Progress 09/29/04 to 09/28/07
Outputs
We captured, radio-tagged, and monitored the movements of 120 fledgling songbirds during the 2004-2006 breeding seasons. We are determining how the local vegetation as well as the amount and arrangement of vegetated spaces in suburban settings affects the movements and survival of these birds. We presented our results at the North American Ornithological Conference and at the STAR Fellows Annual Meeting. We have documented high survival in young birds and extensive movements. Movements are constrained slightly by urbanization, but movement appears much more responsive to species life history (migratory or not) that it does to changes in land cover. Currently Kara Whittaker is writing her dissertation and two manuscripts have been submitted for publication. It is expected that Kara will graduate June, 2007.
Impacts
This project is enabling a female graduate student to complete her PhD in wildlife science. The knowledge gained during this project will aid in the conservation of birds in urbanizing environments. The basic information gained will increase our understanding of the poorly known post-fledgling period of birds and allow us to better estimate annual survivorship of American Robins, Swainson's Thrushes, Song Sparrows, and Spotted Towhees in an urbanizing environment.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/05 to 10/01/06
Outputs
We captured, radio-tagged, and monitored the movements of 120 fledgling songbirds during the 2004-2006 breeding seasons. We are determining how the local vegetation as well as the amount and arrangement of vegetated spaces in suburban settings affects the movements and survival of these birds. We presented our results at the North American Ornithological Conference and at the STAR Fellows Annual Meeting. We have documented high survival in young birds and extensive movements. Movements are constrained slightly by urbanization, but movement appears much more responsive to species life history (migratory or not) that it does to changes in land cover. Currently Kara Whittaker is writing her dissertation and two manuscripts have been submitted for publication. It is expected that Kara will graduate June, 2007.
Impacts
This project is enabling a female graduate student to complete her PhD in wildlife science. The knowledge gained during this project will aid in the conservation of birds in urbanizing environments. The basic information gained will increase our understanding of the poorly known post-fledgling period of birds and allow us to better estimate annual survivorship of American Robins, Swainson's Thrushes, Song Sparrows, and Spotted Towhees in an urbanizing environment.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/04 to 10/01/05
Outputs
We captured, radio-tagged, and monitored the movements of 45 fledgling songbirds during the 2005 breeding season. We are determining how the local vegetation as well as the amount and arrangement of vegetated spaces in suburban settings affects the movements and survival of these birds.
Impacts
This project is enabling a female graduate student to complete her PhD in wildlife science. The knowledge gained during this project will aid in the conservation of birds in urbanizing environments.
Publications
- Francis, T., et al. 2005. Ecology and Society 10 (1): 35. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art35
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