Audubon North Carolina's staff often publish thier work to further conservation efforts. This is a growing list of published work on Golden-winged Warbler conservation and biology.  The staff often say that "our actions and planning are science based and this research effort over the past decade." This is a good example of that.  These are the recent peer reviewed and thesis papers done by Audubon staff, our academic partners at Appalachian and elsewhere. Check back for more articles as they become avialable.

Golden-winged Warbler Peer Reviewed and Final Report Papers

Co-authored or in which our data was used for analysis

Aldinger, K. R., and P. B. Wood. 2014. Reproductive success and habitat characteristics of Golden-winged Warblers in high-elevation pasturelands. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126:279-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/13-114.1

Aldinger, K.R., T.M. Terhune II, P.B. Wood, D.A. Buehler, M.H. Bakermans, J.L. Confer, D.J. Flaspohler, J.L. Larkin, J.P. Loegering, K.L. Percy, A.M. Roth, and C.G. Smalling. 2015. Variables associated with nest survival of Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) among vegetation communities commonly used for nesting. Avian Conservation and Ecology 10 (1): 6.[online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol10/iss1/art6/

Aldinger, K.M. Bakermans, D.J. McNeil, J. Lehman, A. Tisdale, and J.L. Larkin. 2015. Final Report: Monitoring and evaluating golden-winged warbler use of breeding habitat created by the Natural Resources Conservation Service practices. A Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C.

Bulluck, L. P., D. A. Buehler, R. Vallender, and R. J. Robertson. 2013. Demographic comparison of Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) populations in northern and southern extremes of their breeding range. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125:479-490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/12-154.1

Chandler, R. B. 2013. Analysis of Golden-wingedWarbler winter survey data. Report prepared for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

Chandler, R. B., S. Tolfree, J. Gerwin, C. Smalling, L. Chavarria-Duriaux, G. Duriaux, and D. I. King. 2016. Conservation implications of Golden-winged Warbler social and foraging behaviors during the nonbreeding season. Pp. 175–192 in H. M. Streby, D. E. Andersen, and D. A. Buehler (editors). Golden-winged Warbler ecology, conservation, and habitat management. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 49), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Chavarría, L., and G. Duriaux. [online]. 2009. Informe preliminar del primer censo de Vermivora chrysoptera: realizado en Marzo 2009 en la zona norcentral de Nicaragua. http://www.bio-nica.info/Biblioteca/Chavarria2009FinalGWWA.pdf

Frantz, M. W., K. R. Aldinger, P. B. Wood, J. Duchamp, T. Nuttle, A. Vitz, and J. L. Larkin. 2015. Space and habitat use of breeding Golden-winged Warblers in the central Appalachian Mountains. in H. M. Streby, D. E. Andersen, and D. A. Buehler (editors). Golden-winged Warbler ecology, conservation, and habitat management.  Studies in Avian Biology (no. 49), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Golden-winged Warbler Working Group. 2013a. Best management practices for Golden-winged Warbler habitats in the Appalachian region. [online] URL: http://www.gwwa.org/plan

Jones, John Anthony and Lynn Siefferman.  2014.  Agonistic behaviors between chestnut-sided and golden-winged warblers are unlikely a result of plumage misidentification.  Wilson Journal of Ornithology.  126, 708-716.

Jones, John Anthony.  2015.  Morphological and Ecological Causes of Interspecific Aggression Between Golden-winged and Chestnut-sided warblers.  Master’s Thesis.  Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Jones, John Anthony, Anna C. Tisdale, Marja H. Bakermans, Jeffery L. Larkin, Curtis G. Smalling, and Lynn

Siefferman.  2016.  A case of mistaken identity:  understanding the stimulus of agonism between two wood warblers.  Animal Behavior 114, 81-91.

Jones, John Anthony, Anna C. Tisdale, Marja H. Bakermans, Jeffery L. Larkin, Curtis G. Smalling, and Lynn

Siefferman.  2017. Multiple Plumage Ornaments as Signals of Intrasexual Communication in Golden-Winged Warblers.  Ethology 123,  145-156.

King, D. I., R. B. Chandler, C. Smalling, R. Trubey, R. Raudales, and T. Will. 2016. Nonbreeding Golden-winged Warbler habitat: status, conservation, and needs. Pp. 29–38 in H. M. Streby, D. E. Andersen, and D. A. Buehler (editors). Golden-winged Warbler ecology, conservation, and habitat management. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 49), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

McNeil, D.J., K.R. Aldinger, M.H. Bakermans, J.A. Lehman, A.C. Tisdale, J.A. Jones, P.B. Wood, D.Buehler, C.G. Smalling, L. Siefferman, and J.L. Larkin. 2017.  An Evaluation and Comparison of Conservation Guidelines for an At-risk Migratory Songbird. Global Ecology and Conservation 9:90-103.

NRCS.  2016.  Conservation Practices Benefit Golden-winged Warblers in Appalachia.  CEAP- Wildlife Conservation Insight.  June 2016.

Roth, A. M., R. W. Rohrbaugh, T. Will, and D. A. Buehler, editors. 2012. Golden-winged Warbler status review and conservation plan. [online] URL: http://www.gwwa.org/plan

Terhune, T. M., II, K. R. Aldinger, D. A. Buehler, J. L. Confer, D. J. Flaspohler, J. L. Larkin, J. P. Loegering, K. L. Percy, A. M. Roth, C. Smalling, and P. B. Wood. 2015. Golden-winged Warbler nest-site habitat selection. in prep.

Tisdale, Anna C.  2015.  Investigation of male golden-winged warbler plumage traits as sexually selected ornaments.  Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Anna C. Tisdale, John Anthony Jones, Kyle R. Aldinger, Marja H. Bakermans, Jeffery L. Larkin, D. J. McNeil, Curtis G. Smalling, and Lynn Siefferman. 2015. Geography and age influence plumage ornamentation of male Golden-winged Warblers.  In prep.