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Mercury and Birds
Cristol, D. A., Brasso, R. L., Condon, A. M., Fovargue, R. E., Friedman, S. L., Hallinger, K. K., Monroe, A. P. & White, A. E. 2008. The movement of aquatic mercury through terrestrial food webs. Science 320: 335.
Monroe, A. P. , Hallinger, K. K., Brasso, R. L. & Cristol, D. A. 2008. Occurrence of double brooding in a southern population of Tree Swallows. Condor 110: 382-386 (pdf)
Brasso, R. L. & Cristol, D. A. 2008. Effects of mercury exposure on the reproductive success
of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Ecotoxicology 17: 133-141.
Created Wetlands and Birds
Desrochers, D. W., Keagy, J. C. & Cristol, D. A. 2008. Created versus natural wetlands: Avian communities in Virginia saltmarshes. Ecoscience 15: 36-43.
Keagy, J.C., Schreiber, S.J. & Cristol, D.A. 2005. Replacing sources with sinks: When
do populations go down the drain? Restoration Ecology 13:529-535.
Snell-Rood, E.C. & Cristol, D.A. 2003. Avian communities of created and natural wetlands:
bottomland forests in Virginia. Condor 105:303-315.
Golf Courses and Birds
Cristol, D. A. & Rodewald, A. D. 2005. Can golf courses play a role in bird
conservation? Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 407-410.
LeClerc, J. E. and Cristol, D. A. 2005 Are golf courses providing habitat for birds of
conservation concern in Virginia, U.S.A.? Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 463-470.
LeClerc, J. E., Che, J. P., Swaddle, J. P. & Cristol, D. A. 2005. Reproductive success
and developmental stability of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses: evidence that golf courses can be productive. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 483-493.
Feather-Degrading Bacteria
Cristol, D.A., Armstrong, J.L., Whitaker, J.M. & Forsyth, M.H. 2005. Feather degrading
bacteria do not affect feathers on captive birds. Auk 122: 222-230.
Whitaker, J. M., Cristol, D. A. & Forsyth, M. H. 2005. Prevalence and genetic
diversity of Bacillus licheniformis in avian plumage. Journal of Field Ornithology 76:264-270.
Migration and Hippocampus
Keiser, J.T., Ziegenfus, C. W. S. & Cristol, D.A. 2005. Homing success of migrant and non-migrant birds. Auk 122:608-617.
Cristol, D. A., Reynolds, E. B., LeClerc, J. E., Donner, A. H., Farabaugh, C.F. & Ziegenfus,
C.W. S. 2003. Migratory dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) have better spatial memory and denser hippocampal neurons than non-migratory conspecifics. Animal Behaviour 66:317-328.
Flock Social Dynamics
Snell-Rood, E. C. & Cristol, D. A. 2005. Prior residence, per se, increases social status
in winter flocks of white-throated sparrows. Ethology 111: 1-14.
Cristol, D.A. 1995. The coat-tail effect in merged flocks of dark-eyed juncos: social status depends on familiarity. Animal Behaviour 50:151-159.
Cristol, D.A. 1995. Costs of switching social groups for dominant and subordinate dark-eyed
juncos. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 37:93-101.
Cristol, D.A. 1992. Food deprivation influences dominance status in dark-eyed juncos, Junco
hyemalis. Animal Behaviour 43:117-124.
Cristol, D.A., Nolan, Jr., V. & Ketterson, E.D. 1990. Effect of prior residence on dominance
status of dark-eyed juncos. Animal Behaviour 40:580-586.
Food Caching and Memory
Cristol, D. A. 2005. Walnut-caching behavior of American crows. Journal of Field
Ornithology 76: 27-32.
Cristol, D.A. 2001. American crows cache less-preferred walnuts. Animal Behaviour 62:331-
336.
Stewart, M.G., Cristol, D., Philips, R., Steele, R.J., Stamatakis, A., Harrison, E., & Clayton, N.
1999. A quantitative autoradiographic comparison of binding to glutamate receptor
sub-types in hippocampus and forebrain regions of a food-storing and a non-food-storing. Behavioral Brain Research 98: 89-94.
Cristol, D.A. 1997. Food storing does not affect hippocampal volume in experienced adult
willow tits. Behavioural Brain Research 81: 233-236.
Krebs, J.R., Clayton, N.S., Healy, S.D., Cristol, D.A., Patel, S.N. & Jolliffe, A.R. 1996. The ecology of the brain: food-storing memory and the hippocampus. Acta XXI Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici (Ibis) 138:34-46.
Clayton, N.S. & Cristol, D.A. 1996. Effect of photoperiod on memory and food storing in marsh
tits. Animal Behaviour 52:715-726.
Optimal Foraging - Prey Dropping
Gamble J. R. & Cristol, D.A. 2002. Drop-catch behaviour is play in herring gulls. Animal
Behaviour 63:339-345.
Switzer, P.V. & Cristol, D.A. 1999. Avian prey-dropping behavior I: Effects of prey
characteristics and prey loss. Behavioral Ecology 10:213-219.
Cristol, D.A. & Switzer, P.V. 1999. Avian prey-dropping behavior II: American crows and
walnuts. Behavioral Ecology 10:220-226.
Cristol, D.A., Switzer, P.V., Johnson, K.L & Walke, L.S. 1997. Crows do not use automobiles
as nutcrackers: putting an anecdote to the test. Auk 114:296-298.
Differential Bird Migration
Jenkins, K.D. & Cristol, D.A. 2002. Evidence of differential migration by sex in White-throated
Sparrows (Zonotrichea albicollis). Auk 119:539-543.
Cristol, D.A., Baker, M.B. & Carbone, C. 1999. Differential migration revisited: latitudinal
segregation by age and sex classes. Current Ornithology 15:33-88.
Nolan, V., Ketterson, E.D., Cristol, D.A., Rogers, C.M., Clotfelter, E.D. Titus, R.C., Schoech &
Snajdr, E. 2002. Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis). In The Birds of North America, No. 716 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
66:317-328.
Cristol, D.A. 1995. Early arrival, initiation of nesting, and social status: An experimental study
of breeding female red-winged blackbirds. Behavioral Ecology 6:87-93.
Cristol, D.A. & Johnsen, T.S. 1994. Spring arrival, aggression and testosterone in female Red-
winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Auk 111:210-214.
Cristol, D.A. & Evers, D.C. 1992. Dominance status and latitude are unrelated in wintering Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis. Condor 94:539-542.
Methods papers
Brooks, M.A., Harrigan, B.C., Johnson, K.M., Lowe, D.E. Lowery, J.P., McGlothlin, J.W.,
Sasso, M.M., Smith, S.A. & Cristol, D.A. 2001. Revisit schedule does not affect results of point counts. Journal of Field Ornithology 72:404-411.
Jenkins, K.D., Farabaugh, C.F., Hawley, D.M. & Cristol, D.A. 2001. Ptilochronology reveals
differences in condition of captive White-throated sparrows. Condor 103:579-586.
Weiss, V.A. & Cristol, D.A. 1999. Plastic color bands have no detectable short-term effects on
white-breasted nuthatch behavior. Condor 101:884-886.
Cristol, D.A., Chiu, C.S., Peckham, S.M. & Stoll, J. 1992. Color bands do not affect dominance
status in captive flocks of Dark-eyed Juncos. Condor 94:537-539.
Undergraduate Publications
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