Search Results - "Styrsky, Jennifer Nesbitt"
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Citizen Science in Postsecondary Education: Current Practices and Knowledge Gaps
Published in Bioscience (01-03-2022)“…Abstract Citizen science involves the public in science to investigate research questions. Although citizen science facilitates learning in informal…”
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Common milkweed seeds exhibit latitudinal clines more consistent with adaptation to growing season length than temperature
Published in Restoration ecology (01-09-2023)“…Overwintering monarch (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined since the 1990s. In response, restoration of milkweeds, including Asclepias syriaca (common…”
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Annual Fecundity of a Neotropical Bird During Years of High and Low Rainfall
Published in The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) (01-02-2011)“…We investigated how variation in the timing and amount of annual precipitation influenced annual variation in the fecundity of the Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax…”
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INFLUENCE OF PREDATION ON NEST-SITE REUSE BY AN OPEN-CUP NESTING NEOTROPICAL PASSERINE
Published in The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) (01-02-2005)“…Nest-site fidelity is associated with previous reproductive success in birds but is thought to be rare among territorial, open-cup nesting passerines. I…”
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Juvenile Mortality Increases with Clutch Size in a Neotropical Bird
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-12-2005)“…The change in avian clutch size with latitude is a celebrated example of geographic variation in a vertebrate life-history trait. Alternative hypotheses for…”
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ARE ARTIFICIAL BIRD NESTS EFFECTIVE SURROGATES FOR ESTIMATING PREDATION ON REAL BIRD NESTS? A TEST WITH TROPICAL BIRDS
Published in The Auk (01-07-2005)“…Artificial bird nests are often used in studying birds whose nests are difficult to find, such as those of many tropical species. Yet the underlying assumption…”
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Friend or Foe? Orb-Weaver Spiders Inhabiting Ant–Acacias Capture Both Herbivorous Insects and Acacia Ant Alates
Published in Journal of insect science (Tucson, Ariz.) (01-07-2020)“…Abstract The orb-weaver spiders Eustala oblonga (Chickering) and Eustala illicita (O. Picard-Cambridge) (Araneae: Araneidae) inhabit the ant-defended acacias…”
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The Relationship Between Burrow Abundance and Area as a Predictor of Gopher Tortoise Population Size
Published in Herpetologica (01-12-2010)“…Because gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) occupy high-value lands in the southeastern United States, are declining throughout their range, and stir public…”
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Influence of Predation on Nest-Site Reuse by an Open-Cup Nesting Neotropical Passerine
Published in The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) (01-02-2005)“…Nest-site fidelity is associated with previous reproductive success in birds but is thought to be rare among territorial, open-cup nesting passerines. I…”
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker Provisions Nestlings with Small Mammal Prey
Published in The Wilson bulletin (Wilson Ornithological Society) (01-03-2003)“…On 11 April 2002, in San Pedro, Belize, we observed a male Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons dubius) cache a mouse carcass and subsequently…”
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Are Artificial Bird Nests Effective Surrogates for Estimating Predation on Real Bird Nests? A Test With Tropical Birds
Published in The Auk (01-07-2005)“…Artificial bird nests are often used in studying birds whose nests are difficult to find, such as those of many tropical species. Yet the underlying assumption…”
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Life-history evolution and population dynamics of a neotropical forest bird (Hylophylax naevioides)
Published 01-01-2003“…I studied the life-history and population dynamics of Spotted Antbirds (Hylophylax naevioides) in central Panama from 1998–2001. During this study, a strong El…”
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