Publishing in scientific journals is an important part of PRBO science. It subjects our work to rigorous peer review, communicates our findings to a broad audience of professionals and practitioners, and ensures that our scientists are fully engaged in the latest research.
Summarizing findings in reports is another important way that PRBO shares scientific information. Reports help to insure that our research is applied to on the ground conservation.
The publication and report summaries listed below summarize the findings and applications of some of our most recent work.
2011
Tidal marsh sustainability in the face of sea-level rise. Published in PLoS ONE.
Coexistence of Mesopredators in an Intact Polar Ocean Ecosystem: The Basis for Defining a Ross Sea Marine Protected Area. Published in Biological Conservation.
Avian body size changes and climate change: warming or increasing variability? Published in Global Change Biology
Where the wild things are: predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System. Published in Ecological Applications
Non-consumptive factors affecting foraging patterns in Antarctic penguins: a review and synthesis. Published in Polar Biology.
Maximizing benefits from riparian revegetation efforts: local- and landscape-level determinants of avian response. Published in Environmental Management.
Nesting ecology of Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia) in montane chaparral in the northern Sierra Nevada. Published in Western North American Naturalist.
Protected areas in climate space: What will the future bring? Published in Biological Conservation.
2010
Least Bell’s Vireo breeding records in the Central Valley following decades of extirpation. Published in Western North American Naturalist.
Brood Parasitism and Nest Survival of Brown-Headed Cowbird Hosts at High-Elevation Riparian Sites in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Published in Western North American Naturalist.
Responding to Climate Change: Adélie Penguins confront astronomical and ocean boundaries. Published in Ecology.
Foraging strategies of Adélie penguins: adjusting body condition to cope with environmental variability. Published in Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Survival differences and the effect of environmental instability on breeding dispersal in an Adélie penguin meta-population. Published in PNAS www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1000623107.
Working less to gain more: when breeding quality relates to foraging efficiency. Published in Ecology.
Predicting Tidal Marsh Bird Abundance Using Fine-Scale Spatial Metrics. Published in Wetlands.
Assessing contaminant loads in nonbreeding migratory shorebirds. Published in The Condor.
Matching the scale of conservation with the scale of climate change. Published in Conservation Biology.
North Pacific climate influences pup sex in northern elephant seals. Published in The Journal of Mammology.
Age-specific survival, breeding success, and recruitment in Common Murres of the California Current System. Published in The Auk.
Common Murre prey consumption in the California Current System . Published in ICES Journal of Marine Science.
2009
Comparing Alternative Systematic Conservation Planning Strategies against a Politically Driven Conservation Plan. Published in Biodiversity Conservation.
Riparian Restoration is Successful at Bringing Birds Back on the Sacramento River. Published in Restoration Ecology.
Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important Than Ever. Published in Ecological Restoration.
Non-native black rats as riparian songbird nest predators in California's Central Valley. MS Thesis, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.
Re-shuffling of species with climate disruption: a no-analog future for California birds? Published in PLoS ONE.
Landscape ecology as a foundation for sustainable conservation. Published in Landscape Ecology.
What are the assumptions and uncertainties of modeling future species distributions? Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Using remote sensing in selecting and conserving lands for biodiversity. Published in Remote Sensing of Environment.
A 20-year retrospective on habitat relations of shrubsteppe birds. Published in The Condor.
How can we improve information delivery to support conservation and restoration decisions? Published Biodiversity and Conservation.
