Center for Ecological Research

Scientific Publications

January 2003 - August 2008

 Perkins, D. W., P. D. Vickery, and W. G. Shriver. 2008.  Population viability  analysis of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: Testing recovery goals and  management options.  Auk: in press.

Askins, R. A., F. Chavez-Ramirez, B. C. Dale, C. A. Haas, J. R. Herkert, F. L. Knopf,  and P. D. Vickery. 2007.  Conservation of grassland birds in North America: Understanding ecological processes in different regions. Ornithological Monographs 64:1-46.

Albanese, G., P. D. Vickery, and P. R. Seivert. 2007.  Microhabitat use by larvae and females of a rare barrens butterfly, frosted elfin (Callophrys irus). Insect Conservation: in press.

Albanese, G., M. W, Nelson, P. D. Vickery, and P. R. Seivert. 2007. Larval feeding behavior and ant associations in Frosted Elfin, Callophrys irus  (Lycaenidae).  J. Lepidopterists’ Society 61:61-66.

Albanese, G., P. D. Vickery, and P. Seivert. 2007.  Habitat characteristics of adult frosted elfins (Callophrys irus) in sandplain communities of southeastern Massachusetts, USA.  Biological Conservation 136:53-64.

Albanese, G., P. D. Vickery, and P. Seivert.  2007. Habitat characteristics of adult frosted elfins (Callophrys irus) in sandplain communities of southeastern Massachusetts, USA.  Biological Conservation, in press.

Perkins, D. W. and P. D. Vickery. 2007.  Nest rates of grassland birds in Florida dry prairie. Southeastern Naturalist, 6:283-292.

Shriver, W. G., P. D. Vickery, T. P. Hodgman, and J. P. Gibbs. 2007.  Flood tides affect the breeding ecology of two sympatric sharp-tailed sparrows.  Auk 124:552-560.

Perkins, D. W., and M. L. Hunter. 2006. Use of amphibians to define riparian zones along headwater streams in Maine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36:2124-2130.

Perkins, D. W., and M. L. Hunter.   2006. Effects of riparian timber management on amphibians in Maine.  Journal of Wildlife Management 70:657-670

Zuckerberg, B., and P. D. Vickery. 2006.  Effects of burning and mowing on shrubland and grassland birds on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.  Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:353-363.

Perkins D. W. and P. D. Vickery. 2005.  Effects of altered hydrology on the breeding ecology of the Florida grasshopper and Bachman’s sparrow.  Florida Field Naturalist 33:29-40.

Vickery, P. D., and W. G. Shriver. 2005.  The road map to North American bird conservation.  Conservation Biology 19:2044-2046.

Shriver, W. G., J. P. Gibbs, P. D. Vickery, H. L. Gibbs, T. P. Hodgman, P. T. Jones, and  C. Jacques. 2005.  Concordance between morphological and molecular markers in assessing hybridization between sharp-tailed sparrows in New  England.  Auk 105:94-107.

Vickery, P. D. and D. Lovitch. 2005.  First record of Clark’s Grebe in Maine and New England. Bird Observer 33:227-230.

Vickery, P. D., A. L. Jones, B. Zuckerberg, W. G. Shriver, and A. Weik.  2005.  Influence of fire and other anthropogenic practices on grassland and shrubland birds in New England. Studies in Avian Biology 30:139-146.

Engstrom, R. T., P. D. Vickery, D. W. Perkins, and W. G. Shriver.  2005.  Effects of fire regime on birds in southeast pine savannas and native prairies. Studies in Avian Biology 30:147-160.

Shriver, W. G., A. L. Jones, P. D. Vickery, A. Weik, and J. V. Wells.  2005. The distribution and abundance of obligate grassland birds breeding in New England and New York.  Pages 511-518 in Bird Conservation and Integration in the Americas (C. J. Ralph and T. D. Rich, eds.). U. S. Forest Service General Technical Report, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Gen. Tech. Report PSW- GTR-191.

Jones, A. L., W. G. Shriver, P. D. Vickery, and R. Lockwood. 2004.  Identification of a probable Grasshopper X Savannah Sparrow hybrid singing a Song Sparrow song.  Wilson Bulletin 115:231-136.

Shriver, W. G., T. P. Hodgman, J. P. Gibbs, and P. D. Vickery.   2004.  Landscape context influences salt marsh bird diversity in New England.  Biological Conservation 119: 545-553.

Comiskey, E. J., A. C. Eller, Jr., and D. W. Perkins. 2004.  Evaluating impacts to Florida panther habitat: how porous is the umbrella?  Southeastern Naturalist 3:51-74.

Vickery, P. D., H. E. Casañas, and A. S. Di Giacomo.  2003.  Effects of altitude on the distribution of Nearctic and resident grassland birds in Córdoba province, Argentina. J. Field Ornithology 74:172-178.

Perkins, D. W., P. D. Vickery, and W. G. Shriver. 2003.  Spatial Dynamics of Source - Sink Habitats: Effects on Rare Grassland Birds in Fragmented Landscapes.  J. Wildlife Management 67:588-599.

Bulgin, N., H. L. Gibbs, P. D. Vickery, and A. Baker. 2003.  Ancestral polymorphisms in genetic markers obscure detection of evolutionarily distinct populations of the endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus). Molecular Ecology          12:831-844.