Urban noise affects song structure and daily patterns of song production in Red-winged Blackbirds
Traffic noise is becoming a more prominent fixture in urban environments as cities and highways expand to accommodate the growing human population. Birds, in particular, rely heavily on vocal communication and have recently been shown to change the structure of their signals in… Read More
Importance of Volunteer Training and Identification Ability on Results of Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program Bird Surveys
Citizen scientists are increasingly called upon to help monitor wildlife populations such as marsh birds. Volunteer participation in monitoring can be beneficial by contributing important information for managers, often at such a large scale that the data would otherwise be… Read More
Landscape-scale Influences on Least Bittern (Ixobrychus Exilis) Habitat Use in Southern Ontario Coastal Marshes
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) populations have declined in Canada, and this has led to the species being listed as threatened under the Species-at-risk Act. Wetland loss and degradation has been extreme in southern Ontario (> 90% loss in some areas) and this loss has been… Read More
Application of the index of marsh bird community integrity to coastal wetlands of Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, Canada
Ecological indicators have gained increasing attention within the scientific community over the past 40 years. Several taxonomic groups have been used successfully as indicators including most prominently fish, invertebrates, plants, and birds because of their ability to indicate… Read More
Impact of adjacent land use and isolation on marsh bird communities
Over the next half century the human population is expected to grow rapidly, resulting in the conversion of rural areas into cities. Wetlands in these regions are there- fore under threat, even though they have important eco- system services and functions. Many obligate marsh… Read More