Publications

Jenkins, J.R., I.G. Pope, M.A. Dykstra, J.J. Jenkins, C.R. Dykstra, and K.A. Williams. 2023. “Do standard behavioral assays predict foraging behavior of individual Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) in response to a predator model or calls?”. Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Williams, Kelly A, Laura R Dykstra, Jacob P Sieg, and Cheryl R Dykstra. 2023. “Consequences of topography on nest microclimate and reproductive success in an open-cup nesting passerine”. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 135 (1): 56-73.

Williams, Kelly A., M. B. Shumar, B. T. Shirkey L. J. Kearns, J. N. Mager, J. M. Lautenbach, M. A. Al-Saffar, A. M. Froehlich, et al. 2023. “The Second Ohio All-bird Conservation Plan (2023)”. Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative, Columbus, OH.

Route, William T, Cheryl R Dykstra, Kelly A Williams, James Campbell-Spickler, Mark S Martell, and Rebecca L Key. 2022. “Breeding Phenology and Nestling Morphology of Bald Eagles in the Upper Midwestern United States”. Journal of Raptor Research 56 (4): 398-411.

Sudnick, Madeline, Bekka S Brodie, and Kelly A Williams. 2021. “Nature versus nurture: Structural equation modeling indicates that parental care does not mitigate consequences of poor environmental conditions in Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)”. Ecology and Evolution 11 (21): 15237-48.

Route, William T, Cheryl R Dykstra, Sean M Strom, Michael W Meyer, and Kelly A Williams. 2021. “Patterns and Trends of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Bald Eagle Nestlings in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA”. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40 (6): 1606-18.

Dykstra, Laura R, Jennifer J Jenkins, Cheryl R Dykstra, and Kelly A Williams. 2021. “Individual Variation in Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile Atricapillus) Foraging Behavior in Response to a Predator Model”. Journal of Comparative Psychology 135 (4): 480.

Dykstra, Cheryl R, William T Route, and Kelly A Williams. 2021. “Trends and patterns of perfluoroalkyl substances in blood plasma samples of bald eagle nestlings in Wisconsin and Minnesota, USA”. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40 (3): 754-66.

Dykstra, Cheryl R, Jeffrey L Hays, Melinda M Simon, Ann R Wegman, Laura R Dykstra, and Kelly A Williams. 2021. “Habitat and weather conditions influence reproductive rates of suburban and rural Red-shouldered Hawks Buteo lineatus”. Ibis 163 (2): 623-40.

Williams, Kelly, Madeline Sudnick, Rachel Anderson, and Meredith Fitschen-Brown. 2020. “Experience counts: The role of female age in morning incubation and brooding behavior in relation to temperature”. Journal of Avian Biology 51 (7).