Smithsonian Research Bibliography

Robertson, Bruce A., Landis, Douglas A., Sillett, T. Scott, Loomis, Elizabeth R. and Rice, Robert A. 2013. Perennial Agroenergy Feedstocks as En Route Habitat for Spring Migratory Birds. BioEnergy Research, 6(1): 311-320. doi:10.1007/s12155-012-9258-3

Townsend, Andrea K., Sillett, T. S., Lany, Nina K., Kaiser, Sara A., Rodenhouse, Nicholas L., Webster, Michael S. and Holmes, Richard 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) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059467

Wilson, Scott, Marra, Peter P. and Sillett, T. Scott. 2013. The Effects of Experimental Irrigation on Plant Productivity, Insect Abundance and the Non-Breeding Season Performance of a Migratory Songbird. PLoS ONE, 8(1): 1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055114

Rick, Torben C., Hofman, Courtney A., Braje, Todd J., Maldonado, Jesús E., Sillett, T. S., Danchisko, Kevin and Erlandson, Jon M. 2012. Flightless ducks, giant mice and pygmy mammoths: Late Quaternary extinctions on California's Channel Islands. World Archaeology, 44(1): 3-20. doi:10.1080/00438243.2012.646101

Robertson, Bruce A., Rice, Robert A., Sillett, T. S., Ribic, Christine A., Babcock, Bruce A., Landis, Douglas A., Herkert, James R., Fletcher, Robert J., Fontaine, Joseph J., Doran, Patrick J. and Schemske, Douglas W. 2012. Are Agrofuels a Conservation Threat or Opportunity for Grassland Birds in the United States? The Condor, 114(4): 679-688. doi:10.1525/cond.2012.110136

Sillett, T. S., Chandler, Richard B., Royle, J. Andrew, Kéry, Marc and Morrison, Scott A. 2012. Hierarchical distance-sampling models to estimate population size and habitat-specific abundance of an island endemic. Ecological Applications, 22(7): 1997-2006. doi:10.1890/11-1400.1

Sofaer, Helen R., Sillett, T. Scott, Peluc, Susana I., Morrison, Scott A. and Ghalambor, Cameron K. 2012. Differential effects of food availability and nest predation risk on avian reproductive strategies. Behavioral Ecology, doi:10.1093/beheco/ars212

Yoon, Jongmin, Sillett, T. Scott, Morrison, Scott A. and Ghalambor, Cameron K. 2012. Breeding density, not life history, predicts interpopulation differences in territorial aggression in a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour, 84(3): 515-521. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.024

Boyce, Walter M., Vickers, Winston, Morrison, Scott A., Sillett, T. S., Caldwell, Luke, Wheeler, Sarah S., Barker, Christopher M., Cummings, Robert and Reisen, William K. 2011. Surveillance for West Nile Virus and Vaccination of Free-Ranging Island Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma insularis) on Santa Cruz Island, California. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11(8): 1063-1068. doi:10.1089/vbz.2010.0171

Morrison, Scott A., Sillett, Terence Scott, Ghalambor, Cameron K., Fitzpatrick, John W., Graber, David M., Bakker, Victoria J., Bowman, Reed, Collins, Charles T., Collins, Paul W., Delaney, Kathleen Semple, Doak, Daniel F., Koenig, Walter D., Laughrin, Lyndal, Lieberman, Alan A., Marzluff, John M., Reynolds, Mark D., Scott, J. Michael, Stallcup, Jerre Ann, Vickers, Winston and Boyce, Walter M. 2011. Proactive Conservation Management of an Island-endemic Bird Species in the Face of Global Change. Bioscience, 61(12): 1013-1021. doi:10.1525/bio.2011.61.12.11

Sofaer, H. R., Langin, K. M., Wilson, J. and Sillett, Terence Scott. 2011. Demography of songbird populations in a rapidly changing world: the importance of long-term studies. American Biology Teacher, 73(5): 285-287.

Colbeck, Gabriel J., Sillett, Terence Scott and Webster, Michael S. 2010. Asymmetric discrimination of geographical variation in song in a migratory passerine. Animal Behaviour, 80(2): 311-318.

Faaborg, John, Holmes, Richard T., Anders, Angela D., Bildstein, Keith L., Dugger, Katie M., Gauthreaux Jr., Sidney A., Heglund, Patricia, Hobson, Keith A., Jahn, Alex E., Johnson, Douglas H., Latta, Steve C., Levey, Douglas J., Marra, Peter P., Merkord, Christopher L., Nol, Erica, Rothstein, Stephen I., Sherry, Thomas W., Sillett, Terence Scott, Thompson III, Frank R. and Warnock, Nils. 2010. Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds. Ecological Monographs, 80(1): 3-48.

Faaborg, John, Holmes, Richard T., Anders, Angela D., Bildstein, Keith L., Dugger, Katie M., Gauthreaux Jr., Sidney A., Heglund, Patricia, Hobson, Keith A., Jahn, Alex E., Johnson, Douglas H., Latta, Steve C., Levey, Douglas J., Marra, Peter P., Merkord, Christopher L., Nol, Erica, Rothstein, Stephen I., Sherry, Thomas W., Sillett, Terence Scott, Thompson III, Frank R. and Warnock, Nils. 2010. Conserving migratory land birds in the New World: Do we know enough? Ecological Applications, 20(2): 398-418.

Horton, Brent M., Yoon, Jongmin, Ghalambor, Cameron K., Moore, Ignacio T. and Sillett, Terence Scott. 2010. Seasonal and population variation in male testosterone levels in breeding orange-crowned warblers (Vermivora celata). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 168(3): 333-339. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.019

Schwenk, W. S., Strong, Allan M. and Sillett, Terence Scott. 2010. Effects of bird predation on arthropod abundance and tree growth across an elevational gradient. Journal of Avian Biology, 41(4): 367-377.

Langin, K. M., Sillett, Terence Scott, Yoon, J., Sofaer, H. R., Morrison, S. A. and Ghalambor, C. K. 2009. Reproductive consequences of an extreme drought for orange-crowned warblers on Santa Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands.. In: Garcelon, D. K., Proceedings of the Seventh California Islands Symposium. Institute for Wildlife Studies, pp.293-300.

Montag, Hannah, Nager, Ruedi, Ghalambor, Cameron K. and Sillett, Terence Scott. 2009. Nest Site Selection of the Endemic "Dusky" Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata sordida) on Santa Catalina Island. In: Gardelon, D. K., Proceedings of the 7th California Islands Symposium.. Institute for Wildlife Studies, pp.283-291.

Betts, Matthew G., Rodenhouse, Nicholas L., Sillett, Terence Scott, Doran, Patrick J. and Holmes, Richard T. 2008. Dynamic occupancy models reveal within-breeding season movement up a habitat quality gradient by a migratory songbird. Ecography, 31(5): 592-600.

Cruz-Angon, Andrea, Sillett, Terence Scott and Greenberg, Russell S. 2008. An Experimental Study of Habitat Selection by Birds in a Coffee Plantation. Ecology, 89(4): 921-927.

Karubian, Jordan, Sillett, Terence Scott and Webster, Michael S. 2008. The effects of delayed plumage maturation on aggression and survival in male red-backed fairy-wrens. Behavioral Ecology, 3: 508-516.

Peluc, Susana I., Sillett, Terence Scott, Rotenberry, John T. and Ghalambor, Cameron K. 2008. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in an island songbird exposed to a novel predation risk. Behavioral Ecology, 19(4): 830-835.

Salgado-Ortiz, Javier, Marra, Peter P., Sillett, Terence Scott and Robertson, Raleigh J. 2008. Breeding Ecology of the Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica petechia Bryanti) and Comparative Life History of the Yellow Warbler Subspecies Complex. The Auk, 125(2): 402-410.

Dobbs, Robert C., Sillett, Terence Scott, Rodenhouse, Nicholas L. and Holmes, Richard T. 2007. Population density affects foraging behavior of male Black-throated Blue Warblers during the breeding season. Journal of Field Ornithology, 78(2): 133-139.

Doherty, Paul F., Kendall, William L., Sillett, Terence Scott, Gustafson, Mary, Flint, Beth, Naughton, Maura, Robbins, Chandler S. and Pyle, P. 2006. Development of a banding database for North Pacific Albatross: implications for future data collection. Atoll Research Bulletin, : 173-180.

Rodenhouse, N. L., Holmes, Richard T. and Sillett, Terence Scott. 2006. Contribution of site-dependence to regulation of population size: evidence and consequences for biological monitoring of populations. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52: 457-464.

Sillett, Terence S. and Holmes, Richard T. 2005. Long-term demographic trends, limiting factors, and the strength of density dependence in a breeding population of a migratory songbird. In: Greenberg, Russell S. and Marra, Peter P., Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Temperate-Tropical Migration.. Johns Hopkins University Press, pp.426-436.

Sillett, Terence S., Rodenhouse, N. L. and Holmes, Richard T. 2005. The ethics of lethal methods. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 3: 241-242.

Jones, J., Barg, J. J., Sillett, Terence Scott, Veit, M. L. and Robertson, R. J. 2004. Minimum estimates of survival and population growth for Cerulean Warblers (Dendroica cerulea) breeding in Ontario, Canada. The Auk, 121: 15-22.

Morrison, S. L., Bolger, D. T. and Sillett, Terence Scott. 2004. Annual survivorship of the sedentary Rufous-crowned sparrow: no detectable effects of edge or rainfall in southern california. The Auk, 121: 904-916.

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

Rodenhouse, N. L., Sillett, Terence Scott, Doran, P. J. and Holmes, Richard T. 2003. Multiple density-dependent mechanisms regulate a migratory bird population during the breeding season. Proceedings of the Royal Society (London) B, B270: 2105-2110.

Sillett, Terence S. and Holmes, Richard T. 2002. Variation in survivorship of a migratory songbird throughout its annual cycle. Journal of Animal Ecology, 71(2): 296-308.

Joyce, E. M., Sillett, Terence Scott and Holmes, Richard T. 2001. An inexpensive method for quantifying incubation patterns of open-cup nesting passerines, with data for Black-throated Blue Warblers. Journal of Field Ornithology, 72: 369-379.

Sillett, Terence S., Holmes, Richard T. and Sherry, T. W. 2000. Impacts of a global climate cycle on population dynamics of a migratory songbird. Science, 288: 2040-2042.

Sillett, Terence S., James, A. and Sillett, K. S. 1997. Bromeliad foraging specialization and diet selection of Pseudocolaptes lawrencii (Furnariidae). Ornithological Monographs, 48: 733-742.

Sillett, Terence S. 1994. Foraging ecology of epiphyte-searching insectivorous birds in Costa Rica. The Condor, 96: 863-877.

Kratter, A. W., Sillett, Terence Scott, Chesser, Robert Terry, O'Neill, J. P., Parkerill, T. A. and Castillo, A. 1993. Avifauna of a Chaco locality in Bolivia. Wilson Bulletin, 105: 114-141.