List of works - T. Scott Sillett

A comparative assessment of SNP and microsatellite markers for assigning parentage in a socially monogamous bird.

scientific article

Adaptive divergence despite strong genetic drift: genomic analysis of the evolutionary mechanisms causing genetic differentiation in the island fox (Urocyon littoralis).

scientific article

Adaptive divergence in bill morphology and other thermoregulatory traits is facilitated by restricted gene flow in song sparrows on the California Channel Islands

scientific article published in 2021

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in an island songbird exposed to a novel predation risk

article

An experimental study of habitat selection by birds in a coffee plantation

scientific article published on April 2008

An open-population hierarchical distance sampling model

scientific article published on February 2015

Are Agrofuels a Conservation Threat or Opportunity for Grassland Birds in the United States?

article

Asymmetric discrimination of geographical variation in song in a migratory passerine

article by Gabriel J. Colbeck et al published August 2010 in Animal Behaviour

Characterizing selection in black-throated blue warblers using a sexual network approach.

scientific article

Climate, demography and lek stability in an Amazonian bird.

scientific article published in January 2016

Climate‐mediated population dynamics of a migratory songbird differ between the trailing edge and range core

scientific article published in 2023

Combining survey methods to estimate abundance and transience of migratory birds among tropical nonbreeding habitats

article

Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

scientific article

Context-dependent seed dispersal by a scatter-hoarding corvid

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Do archival light-level geolocators and stable hydrogen isotopes provide comparable estimates of breeding-ground origin?

article

Ecological Change on California's Channel Islands from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

article by Torben C. Rick et al published 11 July 2014 in BioScience

Ecological and Social Factors Constrain Spatial and Temporal Opportunities for Mating in a Migratory Songbird

scientific article published in February 2017

Empirical tests of habitat selection theory reveal that conspecific density and patch quality, but not habitat amount, drive long-distance immigration in a wild bird

publication published on 20 March 2021

Equipping the 22nd-Century Historical Ecologist

scientific article

Experimental food supplementation reveals habitat-dependent male reproductive investment in a migratory bird.

scientific article

Flightless ducks, giant mice and pygmy mammoths: Late Quaternary extinctions on California's Channel Islands

scholarly article by Torben C. Rick published in March 2012

Foraging ecology of epiphyte-searching insectivorous birds in Costa Rica

scientific article published in 1994

Full-annual-cycle population models for migratory birds

article published in 2015

Habitat‐linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island‐endemic bird species

scientific article published in 2022

Hierarchical distance-sampling models to estimate population size and habitat-specific abundance of an island endemic

scientific article

Inferences about population dynamics from count data using multistate models: a comparison to capture-recapture approaches.

scientific article

Integrated community occupancy models: A framework to assess occurrence and biodiversity dynamics using multiple data sources

scientific article published in 2022

Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags

scientific article

Islands within an island: repeated adaptive divergence in a single population

scientific article published on 2 March 2015

Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioural plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird

scientific article published in 2022

Migratory connectivity of a Neotropical migratory songbird revealed by archival light-level geolocators.

scientific article published on March 2015

Mitochondrial genomes suggest rapid evolution of dwarf California Channel Islands foxes (Urocyon littoralis)

scientific article

Multiple density–dependence mechanisms regulate a migratory bird population during the breeding season ⬇️

scientific article published on October 22, 2003

Non-breeding season habitat quality mediates the strength of density-dependence for a migratory bird

scientific article published in July 2015

Oak habitat recovery on California's largest islands: Scenarios for the role of corvid seed dispersal

scientific article published in 2017

Partial support for the central-marginal hypothesis within a population: reduced genetic diversity but not increased differentiation at the range edge of an island endemic bird. ⬇️

scientific article

Partitioning the sources of demographic variation reveals density-dependent nest predation in an island bird population

scientific article

Perennial Agroenergy Feedstocks as En Route Habitat for Spring Migratory Birds

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Phenotypic plasticity in hormonal and behavioural responses to changes in resource conditions in a migratory songbird

Proactive Conservation Management of an Island-endemic Bird Species in the Face of Global Change

article

Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

scientific article published in 2010

Reproductive Ecology of the Island Scrub-Jay

scientific article published in 2013

Responses of migratory species and their pathogens to supplemental feeding.

scientific article published in May 2018

Scatter-hoarding corvids as seed dispersers for oaks and pines: A review of a widely distributed mutualism and its utility to habitat restoration

scientific article published on 05 February 2016

Seasonal and population variation in male testosterone levels in breeding orange-crowned warblers (Vermivora celata).

scientific article published on 24 April 2010

Seasonal survival estimation for a long-distance migratory bird and the influence of winter precipitation

scientific article

Spatial and temporal drivers of avian population dynamics across the annual cycle.

scientific article

Spatially biased dispersal of acorns by a scatter-hoarding corvid may accelerate passive restoration of oak habitat on California's largest island.

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Stand Structure and Acorn Production of the Island Scrub Oak (<i>Quercus pacifica</i>)

scientific article published on 04 August 2015

Surveillance for West Nile virus and vaccination of free-ranging island scrub-jays (Aphelocoma insularis) on Santa Cruz Island, California

scientific article

The effects of experimental irrigation on plant productivity, insect abundance and the non-breeding season performance of a migratory songbird

scientific article

The inaugural issue of Ornithology

scholarly article published in 2021

The interacting effects of food, spring temperature, and global climate cycles on population dynamics of a migratory songbird.

scientific article

Tracking the origins and diet of an endemic island canid (Urocyon littoralis) across 7300 years of human cultural and environmental change

scholarly article

Warm springs, early lay dates, and double brooding in a North American migratory songbird, the black-throated blue warbler

scientific article

List of works by T. Scott Sillett

A comparative assessment of SNP and microsatellite markers for assigning parentage in a socially monogamous bird.

Adaptive divergence despite strong genetic drift: genomic analysis of the evolutionary mechanisms causing genetic differentiation in the island fox (Urocyon littoralis).

Adaptive divergence in bill morphology and other thermoregulatory traits is facilitated by restricted gene flow in song sparrows on the California Channel Islands

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in an island songbird exposed to a novel predation risk

An experimental study of habitat selection by birds in a coffee plantation

An open-population hierarchical distance sampling model

Are Agrofuels a Conservation Threat or Opportunity for Grassland Birds in the United States?

Asymmetric discrimination of geographical variation in song in a migratory passerine

Characterizing selection in black-throated blue warblers using a sexual network approach.

Climate, demography and lek stability in an Amazonian bird.

Climate‐mediated population dynamics of a migratory songbird differ between the trailing edge and range core

Combining survey methods to estimate abundance and transience of migratory birds among tropical nonbreeding habitats

Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

Context-dependent seed dispersal by a scatter-hoarding corvid

Do archival light-level geolocators and stable hydrogen isotopes provide comparable estimates of breeding-ground origin?

Ecological Change on California's Channel Islands from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

Ecological and Social Factors Constrain Spatial and Temporal Opportunities for Mating in a Migratory Songbird

Empirical tests of habitat selection theory reveal that conspecific density and patch quality, but not habitat amount, drive long-distance immigration in a wild bird

Equipping the 22nd-Century Historical Ecologist

Experimental food supplementation reveals habitat-dependent male reproductive investment in a migratory bird.

Flightless ducks, giant mice and pygmy mammoths: Late Quaternary extinctions on California's Channel Islands

Foraging ecology of epiphyte-searching insectivorous birds in Costa Rica

Full-annual-cycle population models for migratory birds

Habitat‐linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island‐endemic bird species

Hierarchical distance-sampling models to estimate population size and habitat-specific abundance of an island endemic

Inferences about population dynamics from count data using multistate models: a comparison to capture-recapture approaches.

Integrated community occupancy models: A framework to assess occurrence and biodiversity dynamics using multiple data sources

Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags

Islands within an island: repeated adaptive divergence in a single population

Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioural plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird

Migratory connectivity of a Neotropical migratory songbird revealed by archival light-level geolocators.

Mitochondrial genomes suggest rapid evolution of dwarf California Channel Islands foxes (Urocyon littoralis)

Multiple density–dependence mechanisms regulate a migratory bird population during the breeding season ⬇️

Non-breeding season habitat quality mediates the strength of density-dependence for a migratory bird

Oak habitat recovery on California's largest islands: Scenarios for the role of corvid seed dispersal

Partial support for the central-marginal hypothesis within a population: reduced genetic diversity but not increased differentiation at the range edge of an island endemic bird. ⬇️

Partitioning the sources of demographic variation reveals density-dependent nest predation in an island bird population

Perennial Agroenergy Feedstocks as En Route Habitat for Spring Migratory Birds

Phenotypic plasticity in hormonal and behavioural responses to changes in resource conditions in a migratory songbird

Proactive Conservation Management of an Island-endemic Bird Species in the Face of Global Change

Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

Reproductive Ecology of the Island Scrub-Jay

Responses of migratory species and their pathogens to supplemental feeding.

Scatter-hoarding corvids as seed dispersers for oaks and pines: A review of a widely distributed mutualism and its utility to habitat restoration

Seasonal and population variation in male testosterone levels in breeding orange-crowned warblers (Vermivora celata).

Seasonal survival estimation for a long-distance migratory bird and the influence of winter precipitation

Spatial and temporal drivers of avian population dynamics across the annual cycle.

Spatially biased dispersal of acorns by a scatter-hoarding corvid may accelerate passive restoration of oak habitat on California's largest island.

Stand Structure and Acorn Production of the Island Scrub Oak (<i>Quercus pacifica</i>)

Surveillance for West Nile virus and vaccination of free-ranging island scrub-jays (Aphelocoma insularis) on Santa Cruz Island, California

The effects of experimental irrigation on plant productivity, insect abundance and the non-breeding season performance of a migratory songbird

The inaugural issue of Ornithology

The interacting effects of food, spring temperature, and global climate cycles on population dynamics of a migratory songbird.

Tracking the origins and diet of an endemic island canid (Urocyon littoralis) across 7300 years of human cultural and environmental change

Warm springs, early lay dates, and double brooding in a North American migratory songbird, the black-throated blue warbler