Long-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.
Butler, M.W., J. Garvin, N.T. Wheelwright, and C.R. Freeman-Gallant.
2009. Ambient temperature, but not paternity, is associated with immune response in Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). Auk 126: 536-542.pdf
Cohen, A., R.A. Mauck, N.T. Wheelwright, C.E. Huntington, and K. McGraw.
2009. Complexity in relationships between antioxidants and individual life-history parameters in a songbird and a seabird. Oikos 118: 1854-1861.pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., M.B. Swett, I.I. Levin, D.E. Kroodsma, C.R. Freeman-Gallant, and H. Williams. 2008. The influence of different tutor types on song learning in a natural bird population. Animal Behaviour 75(4), pp. 1479-1493. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and J.D. Rising. Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis). 2008. The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. (revision and expansion of 1993 monograph)
Freeman-Gallant, C.R., N.T. Wheelwright, K.E. Meiklejohn, and S.V. Sollecito. 2006. Genetic similarity, extra-pair paternity and offspring quality in Savannah Sparrows. Behavioral Ecology 17: 952-958. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., C.R. Freeman-Gallant, and R.A. Mauck. 2006. Asymmetrical incest avoidance in the choice of social and genetic mates. Animal Behaviour 71: 631-639. pdf
Freeman-Gallant, C.R., N.T. Wheelwright, K.E. Meiklejohn, S.L. States, and S.V. Sollecito. 2005. Little effect of extra-pair paternity on the opportunity for sexual selection in Savannah Sparrows Passerculus sandwichensis. Evolution 59: 422-430. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and J.C. Beagley. 2005. Proficient incubation by inexperienced Savannah Sparrows Passerculus sandwichensis. Ibis 147: 67-76. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., K.A. Tice, and C.R. Freeman-Gallant. 2003. Post-fledging parental care in Savannah Sparrows: sex, size and survival. Animal Behaviour 65: 435-443. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and R. Seabury. 2003. Fifty-fifty offspring sex ratios in Savannah Sparrows. Auk 120: 171-179.pdf
Freeman-Gallant, C.R., M. Meguerdichian, N. T. Wheelwright, and S.V. Sollecito. 2003. Social pairing and female mating fidelity predicted by restriction fragment length polymorphism similarity at the major histocompatibility complex in a songbird. Molecular Ecology 12: 3077-3083.pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and J.J. Templeton. 2003. Development of foraging skills and the transition to independence in juvenile Savannah Sparrows. Condor 105: 279-287. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and R.A. Mauck. 1998. Philopatry, natal dispersal and inbreeding avoidance in Savannah Sparrows. Ecology 79: 755-767. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., J.J. Lawler, and J.H. Weinstein. 1997. Nest-site selection in Savannah Sparrows: using gulls as scarecrows? Animal Behaviour 53: 197-208. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and C. Schultz. 1994. Age and reproduction in Savannah Sparrows and Tree Swallows. Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 686-702. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., G.C. Trussell, J.P. Devine, and R. Anderson. 1994. Sexual dimorphism and sex ratio in juvenile Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). Journal of Field Ornithology 65: 520-529. pdf
Wheelwright, N.T., and J.D. Rising. 1993. Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis). In The Birds of North America, No. 45 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. 28p.
Wheelwright, N.T., C. Schultz, and P.J. Hodum. 1992. Polygyny and male parental care in Savannah sparrows: effects on female fitness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31: 279-289. pdf
