If individuals can perceive and manage risks, they may alter their behaviors based on prior
experience. This expectation may apply to nest site selection of breeding birds, for which …

Accurately measuring nest survival is challenging because nests must be discovered to be
monitored, but nests are typically not found on the first day of the nesting interval. Studies of …

Understanding how migratory animals respond to spatial and temporal variation in habitat
phenology is critical for identifying selection pressures and tradeoffs at different life history …

Salt marshes in the northeastern United States provide critical breeding habitat for tidal
marsh specialist birds like the Ammospiza caudacuta (Saltmarsh Sparrow). The Ammospiza …

Determining factors that shape a species' population genetic structure is beneficial for
identifying effective conservation practices. We assessed population structure and genetic …

Abstract Globally limited to 45,000 km2, salt marshes and their endemic species are
threatened by numerous anthropogenic influences, including sea-level rise and predator …

Transposable elements (TE) play critical roles in shaping genome evolution. Highly
repetitive TE sequences are also a major source of assembly gaps making it difficult to fully …

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into
the Gulf of Mexico, damaging coastal ecosystems. Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) …

Abstract Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) are tidal salt marsh endemic passerines
found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. Currently, there are 7 described …

Transposable elements (TE) play critical roles in shaping genome evolution. However, the
highly repetitive sequence content of TEs is a major source of assembly gaps. This makes it …