ASI’s Creamer’s Field Migration Station has been monitoring songbird migration in Interior Alaska’s boreal forest for 30 years. Our data have contributed to the following peer-reviewed journal publications. 

Benson and Winker. 2015. High-latitude passerine migrants overlap energetically demanding events in Autumn. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 127:601-614.

Ringgenberg, B. and K. Winker. 2015. Indications that the Common Redpoll is double brooded in Alaska. Western Birds. 46: 291-298.

Dodge, M., S.L.Guers, C.H Sekercioglu, and R.N.M. Sehgal. 2013. North American transmission of Hemosporidian parasites in the Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus), a migratory songbird. Journal of Parasitology.  99:548-553.

Benson, A.M, W.N. Johnson, R.P. Barry, and S.L. Guers. 2012. Evaluation of autumn mist-netting data for monitoring passerine populations in Interior Alaska. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:328-335.

Loiseau, C., R.J. Harrigan, A.J. Cornel, S.L.Guers, M. Dodge, T. Marzec, J.S. Carlson, and R.N.M. Sehgal. 2012. First evidence and predictions of Plasmodium transmission in Alaskan bird populations. Plos One 7:1-5.

Spotswood, E.N., K.R. Goodman, J. Carlisle, R.L. Cormier, D.L. Humple, J. Rousseau, S.L. Guers, ad G.G. Barton. 2012. How safe is mist netting? Evaluating the risk of injury and mortality to birds. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3:29-38.

Benson, A.M., B.A. Andres, W.N. Johnson, S. Savage, and S. M. Sharbaugh. 2006. Differential timing of Wilson’s Warbler migration in Alaska. Wilson Ornithological Society 118:547-551.

Benson, A.M., and K. Winker. 2005. Fat-deposition strategies among high-latitude passerine migrants. Auk 122:544-557.

Benson, A.M. and K. Winker. 2001. Timing of breeding range occupancy among high-latitude passerine migrants. Auk. 118:513-519.

Benson, A.M., T.H. Pogson., and T.J. Doyle. 2000. Updated geographic distribution of eight passerine species in central Alaska. Western Birds 31:100-105.

 

ASI’s Tree Swallow Ecology Project contributes to both statewide and national networks of researchers monitoring swallows throughout their annual cycle and across their continent-wide range. Our data have contributed to the following recent peer-reviewed journal publications (2017-2020). 

Irons, R.D., Harding Scurr, A., Rose, A.P., Hagelin, J.C., Blake, T., and D.F. Doak. 2017. Wind and rain are the primary climate factors driving changing phenology of an aerial insectivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B: 284 (1853): 20170412 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0412

Knight, S.M., Bradley, D.W., Clark, R.G., Gow, E.A., Bélisle, M., Berzins, L.L, Blake, T., Bridge, E.S., Burke, L, Dawson, R.D., Dunn, P.O., Garant, D., Holroyd, G.L., Hussell, D.J.T., Lansdorp, O., Laughlin, A.J., Leonard, M.L., Pelletier, F., Shutler, D., Siefferman, L., Taylor, C.M., Trefry, H.E., Vleck, C.M., Vleck, D., Winkler, D., Whittingham, L.A., and Norris, D.R. 2018. Constructing and evaluating a continent-wide migratory songbird network across the annual cycle. Ecological Monographs. 88:445–460.

Gow E.A, Burke, L., Winkler, D., Knight, S.M., Bradley, D.W., Clark, R.G., Bélisle, M., Berzins, L.L., Blake, T., Bridge, E.S., Dawson, R.D., Dunn, P.O., Garant, D., Holroyd, G.L., Horn, A.G., Hussell, D.J.T., Lansdorp, O., Laughlin, A.J., Leonard, M.L., Pelletier, F., Shutler, D., Siefferman, L., Taylor, C.M., 17, Trefry, H.E., Vleck, C.M., Vleck, D., Whittingham, L.A., and Norris, D.R. A rangewide domino effect and resetting of the annual cycle in a migratory songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B: 286: 20181916.

Knight, S.M., Gow, E.A., Bradley, D.W., Clark, R.G.,, Bélisle, M., Berzins, L.L, Blake, T., Bridge, E.S., Burke, L, Dawson, R.D., Dunn, P.O., Garant, D., Holroyd, G.L., Hussell, D.J.T., Lansdorp, O., Laughlin, A.J., Leonard, M.L., Pelletier, F., Shutler, D., Siefferman, L., Taylor, C.M., Trefry, H.E., Vleck, C.M., Vleck, D., Whittingham, L.A., Winkler, D., Norris, D.R. 2019. Non-breeding season movements of a migratory songbird are related to declines in resource availability. The Auk: Ornithological Advances. ukz028

Gow E.A., Knight S.M., Bradley D.W., Clark R.G., Winkler D.W., Belisle M., Berzins L.L., Blake T., Bridge E.S., Burke L., Dawson R.D., Dunn P.O., Garant D., Holroyd G., Horn A.G., Hussell D.J.T., Lansdorp O., Laughlin A.J., Leonard M.L.., Pelletier F., Shutler D., Siefferman L., Taylor C.M., Trefry H., Vleck C.M., Vleck D., Whittingham L.A., Norris D.R. 2019. Effects of spring migration distance on tree swallow reproductive success within and among flyways. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:380.