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Biology

Boreal Island Biology

Boreal Island BiologyLong-term Population Databases
The Bowdoin Scientific Station maintains longitudinal studies of the life histories and morphometrics of Savannah Sparrows, Tree Swallows, and Leach's Storm-Petrels nesting on Kent Island, New Brunswick.

Kraichak, E., R.G. Pope, and N.T. Wheelwright. 2009. Habitat associations of macrolichens on a boreal island in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. The Bryologist 112: 762-772.pdf



Wheelwright, N.T., E.E. Dukeshire, J.B. Fontaine, S.H. Gutow, D.A. Moeller, J.C. Schuetz, T.M. Smith, S.L. Rodgers, and A.G. Zink. 2006. Pollinator limitation, autogamy, and minimal inbreeding depression in insect-pollinated plants on a boreal island. American Midland Naturalist 155: 19-38. pdf

Conrad, K.F., P.V. Johnston, C. Crossman, B. Kempenaers, R.J. Robertson, N.T. Wheelwright, and P.T. Boag. 2001. High levels of extrapair paternity in an isolated, low-density, island population of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Molecular Ecology 10: 801-808. pdf

Futamura, C.W., and N.T. Wheelwright. 2000. The mosses of Kent Island, New Brunswick. Northeastern Naturalist 7: 277-288. pdf

Apigian, K., and N.T. Wheelwright. 2000. Forest ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on a boreal island. Canadian Entomologist 132: 627-634. pdf

Zink, R.A., and N.T. Wheelwright. 1997. Facultative self-pollination in island irises. American Midland Naturalist 137: 72-78. pdf

Wheelwright, N.T., and F.B. Dorsey. 1991. Short-term consequences of predator avoidance by Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Auk 108: 719-723. pdf

Wheelwright, N.T., J. Leary, and C. Fitzgerald. 1991. The costs of reproduction in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 2540-2547. pdf

Pierson, E.C., C.E. Huntington, and N.T. Wheelwright. 1989. Homing experiment with Leach's Storm-Petrel. Auk 106: 148-150. pdf

Boersma, P.D., N.T. Wheelwright, M.K. Nerini, and E. Stevens Wheelwright.  1980.The breeding biology of the Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Oceaonodroma furcata).  Auk 97:  268-282.

Wheelwright, N.T., and P.D. Boersma. 1979. Egg-chilling and the thermal environment of the Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) nest.  Physiological Zoology 52:  231-239.

Boersma, P.D., and N.T. Wheelwright.  1979. Egg-neglect in the Procellariiformes: reproductive adaptations in the Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel.  Condor 81:  157-165.

Wheelwright, N.T.  1978. Snowy Egret in the Strait of Magellan.  Auk 95:  590.