David W. Winkler

Research interests

Publications

• Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 10.1073/pnas.2009864117

• The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2018 · 10.1098/rstb.2016.0445

• Aquatic insects rich in omega‐3 fatty acids drive breeding success in a widespread bird

  Ecology Letters · 2018 · 10.1111/ele.13156

• Teaching Biology in the Field: Importance, Challenges, and Solutions

  BioScience · 2017 · 10.1093/biosci/bix036

• Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids support aerial insectivore performance more than food quantity

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 10.1073/pnas.1603998113

• Cues, strategies, and outcomes: how migrating vertebrates track environmental change

  Movement Ecology · 2014 · 10.1186/2051-3933-2-10

• The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

  Biological Conservation · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.003

• Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light-level geolocation

  Journal of Field Ornithology · 2013 · 10.1111/jofo.12011

• Temperature effects on food supply and chick mortality in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

  Oecologia · 2013 · 10.1007/s00442-013-2605-z

• Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

  The Birds of North America Online · 2011 · 10.2173/bna.treswa.02

• A test of the mismatch hypothesis: How is timing of reproduction related to food abundance in an aerial insectivore?

  Ecology · 2010 · 10.1890/10-0478.1

• Spatiotemporal exploratory models for broad‐scale survey data

  Ecological Applications · 2010 · 10.1890/09-1340.1

• The Design of Artificial Nestboxes for the Study of Secondary Hole-Nesting Birds: A Review of Methodological Inconsistencies and Potential Biases

  Acta Ornithologica · 2010 · 10.3161/000164510x516047

• Integrating concepts and technologies to advance the study of bird migration

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 2009 · 10.1890/080179

• Telomerase activity is maintained throughout the lifespan of long-lived birds

  Experimental Gerontology · 2007 · 10.1016/j.exger.2007.03.004

• Longer telomeres associated with higher survival in birds

  Biology Letters · 2005 · 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0301

• Telomeres shorten more slowly in long-lived birds and mammals than in short–lived ones

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 10.1098/rspb.2003.2385

• Predicting the effects of climate change on avian life-history traits

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 10.1073/pnas.212251999

• Relative importance off environmental variables in determining the growth off nestling Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor

  Ibis · 1999 · 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07551.x

• Climate change has affected the breeding date of tree swallows throughout North America

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1999 · 10.1098/rspb.1999.0950

• Foraging Ecology and Diet Selectivity of Tree Swallows Feeding Nestlings

  Ornithological Applications · 1999 · 10.2307/1369987

• The Seasonal Decline in Tree Swallow Clutch Size: Physiological Constraint or Strategic Adjustment?

  Ecology · 1996 · 10.2307/2265512

• A General Model for Parental Care

  The American Naturalist · 1987 · 10.1086/284729

• Offspring Size and Number: A Life History Model Linking Effort Per Offspring and Total Effort

  The American Naturalist · 1987 · 10.1086/284667

• The Determination of Clutch Size in Precocial Birds

  · 1983 · 10.1007/978-1-4615-6781-3_2

Current projects

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