We surveyed marsh birds in 21 coastal wetlands of southern Ontario and found a positive species-area relationship (z-value=0.076), and a positive relationship between an index of biotic integrity and wetland area. Only the Marsh Wren, Swamp Sparrow, and all obligate wetland bird species combined...
To facilitate reporting on the health and recovery of these wetlands, various indices of ecological integrity have been developed to distill complex biotic community data into results that are easy to interpret and understand. The Index of Ecological Condition (IEC) approach uses a probabilistic ...
Songbird reproductive success can decline from consuming mercury-contaminated aquatic insects, but assessments of hydrologic conditions influencing songbird mercury exposure are lacking. We monitored breast feather total mercury (THg) concentrations and reproductive success in the U.S. federally listed endanger...
Great Lakes coastal wetlandsLandscape contextBirdhabitat relationshipsCistothorus platensisCistothorus palustrisWe determined the influence of habitat, landscape, geographic, and climate variables on Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) and Marsh Wren (C. palustris) occurrence in 840 coastal wetland survey ...