Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Publication reflections and plans

Publication reflections and plans 

Masters thesis @ SELU: 1993-1997, work on birds in tropical forest fragments 

  • Couple papers, probably nothing left to squeeze out
  • Failed book on Neotropical birds  

Ph.D. Dissertation @ Auburn: 1999-2005, 1 year of tropical work, five years (really?) on urbanization and birds in Georgia

  • One paper in Urban Ecosystems on migration system and urbanization 
  • Room for one more probably if still relevent: major habitat group (e.g., grassland birds) and urbanization

Post Doc @ Auburn 2005-2007: Bluebirds and urbanization 

  • No publications 
  • Should be a pubs on 
    • Feather color (collab) 
    • growth rates (but the statistics!) 
    • Box use and fitness (did not band) 

Wilkes Years 2007 - now 

  • Bird exclusion and plant growth - didn't go anywhere 
  • Clay caterpillars - submitted and rejected, could be published - maybe 
  • Blood parasites and urbanziation - submitted and rejected 
  • Wood thrush nest success - maybe something there 
  • Grasslands and birds - published in Ecosphere - but could be more fine tuned and published other place 
  • Food web at Lehigh Gap - published in Restoration Ecology 
  • Deer browse project - one more season and move to publish
  • Isotopes 
    • new Lehigh Gap data is ready to be worked up
    • chnages in plant community at Lehigh Gap (and insects)
    • there is another site (Nescopeck Field B) with a bunch of samples that is close to being complete 
    • Avondale Mine Reclamation - like Lehigh Gap but without all the heavy metals - should be ready to go after this latest data set comes in (any hour)
    • Burned and unburned sites - unclear what samples we have 
  • Fire and birds
    • Large data set - just sitting on it - why???  statistics mostly
So I figure I'm sitting on six papers ready to go and another three will have enough data by the end of summer. 

How does one focus on an old paper while working on getting data for current projects (more fire and bird stuff)? 



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