Publications
In Review
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Peer-reviewed publications (click on images a pdf)
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19. Duclos, T., W.V. DeLuca, D.I. King. 2019. Direct and indirect effects of climate on bird abundance along elevation gradients in the northern Appalachians. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12968
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18. Ralston, J., L. Lorenc, M. Montes, J.J. Kirchman, W.V. DeLuca, B.K. Woodworth, S.A. MacKenzie, A. Newman, H. Cooke, N.E. Freeman, A.O. Sutton, L. Tauzer, D.R. Norris. 2019. Length plymorphisms at two candidate genes explain variation of migratory behaviors in geolocator tagged blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata). Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5436
​17. DeLuca, W.V., B.K. Woodworth, S.A. Mackenzie, A. Newman, H. Cooke, L.M. Phillips, K. Freeman, A.O. Sutton, C. McIntyre, I.J. Stenhouse, S. Weidensaul, P.D. Taylor, and D.R. Norris. A boreal songbird’s 20,000 km migration across North America and the Atlantic Ocean. Ecology. 100(5) DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2651
16. McGarigal, K., B.W. Compton, E.B. Plunkett, W.V. DeLuca, J. Grand, E. Ene, S.D. Jackson. 2018. A landscape index of ecological integrity to inform landscape conservation. Landscape Ecology. DOI:10.1007/s10980-018-0653-9
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15. McGarigal, K., E.B. Plunkett, L.L. Wiley, B.W. Compton, W.V. DeLuca, J. Grand. 2018. Modelling urban growth in the northeastern United States: the SPRAWL model and the ecological impacts of urban growth. Landscape and Urban Planning. 177:178-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.04.018
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​14. Loman, Z.G., W.V. DeLuca, D. Harrison, C.S. Loftin, P.B. Wood. 2018. Assessing landscape capability models as a tool to predict fine-scale forest bird occupancy and abundance. Landscape Ecology. DOI:s10980-017-0582-z
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13. Loman, Z.G., E.J. Blomberg, W.V. DeLuca, D.J. Harrison, C.S. Loftin, P.B. Wood. 2017. Validating landscape capability as a predictor of upland game bird abundance and occurrence. Journal of Wildlife Management. 81:1110-1116. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21265
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12. DeLuca, W.V. and D.I. King. 2017. Montane birds shift downslope despite recent warming in the northern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Ornithology. 158:493-505. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-016-1414-7
11. Ralston, J., W.V. DeLuca, R. Feldman, D.I. King. 2017. Population trends influence a species ability to track climate change. Global Change Biology. 23:1390-1399. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13478
10. Ralston, J., W.V. DeLuca, R. Feldman, D.I. King. 2016. Realized climate niche breadth varies with population trend and distribution in North American birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 25:1173-1180. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12490
9. DeLuca, W.V., B.K. Woodworth, C. Rimmer, P.P. Marra, P.D. Taylor, K. McFarland, S.A. Mackenzie, D.R. Norris. 2015. Transoceanic migration of a 12 g songbird. Biology Letters. 11: 20141045. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.1045
8. Ralston, J., D.I. King, W.V. DeLuca, G.J. Niemi, M.J. Glennon, J.C. Scarl, J.D. Lambert. 2015. Analysis of combined data sets yields trend estimates for vulnerable spruce-fir birds in northern United States. Biological Conservation. 187:270-278. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.029
7. DeLuca, W.V. and D. King. 2014. Influence of hiking trails on montane birds. Journal of Wildlife Management. 78:494-502. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.675
6. DeLuca, W.V., Holberton, R., P. Hunt and B.C. Eliason. 2013. Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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5. Studds, C.E., W.V. DeLuca, R.S. King, M.E. Baker, P.P. Marra. 2012. Land cover and rainfall interact to shape waterbird community composition. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35969.
4. DeLuca, W.V., C.E. Studds, R.S. King, P.P. Marra. 2008. Coastal urbanization and waterbird community integrity: threshold responses and the importance of scale. Biological Conservation 141:2669-2678.
3. King, R.S., W.V. DeLuca, D.F. Whigham, P.P. Marra. 2007. Threshold effects of coastal urbanization on Phragmites australis (common reed) abundance and foliar Nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts 30:469-481.
2. DeLuca, W.V., C.E. Studds, L.L. Rockwood, P.P. Marra. 2004. Influence of land use on the integrity of marsh bird communities of Chesapeake Bay, USA. Wetlands 24:837-847.
1. Lopez-Ortiz, R., E.A. Ventosa-Febles, L.R. Reitsma, D. Hengstenberg, and W.V. DeLuca. 2002. Increasing nest success in the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus) in southwest Puerto Rico. Biological Conservation 108:259-263.
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