Publications

Mangrove Swallows Hill Bank Belize ok 010 2019
Belmaker, A., K.K. Hallinger, R.A. Glynn, D.W. Winkler & M.F. Haussmann. The environmental and genetic determinants of chick telomere length in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Ecology and Evolution 9(14):8175-8186. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5386
Pancerasa, M., M. Sangiorgio, R. Ambrosini, N. Saino, D.W. Winkler & R. Casagrandi. Reconstruction of long-distance bird migration routes using advanced machine learning techniques on geolocator data. Journal Royal Society Interface 16: 20190031. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0031
Tree Swallows around Ithaca 4 2018
Tricola, G.M., M.J.P. Simons, E. Atema, R.K. Boughton, J.L. Brown, D.C. Dearborn, G. Divoky, J.A. Eimes, C.E. Huntington, A.S. Kitaysky, F.A. Juola, D.B. Lank, H.P. Litwa, E.G.A. Mulder, I.C.T. Nisbet, K. Okanoya, R.J. Safran, S.J. Schoech, E.A. Schreiber, P.M. Thompson, S. Verhulst, N.T. Wheelwright, D.W. Winkler, R. Young, C.M. Vleck, and M.F. Haussmann, (2018). The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1740):1-11. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0445
Vitousek, M. N., C. C. Taff, K. H. Hallinger, C. Zimmer & D.W. Winkler. Hormones and fitness: evidence for trade-offs in glucocorticoid regulation across contexts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: 42. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00042
Lisovski, S., H. Schmaljohann, E.S. Bridge, S. Bauer, A. Farnsworth, S.A. Gauthreaux Jr., S. Hahn, M.T. Hallworth, C.M. Hewson, J.F. Kelly, F. Liechti, P.P. Marra, E. Rakhimberdiev, J.D. Ross, N.E. Seavy, M.D. Sumner, C.M. Taylor, D.W. Winkler, S.J. Wotherspoon, M.B. Wunder. Inherent limits of light-level geolocation may lead to over-interpretation. Current Biology 28(2):R99-R100.
Knight, S.M., D.W. Bradley, R.G. Clark, E.A. Gow, M. Bélisle, L.L. Berzins, T. Blake, E.S. Bridge, L. Burke, R.D. Dawson, P.O. Dunn, D. Garant, G.L. Holroyd, D. J. T. Hus-sell, O. Lansdorp, A.J. Laughlin, M.L. Leonard, F. Pelletier, D. Shutler, L. Siefferman, C.M. Taylor, H.E. Trefry, C.M. Vleck, D.Vleck, D.W. Winkler, L.A. Whittingham, D. R. Norris. Constructing and evaluating a continent‐wide migratory songbird network across the annual cycle. Ecological Monographs 88(3):445-460. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1298
Clark, R. G., D.W. Winkler, R.D. Dawson, D. Shutler, D.J.T. Hussell, M.P. Lombardo, P.A. Thorpe, P.O. Dunn & L. A. Whittingham. Geographic variation and environmental correlates of apparent survival rates in adult tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor. Journal of Avian Biology 49(6): jav-012514. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01659
Vitousek, M. N., C.C. Taff, D.R. Ardia, J.M. Stedman, C. Zimmer, T.C. Salzman & D.W. Winkler. The lingering impact of stress: brief acute glucocorticoid exposure has sustained, dose-dependent effects on reproduction. Proceedings Royal Society B 285(1882): 20180722. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0722
Belmaker, A., K.K. Hallinger, R. A. Glynn, M. F. Haussmann, & D. W. Winkler. Is there a context-dependent advantage of extra-pair mating in Tree Swallows? Auk 135(4):998-1008. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-18-3.1

Pegan, T.M., D.P. Craig, E.R. Gulson-Castillo, R.M. Gabrielson, W. Bezner Kerr, R. MacCurdy, S.P. Powell & D.W. Winkler. Solar-powered radio tags reveal patterns of post-fledging site visitation in adult and juvenile Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor. PLoS ONE 13(11):e0206258. DOI:10.1371/journal. pone.0206258

Dreelin, R.A., J.R. Shipley & D.W. Winkler. Flight behavior of individual aerial insectivores revealed by novel altitudinal dataloggers. Frontiers Ecology & Evolution 6:182. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2018.00182
Twining, C.W., J.R. Shipley & D.W. Winkler. Aquatic insects rich in omega‐3 fatty acids drive breeding success in a widespread bird. Ecology Letters 21(12):1812-1820. DOI:10.1111/ele.13156
2017
Fleischner, T.L., R.E. Espinoza, G.A. Gerrish, H.W. Greene, R.W. Kimmerer, E.A. Lacey, S. Pace, J.K. Parrish, H.M. Swain, S.C. Trombulak, S. Weisberg, D.W. Winkler, and L. Zander. Teaching Biology in the Field: Importance, Challenges, and Solutions. BioScience 67(6):558-567. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix036
Weegman, M.D., T.W. Arnold, R.D. Dawson, D.W. Winkler, and R.G. Clark. Integrated population models reveal local weather conditions are the key drivers of population dynamics in an aerial insectivore. Oecologia 185(1):119-130. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3890-8
Winkler, D.W., F.A. Gandoy, J.I. Areta, M.J. Iliff, E. Rakhimberdiev, K.J. Kardynal, K.A. Hobson. Long-Distance Range Expansion and Rapid Adjustment of Migration in a Newly Established Population of Barn Swallows Breeding in Argentina. Current Biology 27(7):1080-1084. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.006
Winkler, D.W., T.M. Pegan, E.R. Gulson-Castillo, J.I. Byington, J.P. Hruska, S.C. Orzechowski, B.M. Van Doren, E.I. Greig, and E.M. Wood. Student-Led Expeditions as an Educational and Collections-Building Enterprise. Ch. 11, pg. 185-200 in Studies in Avian Biology, Volume 50 (M.S. Webster, ed.) [CRC Press link]
Twining, C.W., P. Lawrence, D.W. Winkler, A.S. Flecker, and J.T. Brenna. Conversion efficiency of alpha linolenic acid to omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in aerial insectivore chicks. Journal of Experimental Biology, available online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.165373
Lisovski, S., H. Schmaljohann, E.S. Bridge, S. Bauer, A. Farnsworth, S.A. Gauthreaux Jr., S. Hahn, M.T. Hallworth, C.M. Hewson, J.F. Kelly, F. Liechti, P.P. Marra, E. Rakhimberdiev, J.D. Ross, N.E. Seavy, M.D. Sumner, C.M. Taylor, D.W. Winkler, S.J. Wotherspoon, M.B. Wunder. Inherent limits of light-level geolocation may lead to over-interpretation. Current Biology 28(2):R99-R100. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.072
Pegan, T.M., E.R. Gulson-Castillo, A. Biun, J.I. Byington, R.G. Moyle, F.T.Y. Yu, E.M. Wood, D.W. Winkler, F.H. Sheldon. An assessment of avifauna in a recovering lowland forest at Kinabalu National Park, Malaysian Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66:110-131. [PDF available via ResearchGate]
Shipley, J. R., J. Kapoor, R.A. Dreelin, & D.W. Winkler. An open‐source sensor‐logger for recording vertical movement in free‐living organisms. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 9(3):465-471. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12893
Mangrove Swallows Hill Bank Belize ok 010 2016
Bijleveld, A.I., R.B. MacCurdy, Y.C. Chan, E. Penning, R.M. Gabrielson, J. Cluderay, E.L. Spaulding, A. Dekinga, S. Holthuijsen, J. ten Horn, M. Brugge, J.A. van Gils, D.W. Winkler, and T. Piersma. Understanding spatial distributions: negative density-dependence in prey causes predators to trade-off prey quantity with quality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283(1828): DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1557
Ferretti, V., M. Liljesthröm, A.S. López, I.J. Lovette, and D.W. Winkler. Extra‐pair paternity in a population of Chilean Swallows breeding at 54 degrees south. Journal of Field Ornithology. 87(2):155-161 DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12144
Karagicheva, J., M. Liebers, E. Rakhimberdiev, K. K. Hallinger, A. A. Saveliev, D. W. Winkler. Differences in size between first and replacement clutches match the seasonal decline in single clutches in Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor. Ibis. 158(3):607-613 DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12368
Rakhimberdiev, E., N.R. Senner, M.A. Verhoeven, D.W. Winkler, W. Bouten and T. Piersma. Comparing inferences of solar geolocation data against high‐precision GPS data: annual movements of a double‐tagged Black‐tailed Godwit. Journal of Avian Biology. 47(4):589-596 DOI: 10.1111/jav.00891
Twining, C.W., J.T. Brenna, P. Lawrence, J.R. Shipley, T.N. Tollefson, and D.W. Winkler. Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids support aerial insectivore performance more than food quantity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; published ahead of print September 16, 2016 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603998113
Winkler, D.W. Breeding Biology of Birds. Chapter 11, pp. 407-450 in Handbook of Bird Biology, Third Edition (I.J. Lovette & J.W. Fitzpatrick, eds.) [Lab of Ornithology page]
Winkler, D.W., J. Shamoun-Baranes and T. Piersma. Avian Migration and Dispersal. Chapter 12. pp. 453-492 in Handbook of Bird Biology, Third Edition (I.J. Lovette & J.W. Fitzpatrick, eds.) [Lab of Ornithology page]
chileantalk 2015
Gumus, A., S. Lee, S.S. Ahsan, K. Karlsson, R. Gabrielson, C.G. Guglielmo, D.W. Winkler, and D. Erickson. Lab-on-a-Bird: Biophysical monitoring of flying birds. PLoS One. 10(4):e0123947. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0123947
Laughlin, A.J., D.R. Sheldon, D.W. Winkler, and C.M. Taylor. Quantifying non‐breeding season occupancy patterns and the timing and drivers of autumn migration for a migratory songbird using Doppler radar. Ecography DOI:10.1111/ecog.01988
Ospina, E.A., C.B. Cooper, M. Liljesthröm, D.R. Ardia, and D.W. Winkler. Biparental nest-attendance in Chilean Swallows (Tachycineta meyeni) breeding in Ushuaia, Argentina. Emu 115(1):76-79. DOI: 10.1071/MU14036
Piland, N.C., and D.W. Winkler. Tree Swallow frugivory in winter. Southeastern Naturalist 14(1):123-136. DOI: 10.1656/058.014.0117
Rakhimberdiev, E., D.W. Winkler, E. Bridge, N.E. Seavy, D. Sheldon, T. Piersma, and A.A Saveliev. A hidden Markov model for reconstructing animal paths from solar geolocation loggers using templates for light intensity. Movement Ecology. 3(1):1-15. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-015-0062-5
Shafer, M.W., R. MacCurdy, J.R. Shipley, D. Winkler, C.G. Guglielmo, and E. Garcia. The case for energy harvesting on wildlife in flight. Smart Materials and Structures. 24(2):025031.DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/2/025031
Shipley, J.R., D.Y. Gu, T.C. Salzman, and D.W. Winkler. Heterothermic flexibility allows energetic savings in a small tropical swift: The Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis). The Auk. 132(3): 697-703. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-15-15.1
Winkler, D.W., S.M. Billerman, and I.J. Lovette. Bird Families of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. 600 pages. ISBN-13: 978-84-941892-0-3
puffed 2014
Winkler, D.W., K.M. Ringelman, P.O. Dunn, L. Whittingham, D.J.T. Hussell, R.G. Clark, R.D. Dawson, L.S. Johnson, A. Rose, S.H. Austin, W.D. Robinson, M.P. Lombardo, P.A. Thorpe, D. Shutler, R.J. Robertson, M. Stager, M. Leonard, A.G. Horn, J. Dickinson, V. Ferretti, V. Massoni, F. Bulit, J.C. Reboreda, M. Liljesthröm, M. Quiroga, E. Rakhimberdiev, and D.R. Ardia. Latitudinal variation in clutch size-lay date regressions in Tachycineta swallows: effects of food supply or demography? Ecography 37(7):001-009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00458.x
Stager, M., D.J. Cerasale, R. Dor, D.W. Winkler, and Z.A. Cheviron. Signatures of natural selection in the mitochondrial genomes of Tachycineta swallows and their implications for latitudinal patterns of the ‘pace of life.’ Gene 546(1):104-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.05.019
Gumus, A., S. Lee, K. Karlsson, R. Gabrielson, D.W. Winkler, and D. Erickson. Real-time in vivo uric acid biosensor system for biophysical monitoring of birds. Analyst 139:742-748. DOI: 10.1039/c3an01787g
Sullivan, B.L., J.L. Aycrigg, J.H. Barry, R.E. Bonney, N. Bruns, C.B. Cooper, T. Damoulas, A.A. Dhondt, T. Dietterich, A. Farnsworth, D. Fink, J.W. Fitzpatrick, T. Fredericks, J. Gerbracht, C. Gomes, W.M. Hochachka, M.J. Iliff, C. Lagoze, F.A. La Sorte, M. Merrifield, W. Morris, T.B. Phillips, M. Reynolds, A.D. Rodewald, K.V. Rosenberg, N.M. Trautmann, A. Wiggins, D.W. Winkler, W.-K. Wong, C.L. Wood, J. Yu, and S. Kelling. The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science. Biological Conservation 169:31-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.003
La Sorte, F.A., D. Fink, W.M. Hochachka, A. Farnsworth, A.D. Rodewald, K.V. Rosenberg, B.L. Sullivan, D.W. Winkler, C. Wood, and S. Kelling. The role of atmospheric conditions in the seasonal dynamics of North American migration flyways. Journal of Biogeography 43(1):215. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12328
Bradley, D.W., R.G. Clark, P.O. Dunn, A.J. Laughlin, C.M. Taylor, C. Vleck, L.A. Whittingham, D.W. Winkler, and D.R. Norris. Trans-Gulf of Mexico loop migration of Tree Swallows revealed by solar geolocation. Current Zoology 60(5):653-659. DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4489.7924
Rakhimberdiev, E., J. Karagicheva, K. Jaatinen, D.W. Winkler, J.B. Phillips, and T. Piersma. Naïve migrants and the use of magnetic cues: Temporal fluctuations in the geomagnetic field differentially affect male and female Ruff Philomachus pugnax during their first migration. Ibis 156(4):864-869. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12172
Laughlin, A.J., D.R. Sheldon, D.W. Winkler, and C.M. Taylor. Behavioral drivers of communal roosting in a songbird: A combined theoretical and empirical approach. Behavioral Ecology 25(4):734-743. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru044
Winkler, D.W., C. Jørgensen, C. Both, A.I. Houston, J.M. McNamara, D.J. Levey, J. Partecke, A. Fudickar, A. Kacelnik, D. Roshier, and T. Piersma. Cues, strategies, and outcomes: How migrating vertebrates track environmental change. Movement Ecology, 2(10). DOI: 10.1186/2051-3933-2-10
Piersma, T., R.B. MacCurdy, R.M. Gabrielson, J. Cluderay, A. Dekinga, E.L. Spaulding, T. Oudman, J. Onrust, J.A. van Gils, D.W. Winkler, and A.I. Bijleveld. Fijnmazige positiebepaling van individuen in groepen: de principes en drie toepassingen van TOA-tracking. [Fine-scale measurements of individual movements within bird flocks: The principles and three applications of TOA tracking] Limosa 87(2):156-167 [permalink]
Violet-green Swallows Mono Lake  008 2013
Winkler, D.W., M.K. Luo, and E. Rakhimberdiev. Temperature effects on food supply and chick mortality in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Oecologia 173(1):129-138. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2605-z
Laughlin, A.J., C.M. Taylor, D.W. Bradley, D. Leclair, R.G. Clark, R.D. Dawson, P.O. Dunn, A. Horn, M. Leonard, D.R. Sheldon, D. Shutler, L.A. Whittingham, D.W. Winkler, and D.R. Norris. Integrating information from geolocators, weather radar, and citizen science to uncover a key stopover area of an aerial insectivore. The Auk 130(2):230-239. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12229
Bridge, E.S., J.F. Kelly, A. Contina, R.M. Gabrielson, R.B. MacCurdy, and D.W. Winkler. Advances in tracking small migratory birds: A technical review of light-level geolocation. Journal of Field Ornithology 84(2):121-137. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12011
Gumus, A., S. Lee, K. Karlsson, R. Gabrielson, D.W. Winkler, and D. Erickson. Real-time biosensor system for biophysical monitoring of birds. The Analyst 139(4):742-748. DOI: 10.1039/c3an01787g
harvey 2012
Cerasale, D.C., R. Dor, D.W. Winkler, and I.J. Lovette. Phylogeny of the Tachycineta genus of New World swallows: Insights from complete mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(1):64-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.014
Dor, R., M.D. Carling, I.J. Lovette, F.H. Sheldon, and D.W. Winkler. Species trees for the tree swallows (Genus Tachycineta): An alternative phylogenetic hypothesis to the mitochondrial gene tree. Molecular Phylogentics and Evolution 65(1):317-322. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.020
Stager, M., E. LoPresti, F.A. Pratolongo, D.R. Ardia, D. Caceres, C.B. Cooper, E.E. Iñigo-Elias, J. Molina, N. Taylor, and D.W. Winkler. Reproductive biology of a narrowly endemic Tachycineta swallow in dry, seasonal, forest in coastal Peru. Ornitologia Neotropical 23(1):95-112. [permalink]
Palacios, M.G., J.E. Cunnick, D.W. Winkler, and C.M. Vleck. Interrelations among immune defense indexes reflect major components of the immune system in a free-living vertebrate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85(1):1-10. DOI: 10.1086/663311
Winger, B.M., I.J. Lovette, and D.W. Winkler. Ancestry and evolution of seasonal migration in the Parulidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:610-618. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1045
Boyle, W.A., D.W. Winkler, and C.G. Guglielmo. Rapid loss of fat but not lean mass prior to chick provisioning supports the flight efficiency hypothesis in Tree Swallows. Functional Ecology 26(4):895-903. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01997.x
Shutler, D., D.J.T Hussell, D.R. Norris, D.W. Winkler, R.J. Robertson, F. Bonier, W.B. Rendell, M. Belisle, R.G. Clark, R.D. Dawson, N.T. Wheelwright, M.P. Lombardo, P.A. Thorpe, M.A. Truan, R. Walsh, M.L. Leonard, A.G. Horn, C.M. Vleck, D. Vleck, A.P. Rose, L.A. Whittingham, P.O. Dunn, K.A. Hobson, and M.T. Stanback. Spatiotemporal patterns in nest box occupancy by Tree Swallows across North America. Avian Conservation and Ecology 7(1):3. DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00517-070103
Shafer, M.W., R. MacCurdy, E. Garcia, and D.W. Winkler. Harvestable vibrational energy from an avian source: Theoretical predictions vs. measured values. Proceedings of SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics): Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 8341:834103-834103. DOI: 10.1117/12.915370
Dor, R., C.B. Cooper, I.J. Lovette, V. Massoni, F. Bulit, M. Liljesthrom, and D.W. Winkler. Clock gene variation in Tachycineta swallows. Ecology and Evolution 2(1):95-105. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.73
hallman 2011
Mandel, J.T., G. Bohrer, D.W. Winkler, D.R. Barber, C.S. Houston, and K.L. Bildstein. Migration path annotation: Cross-continental study of migration-flight response to environmental conditions. Ecological Applications 21(6):2258-2268. DOI: 10.1890/10-1651.1
Patterson, S.H., D.W. Winkler, and C.W. Breuner. Glucocorticoids, individual quality, and reproductive investment in a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 81(6):1239-1247. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.012
Palacios, M.G., D.W. Winkler, K.C. Klasing, D. Hasselquist, and C.M. Vleck. Consequences of immune system aging in nature: A study of immunosenescence costs in free-living Tree Swallows. Ecology 92(4):952-966. DOI: 10.1890/10-0662.1
Ferretti, V., Massoni, V., Bulit, F., Winkler, D.W., & Lovette, I.J. Heterozygosity and fitness benefits of extrapair mate choice in White-rumped Swallows (Tachycineta leucorrhoa). Behavioral Ecology 22(6):1178-1186. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr103
Billerman, S., G.H. Huber, D.W. Winkler, R.J. Safran, and I.J. Lovette. Population genetics of a recent transcontinental colonization of South America by breeding Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica). The Auk 128(3):506-513. DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10252
Winkler, D.W., K.K. Hallinger, D.R. Ardia, R.J. Robertson, B.J. Stutchbury, and R.R. Cohen. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), The Birds of North America (P.G. Rodewald, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America
Dunn, P.O., D.W. Winkler, L.A. Whittingham, S.J. Hannon, and R. Robertson. A test of the mismatch hypothesis: How is timing of reproduction related to food abundance in an aerial insectivore? Ecology 92(2):450-461. DOI: 10.1890/10-0478.1
Dor, R., I.J. Lovette, R.J. Safran, S.M. Billerman, G.H. Huber, Y. Vortman, A. Lotem, A. McGowan, M.R. Evans, C.B. Cooper, and D.W. Winkler. Low variation in the polymorphic Clock Gene Poly-Q region despite population genetic structure across Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations. PLoS One 6(12):e28843. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028843
Winger, B.M., I.J. Lovette, and D.W. Winkler. Ancestry and evolution of seasonal migration in the Parulidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279(1728):610-618. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1045
Gumus, A., D.W. Winkler, and D. Erickson. Lab on a bird: Autonomous microsystems for in-vivo real-time biophysical monitoring of birds. In Conference on Micro-Total Analysis Systems. [Published online in PLoS One, 2015]
chileanswallow 2010
Dunn, P. and D.W. Winkler. Ch. 10: Effects of climate change on timing of breeding and reproductive success in birds. Effects of Climate Change on Birds, A. Moller, W. Fiedler and P. Berthold (editors), Oxford University Press, pp. 113-128. [ResearchGate link].
Fink, D., W.M. Hochachka, B. Zuckerberg, D.W. Winkler, B. Shaby, M.A. Munson, G. Hooker, M. Riedewald, D. Sheldon, and S. Kelling. Spatiotemporal exploratory models for broad-scale survey data. Ecological Applications 20(8):2131-2147. DOI: 10.1890/09-1340.1
Robinson, W.D., M.S. Bowlin, I. Bisson, J. Shamoun-Baranes, K. Thorup, R. Diehl, T. Kunz, S. Mabey, and D.W. Winkler. Integrating concepts and technologies to advance the study of bird migration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8(7):354-361. DOI: 10.1890/080179
Lambrects, M.M., F. Adriaensen, D.R. Ardia, A.V. Artemyev, F. Atienzar, J. Banbura, E. Barba, J.C. Bouvier, J. Comprodon, C.B. Cooper, R.D. Dawson, M. Eens, T. Eeva, B. Faivre, L.Z. Garamszegi, A.E. Goodenough, A.G. Gosler, A. Gregoire, S.C. Griffith, L. Gustaffson, L.S. Johnson, W. Kania, O. Keišs, P.E. Llambias, M.C. Mainwaring, R. Mand, B. Massa, T.D. Mazgajski, A.P. Moller, J. Moreno, B. Naef-Daenzer, J.A. Nisson, A.C. Norte, M. Orell, K.A. Otter, C.R. Park, C.M. Perrins, J. Pinowski, J. Porkert, J. Potti, V. Remes, H. Richner, S. Rytkonen, M.T. Shiao, B. Silverin, T. Slagsvold, H.G. Smith, A. Sorace, M.J. Stenning, I. Stewart, C.F. Thompson, P. Tryjanowski, J. Torok, A.J. van Noordwijk, D.W. Winkler, and N. Ziane. The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: A review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases. Acta Ornithologica 45(1):1-26. DOI: 10.3161/000164510X516047
Dor, R., R.J. Safran, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Winkler, and I.J. Lovette. Phylogeny of the genus Hirundo and the Barn Swallow subspecies complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(1):409-418. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.008
Tree Swallows around Ithaca 4 2009
Makarewich, C.A., L.M. Stenzler, V. Ferretti, D.W. Winkler, and I.J. Lovette. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from three species of Swallows in the genus Tachycineta: T. albilinea, T. bicolor, and T. leucorrhoa. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(2):631-635. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02484.x
Stenzler, L.M., C.A. Makarewich, A. Coulon, D.R. Ardia, I.J. Lovette, and D.W. Winkler. Subtle edge-of-range genetic structuring in transcontinentally distributed North American Tree Swallows. Condor 111(3):470-478. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080052
Ferretti, V. and D.W. Winkler. Polygyny in the Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor: A result of the cost of searching for an unmated male. Journal of Avian Biology 40(3):290-295. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04519.x
Winkler, D.W., R. Greenberg, T.E. Martin, F.R. Adler, and F.M. Flaxman. Glacial cycles promote greater dispersal, which can help explain larger clutch sizes, in north temperate birds. Nature Precedings [Permalink]
chilean 2008
Mandel, J.T., J.M. Ratcliffe, D.J. Cerasale, and D.W. Winkler. Laterality and flight: Concurrent tests of side-bias and optimality in flying Tree Swallows. PLOS One 3(3): Article No. el748. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001748
Hoogesteijn, A.L., G.V. Kollias, F.W. Quimby, A.P. De Caprio, D.W. Winkler, and T.J. DeVoogd. Development of a brain nucleus involved in song production in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) is disrupted by Aroclor 1248. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(10):2071-2075.DOI: 10.1897/07-484.1
Moyle, R.G., B. Slikas, L.A. Whittingham, D.W. Winkler, and F.H. Sheldon. DNA sequence assessment of phylogenetic relationships among New World Martins (Hirundinidae: Progne). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(4):683-691. [JSTOR stable URL]
Llambias, P.E., P. Wrege, and D.W. Winkler. Effects of site fidelity and breeding performance on mate retention in a short-lived passerine, the Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor. Journal of Avian Biology 39(5):493-499. [JSTOR stable link]
Lyon, B.E., A.S. Chaine, and D.W. Winkler. Ecology -- A matter of timing. Science 321(5892):1051-1052. DOI: 10.1126/science.1159822
Mandel, J.T., K.L. Bildstein, G. Bohrer, and D.W. Winkler. Movement ecology of migration in Turkey Vultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(49):19102-19107. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801789105
Violet-green Swallows Mono Lake  008 2007
Hosner, P.A. & D.W. Winkler. Dispersal distances of Tree Swallows estimated from continent-wide and limited-area data. Journal of Field Ornithology 78(3):290-297. DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2007.00117.x
Dor, R., H. Kedar, D.W. Winkler, and A. Lotem. Begging in the absence of parents: A "quick on the trigger" strategy to minimize costly misses. Behavioral Ecology 18(1):97-102. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl056
Haussmann, M.F., D.W. Winkler, C.E. Huntington, I.C.T. Nisbet, and C.M. Vleck. Telomerase activity is maintained throughout the lifespan of long-lived birds. Experimental Gerontology 42(7):610-618. DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.03.004
Palacios, M.G., J.E. Cunnick, D.W. Winkler, and C.M. Vleck. Immunosenescence in some but not all immune components in a free-living vertebrate, the Tree Swallow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274(1612):951-957. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0192
Safran, R.J., V.A.G. Doerr, P.W. Sherman, E.D. Doerr, S.M. Flaxman, and D.W. Winkler. Group breeding in vertebrates: Linking individual and population-level approaches. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9(7):1163-1185. [ResearchGate link]
Winkler, D.W. Roosts and migrations of Swallows (Hirundinidae). El Hornero 21(2):85-97. [Permalink]
Tree Swallows around Ithaca 1-1 2006
Ardia, D.R., M.F. Wasson, and D.W. Winkler. Individual quality and food availability determine yolk and egg mass and egg composition in Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor. Journal of Avian Biology 37(3):252-259. DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03624.x
Massoni, V., D.W. Winkler, and J.C. Reboreda. Brood parasitism of White-rumped Swallows by Shiny Cowbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 77(1):80-84. [JSTOR stable URL]
Wrege, P.H., W.D. Shuford, D.W. Winkler, and R. Jellison. Annual variation in numbers of breeding California Gulls at Mono Lake, California: The importance of natal philopatry and local and regional conditions. The Condor 108(1):82-96. [JSTOR stable URL]
Winkler, D.W. Dormideros y migraciones de golondrinas. El Hornero 21(2):85-97. ISSN 1850-4884
chileanswallow 2005
Haussmann, M.F., D.W. Winkler, C.E. Huntington, D. Vleck, C.E. Sanneman, D. Hanley, and C.M. Vleck. Cell-mediated immunosenescence in birds. Oecologia 145(2):270-275. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0123-3
Haussman, M.F., D.W. Winkler, and C.M. Vleck. Longer telomeres associated with higher survival in birds. Biology Letters 1(2):212-214. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0301
Lotem, A. and D.W. Winkler. Defining the concept of public information. Science 308(5720):354. DOI: 10.1126/science.308.5720.353c
Sheldon, F.H., L.A. Whittingham, R.G. Moyle, B. Slikas, and D.W. Winkler. Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1):254-270. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008
Winkler, D.W. How do migration and dispersal interact? In: Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration, R. Greenberg and P. Marra (editors), Johns Hopkins University Press, pp 401-413. ISBN: 9780801881077
Winkler, D.W., P.H. Wrege, P.E. Allen, T.L. Kast, P. Senesac, M.F. Wasson, and P.J. Sullivan. The natal dispersal of Tree Swallows in a continuous mainland environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 74(6):1080-1090. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01007.x
Mangrove Swallows Hill Bank Belize ok 010 2004
Bowlin, M.S., and D.W. Winkler. Natural variation in flight performance is related to timing of breeding in the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) in New York. The Auk 121(2):345-353. DOI: 10.2307/4090398
Haussmann, M.F., D.W. Winkler, C.E. Huntington, I.C.T. Nisbet, and C.M. Vleck. Telomerase expression is differentially regulated in birds of differing life span. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1019:186-190. DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.029
Winkler, D.W., P.H. Wrege, P.E. Allen, T.L. Kast, P. Senesac, M.F. Wasson, P.E. Llambias, V. Ferretti, and P.J. Sullivan. Breeding dispersal and philopatry in the Tree Swallow. Condor 106(4):768-776. DOI: 10.1650/7634
Lotem, A. & D.W. Winkler. Can reinforcement learning explain variation in early infant crying? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27(4):468. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X04310101
Burch, E., J. Burch, J. Moore, & D.W. Winkler. Lessons: From solar electric systems in Belize. Home Power 102:62-67.
Hite, J.M., P.H. Wrege, and D.W. Winkler. Seasonal and diurnal variation in the diets of California Gull nestlings at Mono Lake, California from 2000 to 2002. PRBO Conservation Science, Contribution No. 1018 [ResearchGate URL]
monoswallow 8kb 2003
Ardia, D.R., K.A. Schat, and D.W. Winkler. Reproductive effort reduces long-term immune function in Tree Swallows. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1525):1387-1392. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2424
Haussmann, M.F., D.W. Winkler, K.M. O'Reilly, C.E. Huntington, I.C.T. Nisbet, and C.M. Vleck. Telomeres shorten more slowly in long-lived birds and mammals than in short-lived ones. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1522):1387-1392. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2385
huddle 2002
Whittingham, L.A., B. Slikas, D.W. Winkler, and F.H. Sheldon. Phylogeny of the Tree Swallow genus, Tachycineta (Aves: Hirundinidae) by Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22(3):430-441. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1073
Winkler, D.W., P.O. Dunn, and C.E. McCulloch. Predicting the effects of climate change on avian life-history traits. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99(21):13595-13599. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.212251999
vertical gold-blue looking left 2001
Hasselquist, D., M.F. Wasson, and D.W. Winkler. Humoral immunocompetence correlates with date of egg-laying and reflects work load in female Tree Swallows. Behavioral Ecology 12(1):93-97. [PermaLink]
Winkler, D. W. Nests, Eggs and Young: Breeding biology of birds. Home study course in bird biology, edited by S. Podulka, R. Rohrbaugh and R. Bonney, Part 2, Chapter 8, pp 1-152. The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York.
puffed 2000
Dunn, P.O., K.J. Thusius, K. Kimber, and D.W. Winkler. Geographic and ecological variation in clutch size of Tree Swallows. The Auk 117(1):215-221. [JSTOR stable URL]
Kedar, H., M. Rodriguez-Girones, S. Yedvab, D.W. Winkler, and A. Lotem. Experimental evidence of offspring learning in parent-offspring communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 227(1454):1723-1727. [JSTOR stable URL]
Walters, J.R., S.R. Beissinger, J.W. Fitzpatrick, R. Greenberg, J.D Nichols, H.R. Pulliam, and D.W. Winkler. The AOU conservation committee review of the biology, status and management of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows: Final Report. The Auk 117(4):1093-1115. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[1093:TACCRO]2.0.CO;2
Winkler, D.W. The phylogenetic approach to avian life histories: An important complement to within population studies. Condor 102(1):52-59. [JSTOR stable URL]
Violet-green Swallows Mono Lake  003 1999
Dunn, P.O. and D.W. Winkler. Climate change has affected breeding dates of Tree Swallows throughout North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266(1437):2487-2490. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0950
McCarty, J.P., and D.W. Winkler. Foraging ecology and diet selectivity of Tree Swallows feeding nestlings. Condor 101(2):246-254. [PermaLink]
McCarty, J.P., and D.W. Winkler. Relative importance of environmental variables in determining the growth of nestling Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor. Ibis 141(2):286-296. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb07551.x
Sheldon, F.H., L.A. Whittingham, and D.W. Winkler. A comparison of cytochrome b and DNA hybridization data bearing on the phylogeny of Swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11(2):320-331. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0570
Sheldon, F.H., and D.W. Winkler. Overviews: Nest architecture and avian systematics. The Auk 116(4):875-877. [JSTOR stable URL]
9I5J3676 1997
Pahl, R., D.W. Winkler, J. Graveland, and B.W. Batterman. Songbirds do not create long-term stores of calcium in their legs prior to laying: Results from high-resolution radiography. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 264(1379):239-244. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1997.0034
Tree Swallows around Ithaca 3-1 1996
Winkler, D.W. California Gull (Larus Californicus). Account for The Birds of North America, No.259. F. Gill and A. Poole, editors. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia/National Audubon Society.
Winkler, D.W., and F.R. Adler. Dynamic state variable models for parental care: A submodel for the growth of the chicks of passerine birds. Journal of Avian Biology 27(4):343-353. [JSTOR stable URL]
Winkler, D.W., and P.E. Allen. The seasonal decline in Tree Swallow clutch size: Physiological constraints or strategic adjustment? Ecology 77(3):922-932. [JSTOR stable URL]
Mangrove Swallows Hill Bank Belize ok  009 1995
Winkler, D.W., and P.E. Allen. Effects of handicapping on female condition and reproduction in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). The Auk 112(3):737-747. [JSTOR stable URL]
9I5J3741 1994
Winkler, D.W. Anti-predator defense by neighbours as a responsive amplifier of parental defense in Tree Swallows. Animal Behaviour 47(3):595-605.DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1083
Winkler, D.W., and F.H. Sheldon. Phylogenetic hierarchy in character variability and its causes: Lessons from character-state distributions in Swallows, Hirundinidae. Journal für Ornithologie 135:342.
latespring 1993
Sheldon, F.H., and D.W. Winkler. Intergeneric phylogenetic relationships of Swallows Estimated by DNA-DNA Hybridization. The Auk 110(4):798-824. [SORA link]
Winkler, D.W. Testosterone in egg yolks: An ornithologist's perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90(24):11439-11441. [PNAS link]
Winkler, D.W. Use and importance of feathers as nest lining in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). The Auk 110(1):29-36. [JSTOR stable URL]
Winkler, D.W., and F.H. Sheldon. Evolution of nest construction in Swallows (Hirundinidae): A molecular phylogenetic perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90(12):5705-5707. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.12.5705
conversationsmall 1992
Goutis, C., and D.W. Winkler. Hungry chicks and mortal parents: A state-variable approach to the breeding seasons of birds. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 54(2-3):379-400. DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8240(05)80032-1
Winkler, D.W. Causes and consequences of variation in parental defense behavior by Tree Swallows. Condor 94(2):502-520. [JSTOR stable URL]
Winkler, D.W. Parental care in birds: Here is where we have been, now where are we going? Review of The Evolution of Parental Care, by T. H. Clutton-Brock. Condor 94:1035-1036. [SORA link]
9I5J3741 1991
McCarty, J.P., and D.W. Winkler. Use of an artificial nestling for determining the diet of nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Journal of Field Ornithology 62(2):211-217. [JSTOR stable URL]
Winkler, D.W. Parental investment decision rules in Tree Swallows: Parental defense, abandonment and the so-called Concorde Fallacy. Behavioral Ecology 2(2):133-142. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/2.2.133
Wootton, J.T., B.E. Young, and D.W. Winkler. Ecological vs. Evolutionary Hypotheses: Demographic stasis and the Murray-Nolan clutch size equation. Evolution 45(8):1947-1950. DOI: 10.2307/2409842
chileantalk 1990
Winkler, D.W., and J.P. McCarty. Method for transplanting nests of Barn Swallows. Journal of Field Ornithology 61(4):426-430. [JSTOR stable URL]
Hughes, M.R., and D.W. Winkler. Osmoregulation in nestling California Gulls at Mono Lake, California. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 95A(4):567-571. DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(90)90740-J
Mangrove Swallows Hill Bank Belize ok 010 Pre-1990
Winkler, D.W., and G.S. Wilkinson. (1987). Parental effort in birds and mammals: Theory and measurement. In P. H. Harvey & L. Patridge (Eds.), Oxford Surveys In Evolutionary Biology (5th ed., pp. 185-214). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Winkler, D.W., and D. Shuford, (1987). Changes in the numbers and locations of California Gulls nesting at Mono Lake, California, in the period 1863-1986. Colonial Waterbirds 11(2):263. DOI: 10.2307/1521008
Winkler, D.W., (1987). A general model for parental care. The American Naturalist 130(4):526-543. [JSTOR stable URL]
Winkler, D.W., and K. Wallin, (1987). Offspring size and number: A life history model linking effort per offspring and total effort. The American Naturalist 129(5):708-720. [JSTOR stable URL]
Lenz, P., S. Cooper, J.M. Melack, and D.W. Winkler, (1986). Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of three trophic levels in a saline lake. Journal of Plankton Research 8(6):1051-1064. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/8.6.1051
Winkler, D.W., and S.D. Cooper, (1986). Ecology of migrant Black‐necked Grebes Podiceps nigricollis at Mono Lake, California. Ibis, 128(4): 483-491. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1986.tb02700.x
Götmark, F., D.W. Winkler, and M. Andersson, (1986). Flock-feeding on fish schools increases individual success in gulls. Nature 319(6054):589-91. DOI: 10.1038/319589a0
Winkler, D.W., (1985). Factors determining a clutch size reduction in California Gulls (Larus californicus): A multi-hypothesis approach. Evolution 39(3):667-677. DOI: 10.2307/2408661
Pratt, H., and D.W. Winkler, (1984). Clutch size, timing of laying, and reproductive success in a colony of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets. The Auk 102(1):49-63. DOI: 10.2307/4086822
Cooper, S., D.W. Winkler, and P. Lenz, (1984). The effect of grebe predation on a brine shrimp population. Journal of Animal Ecology 53(1):51-64. DOI: 10.2307/4341
Chappell, M.A., D.L. Goldstein, and D.W. Winkler, (1984). Oxygen consumption, evaporative water loss, and temperature regulation of California gull chicks (Larus californicus) in a desert rookery. Physiological Zoology 57(2):204-214. DOI: 10.1086/physzool.57.2.30163706
Zink, R., and D.W. Winkler, (1983). Genetic and morphological similarity of two California gull populations with different life history traits. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 11(4):397-403. DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(83)90044-3
Winkler, D.W., and J.R. Walters, (1983). The determination of clutch size in precocial birds. Current Ornithology 1:33–68. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6781-3_2
Winkler, D.W., (1983). Ecological and behavioral determinants of clutch size: the California Gull (Larus californicus) in the Great Basin. Thesis (Ph.D. in Zoology) -- University of California, Berkeley