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Using a novel land cover classification to identify multi-scale drivers of site occupancy for shrubland habitat conservation by Lin, Baron H., Bulluck, Lesley P.

“…Context Understanding habitat selection at multiple scales is important for guiding conservation efforts. This is difficult for species that occupy…”
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Fine Resolution Imagery and LIDAR-Derived Canopy Heights Accurately Classify Land Cover with a Focus on Shrub/Sapling Cover in a Mountainous Landscape by Bulluck, Lesley, Lin, Baron, Schold, Elizabeth

“…Publicly available land cover maps do not accurately represent shrubs and saplings, an uncommon but ecologically relevant cover type represented by woody…”
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Population trends in Vermivora warblers are linked to strong migratory connectivity by Kramer, Gunnar R., Andersen, David E., Buehler, David A., Wood, Petra B., Peterson, Sean M., Lehman, Justin A., Aldinger, Kyle R., Bulluck, Lesley P., Harding, Sergio, Jones, John A., Loegering, John P., Smalling, Curtis, Vallender, Rachel, Streby, Henry M.

“…Migratory species can experience limiting factors at different locations and during different periods of their annual cycle. In migratory birds, these factors…”
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Biotransport of Algal Toxins to Riparian Food Webs by Moy, Nicholas J, Dodson, Jenna, Tassone, Spencer J, Bukaveckas, Paul A, Bulluck, Lesley P

“…The occurrence of harmful algal blooms has resulted in growing worldwide concern about threats to aquatic life and human health. Microcystin (MC), a…”
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Predicting Pasture and Forest Landowner Intention to Create Early Successional Habitat by MEISTER, HANNAH M., VALDEZ, RENE X., MARTIN, DUSTIN, BULLUCK, LESLEY P.

“…As human land uses expand across the landscape, the management practices of private landowners are an essential part of effective conservation. Early…”
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Parental care in a sexually monomorphic Picid, the Red-headed Woodpecker by Walter, L. Abigail, Viverette, Catherine, Bulluck, Lesley

“…Parental care is energetically costly and is thus shared by parents in many bird species. Little is known about how parental care is shared in pairs of…”
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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) winter roost-site selection in a burned forest stand by Nickley, Benjamin, Bulluck, Lesley P.

“…In temperate regions, winter is characterized by high thermoregulatory demands and low food availability. For woodpeckers, winter survival depends on selecting…”
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Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis by Matthews, Alix E., Boves, Than J., Sweet, Andrew D., Ames, Elizabeth M., Bulluck, Lesley P., Johnson, Erik I., Johnson, Matthew, Lipshutz, Sara E., Percy, Katie L., Raybuck, Douglas W., Schelsky, Wendy M., Tonra, Christopher M., Viverette, Catherine B., Wijeratne, Asela J.

“…Researchers often examine symbiont host specificity as a species‐level pattern, but it can also be key to understanding processes occurring at the population…”
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Regional and local factors interact to shape colonization and extinction dynamics of invasive Hydrilla verticillata in a patchy landscape by Armstrong, Joshua T., Bulluck, Lesley P., Davidson, Andrew T., Stunkle, Charles Ryland, Vonesh, James R.

“…Understanding the response of species to global change requires disentangling the drivers of their distributions across landscapes. Colonization and extinction…”
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Population assignment reveals low migratory connectivity in a weakly structured songbird by DeSaix, Matthew G., Bulluck, Lesley P., Eckert, Andrew J., Viverette, Catherine B., Boves, Than J., Reese, Jessica A., Tonra, Christopher M., Dyer, Rodney J.

“…Understanding migratory connectivity is essential for determining the drivers behind population dynamics and for implementing effective conservation strategies…”
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Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler by Tonra, Christopher M, Hallworth, Michael T, Boves, Than J, Reese, Jessie, Bulluck, Lesley P, Johnson, Matthew, Viverette, Cathy, Percy, Katie, Ames, Elizabeth M, Matthews, Alix, Slevin, Morgan C, Wilson, R. Randy, Johnson, Erik I

“…One of the greatest challenges to informed conservation of migratory animals is elucidating spatiotemporal variation in distributions. Without such…”
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DNA metabarcoding reveals rangewide variation in aquatic diet of a riparian avian insectivore, the Prothonotary Warbler by Rogers, Samantha L., Verrelli, Brian C., Bukaveckas, Paul A., Ames, Elizabeth M., Youtz, Joseph, Boves, Than J., Johnson, Erik I., Tonra, Christopher M., Bulluck, Lesley P.

“…Riparian avian insectivores not only depend on terrestrial insect prey but also benefit from the inclusion of aquatic prey during critical life-history…”
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Exposure to risk factors experienced during migration is not associated with recent Vermivora warbler population trends by Kramer, Gunnar R., Andersen, David E., Buehler, David A., Wood, Petra B., Peterson, Sean M., Lehman, Justin A., Aldinger, Kyle R., Bulluck, Lesley P., Harding, Sergio, Jones, John A., Loegering, John P., Smalling, Curtis, Vallender, Rachel, Streby, Henry M.

“…Context Understanding the factors limiting populations of animals is critical for effective conservation. Determining which factors limit populations of…”
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No evidence for a negative effect of conspecific brood parasitism on annual survival of female Prothonotary Warblers by Tucker, Anna M., Bulluck, Lesley P.

“…Species that provide intensive parental care could suffer fitness costs associated with conspecific brood parasitism. Here we evaluate the effect of…”
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Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus by Raybuck, Douglas W., Boves, Than J., Stoleson, Scott H., Larkin, Jeffery L., Bayly, Nicholas J., Bulluck, Lesley P., George, Gregory A., Slankard, Kate G., Kearns, Laura J., Petzinger, Sharon, Cox, John J., Buehler, David A.

“…The Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) is a declining Nearctic–Neotropical migratory songbird of conservation concern. Implementing full annual cycle…”
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Prothonotary warbler nestling growth and condition in response to variation in aquatic and terrestrial prey availability by Dodson, Jenna C., Moy, Nicholas J., Bulluck, Lesley P.

“…Aquatic prey subsidies entering terrestrial habitats are well documented, but little is known about the degree to which these resources provide fitness…”
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Limited evidence for conspecific attraction in a low-density population of a declining songbird, the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) by Albrecht-Mallinger, Dan J, Bulluck, Lesley P

“…Many bird species utilize the presence of conspecifics to gauge habitat quality and guide territory selection. When individuals preferentially settle in areas…”
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Feather carotenoid content is correlated with reproductive success and provisioning rate in female Prothonotary Warblers by Bulluck, Lesley P, Foster, Miran J, Kay, Samantha, Cox, Donald E, Viverette, Catherine, Huber, Sarah

“…In many avian species, a male's colorful feather ornaments are known to signal individual quality and can serve as the basis for mate choice. Fewer studies…”
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Spatial variation in carotenoid plumage coloration and relationships between female coloration and quality in Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) by Slevin, Morgan C, Bulluck, Lesley P, Matthews, Alix. E, Boves, Than J

“…Many birds use conspicuous plumage coloration to signal quality for sexual or social selection. However, it is still often unclear how intraspecific coloration…”
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Habitat‐dependent occupancy and movement in a migrant songbird highlights the importance of mangroves and forested lagoons in Panama and Colombia by Bulluck, Lesley, Ames, Elizabeth, Bayly, Nicholas, Reese, Jessie, Viverette, Cathy, Wright, James, Caguazango, Angela, Tonra, Christopher

“…Climate change is predicted to impact tropical mangrove forests due to decreased rainfall, sea‐level rise, and increased seasonality of flooding. Such changes…”
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