Current Research Projects (click on a topic for more info)

Give to the Forest Wildlife Research Fund

• ​Migration ecology and population modeling for American Woodcock​
• ​Bicknell's Thrush use of commerical forests in Maine
• Rusty Blackbird use of commercial forests in Maine
• ​Assessing long-term expanding gap silviculture in mixedwood forest on bird assemblages
• Young forest bird response to habitat management
• Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warbler migratory connectivity
• Golden-winged Warbler winter ecology and survival
• Highland Guan ecology in montane cloud forest
• White-tailed deer wintering area modeling

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Research Interests

Migratory Bird Ecology

• Demographics: reproductive success, survival, fitness
• Habitat selection and quality evaluation in temperate and tropical forests
• Breeding-winter range connectivity
• Stopover habitat restoration and assessment
• Bird-window collisions and art as a tool to create solutions
• Full life-cycle conservation

Golden-winged Warbler Ecology & Conservation

• Demographics
• Resource selection
• Hybridization dynamics
• Migratory connectivity
• Winter distribution and habitat associations
• Conservation planning

Forest Disturbance Ecology

• Forest stand dynamics and productivity
  
• Dendrochronology
  
• Timber management impacts on forest ecosystems
• Ecological forestry to mimic natural disturbance
  
• Wildlife and plant responses to disturbance
• Forest restoration
  

Renewable Energy and Wildlife

• Evaluation of renewable energy alternatives on wildlife habitat
• Identifying strategies for balancing resource extraction and productivity with wildlife habitat use and quality

Promoting Science Learning & Careers for Underrepresented Groups

• Evaluation of nature and science intervention programs
  
• Creating research and learning opportunities