Richard Holmes

Contosta, A. R., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Garlick, S. R., Holmes, R. T., Likens, G. E., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rogers, S. H., Templer, P. H., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Groffman, P. M. (2023). Early warning signals of changing resilience in the biogeochemistry and biology of a northern hardwood forest. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf3fe

Symes, L. B., Kittelberger, K. D., Stone, S. M., Holmes, R. T., Jones, J. S., Castaneda Ruvalcaba, I. P., Webster, M. S., & Ayres, M. P. (2022). Analytical approaches for evaluating passive acoustic monitoring data: A case study of avian vocalizations. Ecology and Evolution, 12(4), e8797. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8797

Harris, J. E., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Holmes, R. T. (2019). Decline in beetle abundance and diversity in an intact temperate forest linked to climate warming. Biological Conservation, 240, 108219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108219

Holmes, R., & Likens, G. E. (2016). Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem (HBR.2016-02). Yale University Press.

Townsend, A. K., Cooch, E. G., Sillett, T. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., Holmes, R. T., & Webster, M. S. (2016). The interacting effects of food, spring temperature, and global climate cycles on population dynamics of a migratory songbird. Global Change Biology, 22(2), 544–555. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13053

Lovett, G. M., Weiss, M., Liebhold, A. M., Holmes, T. P., Leung, B., Lambert, K. F., Orwig, D. A., Campbell, F. T., Rosenthal, J., McCullough, D. G., & others. (2016). Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options. Ecological Applications. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/15-1176/full

Marra, P. P., Studds, C. E., Wilson, S., Sillett, T. S., Sherry, T. W., & Holmes, R. T. (2015). Non-breeding season habitat quality mediates the strength of density-dependence for a migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1811), 20150624. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0624

Lany, N. K., Ayres, M. P., Stange, E. E., Sillett, T. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Holmes, R. T. (2015). Breeding timed to maximize reproductive success for a migratory songbird: the importance of phenological asynchrony. Oikos, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.02412

Sherry, T. W., Wilson, S., Hunter, S., & Holmes, R. T. (2015). Impacts of nest predators and weather on reproductive success and population limitation in a long-distance migratory songbird. Journal of Avian Biology, n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00536

Kampichler, C., Angeler, D. G., Holmes, R. T., Leito, A., Svensson, S., van der Jeugd, H. P., & Wesołowski, T. (2014). Temporal dynamics of bird community composition: an analysis of baseline conditions from long-term data. Oecologia, 175(4), 1301–1313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2979-6

Cline, M. H., Strong, A. M., Sillett, T. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Holmes, R. T. (2013). Correlates and Consequences of Breeding Dispersal in a Migratory Songbird. The Auk, 130(4), 742–752. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.12244

Townsend, A. K., Sillett, T. S., Lany, N. K., Kaiser, S. A., Rodenhouse, N. L., Webster, M. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2013). Warm Springs, Early Lay Dates, and Double Brooding in a North American Migratory Songbird, the Black-Throated Blue Warbler. PLoS ONE, 8(4), e59467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059467

Martin Korňan, R. T. H. (2013). Convergence in foraging guild structure of forest breeding bird assemblages across three continents is related to habitat structure and foraging opportunities. Community Ecology, 14(1), 89–100. https://doi.org/10.1556/ComEc.14.2013.1.10

Holmes, R. T. (2011). Avian population and community processes in forest ecosystems: Long-term research in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 262, 20–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.021

Goetz, S. J., Steinberg, D., Betts, M. G., Holmes, R. T., Doran, P. J., Dubayah, R., & Hofton, M. (2010). Lidar remote sensing variables predict breeding habitat of a Neotropical migrant bird. Ecology, 91(6), 1569–1576. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1670.1

Rodenhouse, N. L., Matthews, S. N., McFarland, K. P., Lambert, J. D., Iverson, L. R., Prasad, A., Sillett, T. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2008). Potential Effects of Climate Change on Birds of the Northeast. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 13, 517–540.

Betts, M. G., Rodenhouse, N. L., Sillett, T. S., Doran, P. J., & Holmes, R. T. (2008). Dynamic occupancy models reveal within-breeding season movement up a habitat quality gradient by a migrant songbird. Ecography, 31, 592–600.

Reynolds, L. V., Ayres, M. P., Siccama, T. G., & Holmes, R. T. (2007). Climatic effects on caterpillar fluctuations in northern hardwood forests. Can. J. For. Res, 37, 481–491.

Holmes, R. T. (2007). Understanding population change in migratory songbirds: long-term and experimental studies of Neotropical migrants in breeding and wintering areas. Ibis, 149, 2–13.

Dobbs, R. C., Sillett, T. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Holmes, R. T. (2007). Population density affects foraging behavior of male Black-throated Blue Warblers during the breeding season. J. Field Ornithology, 78, 133–139.

Nagy, L. R., Stanculescu, D., & Holmes, R. T. (2007). Mass loss by breeding female songbirds:  food supplementation supports energetic stress hypothesis. Condor, 109, 304–311.

Jones, J., Doran, P. J., & Holmes, R. T. (2007). Spatial scaling of avian population dynamics: population abundance, growth rate, and variability. Ecology, 88, 2505–2515.

Sherry, T. W., Lebreton, J. D., & Holmes, R. T. (2006). Survival and breeding dispersal in a migratory passerine in relation to condition-dependent site tenacity: a multi-state capture-resight analysis. J. Ornithology, 147(5), 97–98.

Rodenhouse, N. L., Sillett, T. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2006). Multiple interacting anthropogenic factors create ecological traps in space and time. J. Ornithology, 147(5), 24.

Rodenhouse, N. L., Sillett, T. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2006). Effects of weather on a nearctic-neotropical migrant songbird: Implications for climate change. J. Ornithology, 147(5), 238.

Rodenhouse, N. L., Holmes, R. T., & Sillett, T. S. (2006). Contribution of site-dependence to regulation of population size: Evidence and consequences for biological monitoring of populations. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52, 457–464.

Johnson, M. D., Sherry, T. W., Holmes, R. T., & Marra, P. P. (2006). Assessing habitat quality for a migratory songbird wintering in natural and agricultural habitats. Conservation Biology, 20, 1433–1444.

Smith, S. B., Webster, M. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). The heterozygosity theory of extra-pair mate choice in birds: a test and a cautionary note. Journal of Avian Biology, 36, 146–154. https://unh.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3677463

Sillett, T. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). The ethics of lethal methods. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 3, 241–242.

Nagy, L. R., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). To double brood or not: Individual variation in reproductive effort in Black-throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica caerulescens). Auk, 122, 902–914.

Nagy, L. R., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). Food limits annual fecundity of a migratory songbird: an experimental study. Ecology, 86, 675–681.

Jones, J., Doran, P. J., Nagy, L. R., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). Relationship between Mayfield nest-survival estimates and seasonal fecundity: a cautionary note. Auk, 122, 306–312.

Fahey, T. J., Siccama, T. G., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., Campbell, J., Johnson, C. E., Aber, J. D., Cole, J. J., Fisk, M. C., Groffman, P. M., Holmes, R. T., & Schwarz, P. A. (2005). The biogeochemistry of carbon at Hubbard Brook. Biogeochemistry, 75(1), 109–176.

Doran, P. J., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). Habitat occupancy patterns of a forest dwelling songbird: causes and consequences. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83, 1297–1305.

Holmes, R. T. (2005). What causes changes in bird abundance? Lessons learned at Hubbard Brook. New Hampshire Audubon Quarterly, Fall 2005, 10–15.

Sillett, T. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2005). Long-term demographic trends, limiting factors, and the strength of density dependence in a breeding population of a migratory songbird. In R. Greenberg & P. P. Marra (Eds.), Birds of two worlds: Advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration systems (HBR.05-36; pp. 426–436). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Holmes, R. T., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Sillett, T. S. (2005). Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens). In A. Pool (Ed.), The Birds of North America Online. Thaca: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online database: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/account/Black-throated_Blue_Warbler (HBR.05-15).

Holmes, R. T. (2005). Ovierview - Population Ecology. In R. Greenberg & P. P. Marra (Eds.), Birds of two worlds: Advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration systems (HBR.05-13; pp. 373–374). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Sillett, S. T., Rodenhouse, N. L., & Holmes, R. T. (2004). Experimentally reducing neighbor density affects reproduction and behavior of a migratory songbird. Ecology 85(9):2467-2477 (HBR.04-30).

Nagy, L. R., & Holmes, R. T. (2004). Factors influencing fecundity in migratory songbirds: is nest predation the most important? Journal of Avian Biology, 35, 487–491.

Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Eager, C., Fisk, M. C., Fahey, T. J., Holmes, R. T., Likens, G. E., & Pardo, L. (2004). A new governance structure for the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer., 85(1), 6-May.

Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., Fahey, T. J., Holmes, R. T., Eagar, C., & Aber, J. D. (2004). Nor gloom of night: A new conceptual model for the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. BioScience, 54(2), 139–148.

Rodenhouse, N. L., Sillet, T. S., Doran, P. J., & Holmes, R. T. (2003). Multiple density-dependence mechanisms regulate a migratory bird population during the breeding season. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 270(1529), 2105–2110.

Jones, J., Doran, P. J., & Holmes, R. T. (2003). Climate and food synchronize regional forest bird abundances. Ecology, 84, 3024–3032.

Smith, T. B., Marra, P. P., Webster, M. S., Lovette, I., Gibbs, H. L., Holmes, R. T., Hobson, K. A., & Rohwer, S. (2003). A call for feather sampling. The Auk, 120, 218–221.

Webster, M. S., Marra, P. P., Haig, S. M., Bensch, S., & Holmes, R. T. (2002). Links between worlds: unraveling migratory connectivity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17, 76–83.

Sillett, T. S., & Holmes, R. T. (2002). Variation in survivorship of a migratory songbird throughout its annual cycle. Journal of Animal Ecology, 71, 296–308.

Rubenstein, D. R., Chamberlain, C. P., Holmes, R. T., Ayres, M. P., Waldbauer, J. R., Graves, G. R., & Tuross, N. C. (2002). Linking breeding and wintering ranges of a migratory songbird using stable isotopes. Science, 295, 1062–1065.

Aber, J. D., Ollinger, S. V., Driscoll, C. T., Likens, G. E., Holmes, R. T., Freuder, R. J., & Goodale, C. L. (2002). Inorganic nitrogen losses from a forested ecosystem in response to physical, chemical, biotic and climatic perturbations. Ecosystems, 5(7), 648–658.

Webster, M. S., Chuang-Dobbs, H. C., & Holmes, R. T. (2001). Microsatellite identification of extra-pair sires in a socially monogramous warbler. Behavioral Ecology, 12, 439–446.