Ornithological Applications

Papers
(The median citation count of Ornithological Applications is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Bird predation and landscape context shape arthropod communities on broccoli32
Correction to: Meta-replication reveals nonstationarity in multi-scale habitat selection of Mexican Spotted Owl26
Euphagus carolinus (Rusty Blackbird) from two different breeding populations in northeastern North America exhibit chain migration yet use the same region for stopover22
Differential seasonal avoidance of anthropogenic features and woody vegetation by Lesser Prairie-Chickens19
Despite regional variation, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (Pinyon Jay) densities generally increase with local pinyon–juniper cover and heterogeneous ground cover14
Fine-scale forest structure, not management regime, drives occupancy of a declining songbird, the Olive-sided Flycatcher, in the core of its range13
Rapid population decline in McKay’s Bunting, an Alaskan endemic, highlights the species’ current status relative to international standards for vulnerable species12
Juggling parenthood and ornithology: A full lifecycle approach to supporting mothers through the American Ornithological Society11
2023 AOS Loye and Alden Miller Research Award to Vicki Friesen11
Assessing bird diversity in Neotropical rainforests: A comparative study of camera traps and mist nets reveals complementary sampling approaches11
Large trees and forest heterogeneity facilitate prey capture by California Spotted Owls10
Brood parasitism of Hooded Warblers by Brown-headed Cowbirds: Severe impact on individual nests but modest consequences for seasonal fecundity and conservation9
Integrated population modeling identifies low duckling survival as a key driver of decline in a European population of the Mallard9
Bird associations with floristics and physiognomy differ across five biogeographic subregions of the Great Basin, USA8
Avian botulism is a primary, year-round threat to adult survival in the endangered Hawaiian Duck on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, USA8
Similar post-fledging behavior observed in wild and reintroduced juvenile Bonelli’s Eagle in two Mediterranean islands8
Urban rooftop-nesting Common Nighthawk chicks tolerate high temperatures by hyperthermia with relatively low rates of evaporative water loss8
Declining wintering shorebird populations at a temperate estuary in California: A 30-year perspective8
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird7
Managed logging negatively affects the density and abundance of some dry forest specialist bird species of northeastern Brazil7
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds7
Message in A Bottle: Ocean Dispatches From A Seabird Biologist7
Songbird annual productivity declines with increasing soil lead contamination around nests7
Unraveling demographic patterns in tropical birds across an elevational gradient6
Two listeners detect slightly more birds than a single listener when interpreting acoustic recordings6
A Connecticut Yankee goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate6
Genetic data disagree with described subspecies ranges for Seaside Sparrows on the Atlantic coast6
Controlling trapping, overgrazing and invasive vegetation is key to saving Java’s last population of the Black-winged Myna5
Birds of Rhode Island: Seasonal Distribution and Ecological History5
More than mortality: Consequences of human activity on migrating birds extend beyond direct mortality5
Rapid growth of the Swainson’s Hawk population in California since 20055
Jared Verner, 1934–20225
Informative priors can account for location uncertainty in stop-level analyses of the North American Breeding Bird Survey, allowing fine-scale ecological analyses5
Colony characteristics influence nest survival of Caribbean Roseate Terns5
Bridging the research-implementation gap in avian conservation with translational ecology5
Influence of fine-scale habitat characteristics on sage-grouse nest site selection and nest survival varies by mesic and xeric site conditions5
Combination of targeted monitoring and Breeding Bird Survey data improves population trend estimation and species distribution modeling for the Common Nighthawk5
Disturbed Amazonian forests support diminished breeding bird communities5
Diet composition of reintroduced Red-and-Green Macaws reflects gradual adaptation to life in the wild5
Improving bird abundance estimates in harvested forests with retention by limiting detection radius through sound truncation5
Automated bird sound classifications of long-duration recordings produce occupancy model outputs similar to manually annotated data5
Bird versus Bulldozer: A Quarter-Century Conservation Battle in a Biodiversity Hotspot5
2022 AOS Peter R. Stettenheim Service Award to Melinda Pruett-Jones5
The Amazon Basin’s rivers and lakes support Nearctic-breeding shorebirds during southward migration4
Weak genetic structure, shared nonbreeding areas, and extensive movement in a declining waterbird4
2021 AOS Florence Merriam Bailey Award to Megan Garfinkel, Emily Minor, and Christopher Whelan4
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2022 Ornithological Applications, volume 1244
Survival estimates and hunter outreach are priorities for the collaborative harvest management of Emperor Goose in Alaska4
Empirical and simulation data reveal a lack of avoidance of wind turbines by Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture)4
Teak plantations are complementary habitat for the Green Peafowl movement within the fragmented Bago Yoma range, south-central Myanmar4
2021 AOS Early Professional Awards to Benjamin Van Doren, Ana Gonzalez, Sahas Barve, and Luis Sandoval4
Thomas E. Lovejoy III, 1941–20214
Florida Scrub-Jay: Field Notes on a Vanishing Bird4
Genetic monitoring of the Critically Endangered Araripe Manakin reveals low diversity and declining effective population size4
Migratory mixing of Gallinago delicata (Wilson’s Snipe) in wintering areas highlights the need for international coordination for monitoring and management4
Bonelli’s Eagle electrocution risk in Israel can be reduced by 80% by insulating only 4% of the pylons4
Distribution models using semi-structured community science data outperform unstructured-data models for a data-poor species, the Plain Tyrannulet4
A Wing and A Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds3
Insectivore diet and abundance determine the contribution of bird species to services and disservices in an agricultural ecosystem3
Vegetation characteristics and precipitation jointly influence grassland bird abundance beyond the effects of grazing management3
Accelerating declines of North America’s shorebirds signal the need for urgent conservation action3
2024 AOS Early Professional Awards to Sheela P. Turbek, Jessie L. Williamson, and Gavin M. Jones3
Conspecific attraction for conservation and management of terrestrial breeding birds: Current knowledge and future research directions3
Characterizing juvenile dispersal dynamics of invasive Barred Owls: Implications for management3
Conservation of Marine Birds3
Modeling Falco naumanni (Lesser Kestrel) habitat selection according to meteorological conditions to identify risk-inducing wind turbines3
Meta-analysis shows that overabundant deer (Cervidae) populations consistently decrease average population abundance and species richness of forest birds3
Sixty-years of community-science data suggest earlier fall migration and short-stopping of waterfowl in North America3
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2024 Ornithological Applications, volume 1263
Experimental reduction of a primary nest predator fails to decrease nest predation rates of sagebrush songbirds3
Light-level geolocators and species distribution modeling reveal that the Vulnerable Sporophila cinnamomea (Chestnut Seedeater) migrates through the Paraná-Paraguay System to Central Brazil3
Metapopulation connectivity retains genetic diversity following a historical bottleneck in a federally endangered seabird3
Historical racial redlining and contemporary patterns of income inequality negatively affect birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles, California3
The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds3
Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide3
Beach recreationists perceive a lack of knowledge about shorebirds’ needs as a constraint to walking around shorebird flocks3
High inter-population connectivity and occasional gene flow between subspecies improves recovery potential for the endangered Least Bell’s Vireo2
Demographic declines over time and variable responses of breeding bird populations to human footprint in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada2
Christmas Bird Count data are a reliable harvest-independent index for Ruffed Grouse monitoring in the eastern United States2
Poor reproductive performance of Least Terns after tropical cyclones in Mississippi, USA suggests delayed nesting seriously reduces colony productivity2
Large-scale supplemental feeding alters lay date and nest survival in Eastern Bluebirds but not in two species of chickadees2
Interannual climate variation influences nest initiation date and nest productivity of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker at the northwestern edge of its range2
U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System likely to see regional and seasonal species turnover in bird assemblages under a 2°C warming scenario2
Solid Air. Invisible Killer: Saving Billions of Birds from Windows2
2023 AOS Early Professional Awards to Glaucia Del-Rio, Carrie Branch, and Sara Lipshutz2
Community characteristics of forest understory birds along an elevational gradient in the Horn of Africa: A multi-year baseline2
Multi-scale nest survival analysis suggests new cavities improve nest success for the Green-barred Woodpecker, but not the Campo Flicker, in a threatened woodland of Argentina2
Predator exclosures increase nest success but reduce adult survival and increase dispersal distance of Piping Plovers, indicating exclosures should be used with caution2
Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallows) and Tachycineta bicolor (Tree Swallows) select wetlands in agriculturally intensive landscapes, as revealed by GPS tracking2
Mismatch between strong nest-site selection and low survival of nests and broods for Scolopax minor (American Woodcock) and its implications for conservation2
Climate variation drives dynamics and productivity of a subalpine breeding bird community2
Northern Bobwhite juvenile survival is greater in native grasslands managed with fire and grazing and lower in non-native field borders and strip crop fields2
2023 AOS Harry R. Painton Award to Natália Stefanini Da Silveira and Honorable Mentions to Rachael W. Herman and Sarah P. Saunders2
Is green the new black? Black-backed Woodpecker vital rates do not differ between unburned and burned forests within a pyrodiverse landscape2
Census counts of Common Murres adjusted for timing of breeding are more accurate than counts based on calendar dates2
Range-wide habitat use of the Harpy Eagle indicates four major tropical forest gaps in the Key Biodiversity Area network2
Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver2
2021 AOS Katma Award to W. Alice Boyle, Elsie H. Shogren, and Jeffrey D. Brawn2
Strong migratory connectivity indicates Willets need subspecies-specific conservation strategies2
Integrating multiple data sources improves prediction and inference for upland game bird occupancy models2
Unprecedented heat mortality of Magellanic Penguins2
Postrelease survival of captive-bred Egyptian Vultures is similar to that of wild-hatched Egyptian Vultures and is not affected by release age or season2
High rates of anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in California Barred Owls are associated with the wildland–urban interface2
Cross-seasonal effects in the American Woodcock: Conditions prior to fall migration relate to migration strategy and implications for conservation2
Woody plant encroachment reduces density of most grassland specialists in a desert grassland but has limited influence on nest survival2
Feathers, folklore, and eco-literacy: Stories ascribe cultural keystone status to avian scavengers in South Asian cities1
Duck Walk: A Birder’s Improbable Path to Hunting as Conservation1
Small translocations of endangered Gallinula galeata sandvicensis (Hawaiian Common Gallinule) may be sufficient to generate a viable reintroduced population1
Protected areas safeguard landbird populations in central coastal California: Evidence from long-term population trends1
Irruptive White Ibis breeding is associated with use of freshwater crayfish in the coastal Everglades1
Bird–building collisions increase with weather conditions that favor nocturnal migration and with inclement and changing weather1
How to include and recognize the work of ornithologists based in the Neotropics: Fourteen actions forOrnithological Applications,Ornithology, and other global-scope journals1
Highly specialized recreationists contribute the most to the citizen science project eBird1
Increasing perceived predation risk through playbacks reduces Red-winged Blackbird abundance in agriculture late in the breeding season1
Nonbreeding distributions of four declining Nearctic–Neotropical migrants are predicted to contract under future climate and socioeconomic scenarios1
Weak evidence of carry-over effects of overwinter climate and habitat productivity on spring passage of migratory songbirds at a northern stopover site in Ontario1
Tufted Puffins exhibit low levels of genetic differentiation among breeding colonies in North America1
Surrounding landscape, habitat and hybridization dynamics drive population structure and genetic diversity in the Saltmarsh Sparrow1
Sea ice and local weather affect reproductive phenology of a polar seabird with breeding consequences1
Corrigendum to: Predation, parasitism, and drought counteract the benefits of patch-burn grazing for the reproductive success of grassland songbirds1
Caught out in the cold: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) survival decreased during an extreme climatic event1
Assessing the effectiveness of a forest Habitat Conservation Plan for a threatened seabird, the Marbled Murrelet1
Cellular network measurements can unravel spatiotemporal properties of bird movement to enhance basic and applied knowledge globally1
Future climate change will impact the size and location of breeding and wintering areas of migratory thrushes in South America1
Warm-adapted encroachment outpaces cool-adapted retreat in a hotspot of trailing-edge population diversity in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA1
Russell P. Balda, 1939–20221
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2021 Ornithological Applications, volume 1231
Age-structured model reveals prolonged immigration is key for colony establishment in Gentoo Penguins1
Woodpeckers in the city: Abundances are highest in large green spaces with complex understories1
Fully accounting for nest age reduces bias when quantifying nest survival1
Spatially explicit Bayesian hierarchical models improve estimates of avian population status and trends1
Environmental DNA reveals a presence of Anser fabalis (Bean Goose) and an absence of Anser erythropus (Lesser White-fronted Goose) in Finnish Northern Lapland1
Survival of juvenile Florida Scrub-Jays is positively correlated with month and negatively correlated with male breeder death1
Correction to: Evaluation of methods to estimate nocturnal bird migration activity: A comparison of radar and nocturnal flight call monitoring in the American West1
Working with Neotropical ornithologists to increase equitability in publishing1
Improving the language of migratory bird science in North America1
Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus1
Tree cavity density is a limiting factor for a secondary cavity nester in second-growth Andean temperate rainforests1
Sensitivity of multiple vital rates for Ruffed Grouse in the Upper Great Lakes Region1
Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags1
The Wildlife Techniques Manual, eighth edition1
Structural complexity is a better predictor than single habitat attributes of understory bird densities in Andean temperate forests1
Upland Sandpipers select for later time since fire and experience high nest survival in grasslands managed with patch-burn grazing1
Avian hatching failure rates did not increase during the last century, although species of high conservation concern appear particularly susceptible to factors leading to reproductive failure1
Saffron-cowled Blackbirds’ reduced nest success in Argentina’s agricultural land highlights the importance of non-agricultural habitat for its conservation1
Prevalence and diversity of malaria parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the imperiled Saltmarsh Sparrow are greater at northern sites1
Bird signs can be important for ecocultural conservation by highlighting key information networks in people–bird communities1
2024 AOS Brina C. Kessel Award to Andrew J. Laughlin1
Corrigendum to: Range-wide population genetic analysis of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) supports at least five distinct population segments that do not align with current subspecies des1
Tall, heterogeneous forests improve prey capture, delivery to nestlings, and reproductive success for Spotted Owls in southern California1
Slow birding: The art and science of enjoying the birds in your own backyard1
Offspring of translocated individuals drive the successful reintroduction of Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in Nevada, USA1
Evaluation of methods to estimate nocturnal bird migration activity: A comparison of radar and nocturnal flight call monitoring in the American West1
The once-invisible legacy of Elizabeth L. Kerr, a naturalist in the early 20th century, and her contributions to Colombian ornithology1
Avoidance of offshore wind farms by Sandwich Terns increases with turbine density1
Lipid metabolites index habitat quality for Canvasbacks on stopover areas during spring migration1
Long-term genetic and demographic surveys reveal the impact of population history, habitat change, and conservation efforts on the globally endangered Turdus helleri (Taita Thrush)1
Decolonizing bird knowledge: More-than-Western bird–human relations1
Reduced representation sequencing reveals weak genetic differentiation between Canadian and European Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull)1
2021 AOS Peter R. Stettenheim Service Award to Fred Sheldon1
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