Conservation planning requires information at a variety of geographic scales, and it is often
unclear whether surveys designed for other purposes will provide appropriate information …

We used a comparative mensurative landscape‐level experiment to quantify the relative
importance of mature forest area and fragmentation and differences among watersheds in …

Analyses of species–environment relationships are critically needed to guide conservation
of many declining species. Comprehensive investigations of these relationships must …

A major challenge facing conservation biologists and wildlife managers is to predict how
fauna will respond to habitat loss. Different species require different amounts of habitat for …

Regression models were developed to predict relative bird abundance in a naturally
heterogeneous landscape using patch and landscape spatial scales. Breeding birds were …

Avian communities are often used by ecologists as indicators of environmental decline over
large spatial areas, because of the ease with which birds can be monitored by …

Intact migratory routes are critical for the stability of forest-dwelling, neotropical, migratory
bird populations, and mortality along migratory pathways may be significant. Yet we know …

Around the world, growing human populations and economic pressures are leading to
widespread conversion of tropical rainforests into a mosaic of human-altered habitats and …

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am extremely grateful to my committee for their expertise and
support throughout my thesis work. Dr. Frederick's and Dr. Percival's knowledge of waterbird …

Tallgrass prairie has declined throughout the midwestern United States during the past two
centuries, and migratory birds breeding in these habitats have also experienced precipitous …