Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Migratory Bird Center
National Zoological Park MRC 5503
Washington, DC 200013-7012
Phone:
202-633-4213
Email:
silletts@si.edu
Research Interests:
In collaboration with Richard Holmes (Dartmouth College), Nicholas Rodenhouse (Wellesley College), Allan Strong (Univ. of Vermont), and Michael Webster (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology), I am studying how weather, in combination with habitat structure and other biotic factors, influences the behavior and demography of forest birds. Such information is key to assessing the potential local effects of climate change on migratory bird populations, and ultimately to predicting how these populations and the biological communities of which they are a part will respond to future environmental change.
Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author
. 2017. “Characterizing Selection In Black-Throated Blue Warblers Using A Sexual Network Approach”. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30(12): 2177 - 2188. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.13183/abstract.
. 2017. “A Comparative Assessment Of Snp And Microsatellite Markers For Assigning Parentage In A Socially Monogamous Bird”. Molecular Ecology Resources 17(2): 183 - 193. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12589/abstract.
. 2017. “Ecological And Social Factors Constrain Spatial And Temporal Opportunities For Mating In A Migratory Songbird”. The American Naturalist 189(3): 283 - 296. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/690203.
. 2016. “A Comparative Assessment Of Snp And Microsatellite Markers For Assigning Parentage In A Socially Monogamous Bird”. Molecular Ecology Resources: n/a - n/a. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12589/abstract.
. 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. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13053/abstract.
. 2015. “Experimental Food Supplementation Reveals Habitat-Dependent Male Reproductive Investment In A Migratory Bird”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 282(1803): 20142523. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1803/20142523.
. 2015. “Full-Annual-Cycle Population Models For Migratory Birds”. The Auk 132(2): 433 - 449. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1642/AUK-14-211.1.
. 2015. “Migratory Connectivity Of A Neotropical Migratory Songbird Revealed By Archival Light-Level Geolocators”. Ecological Aplications 25: 336 - 347. http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/14-0195.1.
. 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. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspb.2015.0624.
. 2014. “Inferences About Population Dynamics From Count Data Using Multistate Models: A Comparison To Capture–Recapture Approaches”. Ecology and Evolution 4(4): 417 - 426. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.942/abstract.
. 2010. “Effects Of Bird Predation On Arthropod Abundance And Tree Growth Across An Elevational Gradient”. Journal of Avian Biology 41(4): 367 - 377. ://WOS:000279733000002.
. 2008. “Climate Sensitivity Of A Migratory Songbird”. 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, August 2008.
. 2008. “Comparison Of Annual Survival Between A Northern And Southern Population Of Black-Throated Blue Warbler”. Abstract for 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, August 2008.
. 2008. “Consequences Of Geographic Variation In Song Of The Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica Caerulescens) And The Potential For A Uni-Directional Barrier To Gene Flow”. 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, August 2008.
. 2008. “A Decade Of Hanky-Panky: A Long-Term Study Of Extra-Pair Paternity In A Socially Monogamous Migratory Bird”. Abstract for 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, August 2008.
. 2008. “Dynamic Occupancy Models Reveal Within-Breeding Season Movement Up A Habitat Quality Gradient By A Migrant Songbird”. Ecography 31: 592-600.
. 2008. “Dynamic Occupancy Models Reveal Within-Breeding Season Movement Up A Habitat Quality Gradient By A Migratory Songbird”. 126th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, August 2008.
. 2008. “Potential Effects Of Climate Change On Birds Of The Northeast”. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 13: 517-540.
. 2007. “Population Density Affects Foraging Behavior Of Male Black-Throated Blue Warblers During The Breeding Season”. J. Field Ornithology 78: 133-139.
. 2006. Approaches For The Direct Estimation Of Lambda Using Capture-Recapture Data. Pp. 805-809. In: Bird Conservation Implementation And Integration In The Americas. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report.
. 2006. “Contribution Of Site-Dependence To Regulation Of Population Size: Evidence And Consequences For Biological Monitoring Of Populations”. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52: 457-464.
. 2006. “Effects Of Weather On A Nearctic-Neotropical Migrant Songbird: Implications For Climate Change”. J. Ornithology 147(5): 238.
. 2006. “Multiple Interacting Anthropogenic Factors Create Ecological Traps In Space And Time”. J. Ornithology 147(5): 24.
. 2005. “Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica Caerulescens)”. In 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, 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, .
. 2005. “The Ethics Of Lethal Methods”. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 241-242.
. 2005. “Long-Term Demographic Trends, Limiting Factors, And The Strength Of Density Dependence In A Breeding Population Of A Migratory Songbird”. In Birds of two worlds: Advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration systems, Birds of two worlds: Advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration systems, . Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 426-436.
. 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.
. 2002. “Variation In Survivorship Of A Migratory Songbird Throughout Its Annual Cycle”. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 296-308.
. 2001. “An Inexpensive Method For Quantifying Incubation Patterns Of Open-Cup Nesting Birds, With Data For Black-Throated Blue Warblers”. J. Field Ornithol. 72(3): 369-379.
. 2000. “Effects Of A Global Climate Cycle On The Survival And Fecundity Of A Neotropical Migrant Songbird”. Abstract for 70th Annual Meeting, Cooper Ornithological Society, University of California.
. 2000. “Impacts Of A Global Climate Cycle On Population Dynamics Of A Migratory Songbird”. Science 288: 2040-2042.
. 2000. “Long-Term Demographic Trends, Population Limitation, And The Regulation Of Abundance In A Migratory Songbird”. Abstract for 118th stated annual meeting, American Ornithologists' Union. Memorial University of Newfoundland.
. 2000. “Partitioning Variance In Survivorship Among Different Phases Of The Annual Cycle Of A Neotropical Migrant Songbird”. Abstract for 70th Annual Meeting, Cooper Ornithological Society, University of California.
. 1999. “Does El Nino Influence Survivorship Of Nearctic-Neotropical Migrant Birds Wintering In The Caribbean”. Abstracts for 117th Annual Meeting, American Ornithologists' Union.
. 1999. “Estimating The Magnitude Of Environmental And Demographic Stochasticity In Survivorship Data For A Nearctic-Neotropical Migrant Songbird”. Abstracts, Population Viability Analysis Conference.
. 1998. “Can Intraspecific Agonism Regulate Population Size Of A Territorial Bird During The Breeding Season?”. Abstracts, 7th International Behavioral Ecology Meeting.
. 1998. “A Population Simulation Model For A Migrant Songbird, The Black-Throated Blue Warbler”. Abstracts, North American Ornithological Conference.
. 1997. “Long-Term Population Trends And Potential Regulation For A Nearctic-Neotropical Migrant Songbird, The Black-Throated Blue Warbler”. Abstracts 115th Annual Meeting, American Ornithologists Union: 14.
. 1996. “Density Dependence Versus Site Dependence In The Regulation Of A Migratory Songbird Population”. Suppl. Bull. Ecol Soc. Amer. 77(3): 408.