDWARDS, Eric A, BOMBERGER BROWN, Mary, KOMAR, Nicholas, BROWN, Charles R

“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Breeding time in a migratory songbird is predicted by drought severity and group size by Brown, Mary Bomberger, Brown, Charles R

“…Global climate change is altering the breeding phenology of many organisms, and one reported consequence of warmer average temperatures is earlier breeding…”
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Stabilizing selection on body mass in the sociable weaver Philetairus socius by Covas, Rita, Brown, Charles R., Anderson, Mark D., Brown, Mary Bomberger

“…Philetairus socius…”
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Spleen volume varies with colony size and parasite load in a colonial bird by Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger

“…a colonial passerine bird of North America. We used a sample of over 1700 birds that had all died during a period of inclement weather in 1996. We…”
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Effects of wind turbine noise on the surrounding soundscape in the context of greater-prairie chicken courtship vocalizations by Whalen, Cara E., Brown, Mary Bomberger, McGee, Joann, Powell, Larkin A., Walsh, Edward J.

“…•Operational wind turbines contribute to the soundscape of the surrounding environment.•Low frequency turbine noise may interfere with wildlife vocalizations…”
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Fluctuating survival selection explains variation in avian group size by Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger, Roche, Erin A., O’Brien, Valerie A., Page, Catherine E.

“…Most animal groups vary extensively in size. Because individuals in certain sizes of groups often have higher apparent fitness than those in other groups, why…”
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Wind turbine noise limits propagation of greater prairie‐chicken boom chorus, but does it matter? by Whalen, Cara E., Brown, Mary Bomberger, McGee, JoAnn, Powell, Larkin A., Walsh, Edward J., Goymann, Wolfgang

“…Acoustic signals are often critical elements of mating displays, and lekking male greater prairie‐chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) use their boom…”
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Extreme group sizes in a colonial bird favored during a rare climatic event by Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger

“…What maintains stasis in animal group‐size distributions is an unresolved problem in behavioral ecology. One potential driver could be rare climatic events…”
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Recapture heterogeneity in cliff swallows: increased exposure to mist nets leads to net avoidance by Roche, Erin A, Brown, Charles R, Brown, Mary Bomberger, Lear, Kristen M

“…Ecologists often use mark-recapture to estimate demographic variables such as abundance, growth rate, or survival for samples of wild animal populations. A…”
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Indirect Effects of an Existing Wind Energy Facility on Lekking Behavior of Greater Prairie‐Chickens by Smith, Jennifer A., Whalen, Cara E., Bomberger Brown, Mary, Powell, Larkin A.

“…Rapid expansion of the wind energy industry has raised concerns about the potential effects of anthropogenic disturbance on prairie grouse. While efforts have…”
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Familiarity with breeding habitat improves daily survival in colonial cliff swallows by Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger, Brazeal, Kathleen R.

“…One probable cost of dispersing to a new breeding habitat is unfamiliarity with local conditions such as the whereabouts of food or the habits of local…”
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Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics by Alexander, Jason S., Jorgensen, Joel G., Brown, Mary Bomberger

“…In a recent study, Farnsworth et al. (2017) used distributions of nest initiation dates drawn mostly from human‐created, off‐channel habitats and a model of…”
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Ecological correlates of group integrity among dispersing cliff swallows by Hannebaum, Stacey L., Brown, Mary Bomberger, Brown, Charles R.

“…Breeding colonies of birds represent groups of individuals that associate during one breeding season, at least partially dissociate for the non‐breeding…”
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Heritable choice of colony size in cliff swallows: does experience trump genetics in older birds? by Roche, Erin A., Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger

“…The variation in breeding colony size seen in populations of most colonial birds may reflect heritable choices made by individuals that are phenotypically…”
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