Publications
Maas, B., S. Heath, I. Grass, C. Cassano, A. Classen, D. Faria, P. Gras, K. Williams-Guillén, M. Johnson, D. S. Karp, V. Linden, A. Martínez-Salinas, J. Schmack, and S. Kross. 2019. Experimental field exclosure of birds and bats in agricultural systems - methodological insights, potential improvements, and cost-benefit trade-offs. Basic and Applied Ecology 35:1-12. reprint request (with Appendix)
Heath, S. K., C. U. Soykan, K. L. Velas, R. Kelsey, and S. M. Kross. 2017. A bustle in the hedgerow: Woody field margins boost on farm avian diversity and abundance in an intensive agricultural landscape. Biological Conservation 212:153-161. reprint request Supplementary materials Appendix A, Appendix B
Grof‐Tisza, P., E. LoPresti, S. K. Heath, and R. Karban. 2017. Plant structural complexity and mechanical defenses mediate predator–prey interactions in an odonate–bird system. Ecology and Evolution 7(5):1650-1659.
open access Supplementary materials 1 and 2.
Holyoak, M. and S. K. Heath. 2016. The integration of climate change, spatial dynamics, and habitat fragmentation: A conceptual overview. Integrative Zoology 11: 40–59. reprint request
Shuford, W. D., G. W. Page, S. K. Heath, and K. Nelson. 2016. Factors influencing the abundance and distribution of the Snowy Plover at Mono Lake, California. Western Birds 47(1):38-49. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and J. T. Rotenberry. 2012. Effects of parents and Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) on nest predation risk for a songbird. Ecology and Evolution 2(12):3079-97. open access
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and G. Ballard. 2012. The nest predator assemblage for songbirds in Mono Lake Basin riparian habitats. Western North American Naturalist 72(3):276-287. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and J. T. Rotenberry. 2012. How avian nest site selection responds to predation risk: testing an “adaptive peak hypothesis”. Journal of Animal Ecology 81(1):127-138. reprint request
Croston, R., C. M. Tonra, S. K. Heath and M. E. Hauber. 2012. Flange color differences of brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds from nests of two host species. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124(1):139-145. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and J. T. Rotenberry. 2011. An “ecological trap” for Yellow Warbler nest microhabitat selection. Oikos 120: 1139–1150. reprint request
Heath, S. K., L.A. Culp, C. A. Howell. 2010. Brood parasitism and nest survival of Brown-headed Cowbird hosts at high elevation riparian sites in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Western North American Naturalist 70(3):364-376. reprint request
Tonra, C. M., M. D. Johnson, S. K. Heath, and M. E. Hauber. 2009. Does nesting habitat predict hatch synchrony between brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and two hosts? Ecography 32: 497-503. reprint request
Heath, S. K. 2008. Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), in California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California (W. D. Shuford and T. Gardali, eds.), pp. 332-339. Studies of Western Birds 1. reprint request
Heath, S. K. 2008. Sonora Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia sonorana), in California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California (W. D. Shuford and T. Gardali, eds.), pp. 340-345. Studies of Western Birds 1. reprint request
Tonra, C. M., M. E. Hauber, S. K. Heath and M. D. Johnson. 2008. Ecological correlates and sex differences in early development of a generalist brood parasite. The Auk 125(1):205-213. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., J. L. Grenier, S. K. Heath, G. Ballard and M. E. Hauber. 2006. First evidence of conspecific brood parasitism and egg ejection in Song Sparrows, with comments on methods sufficient to document these behaviors. Condor 108(2):452-458. reprint request
Ainley, D. G., C. A. Ribic, G. Ballard, S. Heath, I. Gaffney, B. J. Karl, K. R. Barton, P. R. Wilson and S. Webb. 2004. Geographic structure of Adélie penguin populations: size, overlap and use of adjacent colony-specific foraging areas. Ecological Monographs 74:159-178. reprint request
McCreedy, C. and S. K. Heath. 2004. Atypical Willow Flycatcher nesting sites in a recovering riparian corridor at Mono Lake, California. Western Birds 35(4):197–209. reprint request
Richardson, T. W. and S. K. Heath. 2004. Effects of conifers on aspen-breeding bird communities in the Sierra Nevada. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 40:686-81. reprint request
Heath, S. K. and G. Ballard. 2003. Patterns of breeding songbird diversity and occurrence in riparian habitats of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. In Faber, P.M. (ed.), California Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. RHJV, Sacramento, CA. reprint request
Heath, S. K. and G. Ballard. 2003. Bird species composition, phenology, nesting substrate, and productivity for the Owens Valley alluvial fan, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California 1998-2002. Great Basin Birds 6:18-35. reprint request
Heath, S. K., C. U. Soykan, K. L. Velas, R. Kelsey, and S. M. Kross. 2017. A bustle in the hedgerow: Woody field margins boost on farm avian diversity and abundance in an intensive agricultural landscape. Biological Conservation 212:153-161. reprint request Supplementary materials Appendix A, Appendix B
Grof‐Tisza, P., E. LoPresti, S. K. Heath, and R. Karban. 2017. Plant structural complexity and mechanical defenses mediate predator–prey interactions in an odonate–bird system. Ecology and Evolution 7(5):1650-1659.
open access Supplementary materials 1 and 2.
Holyoak, M. and S. K. Heath. 2016. The integration of climate change, spatial dynamics, and habitat fragmentation: A conceptual overview. Integrative Zoology 11: 40–59. reprint request
Shuford, W. D., G. W. Page, S. K. Heath, and K. Nelson. 2016. Factors influencing the abundance and distribution of the Snowy Plover at Mono Lake, California. Western Birds 47(1):38-49. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and J. T. Rotenberry. 2012. Effects of parents and Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) on nest predation risk for a songbird. Ecology and Evolution 2(12):3079-97. open access
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and G. Ballard. 2012. The nest predator assemblage for songbirds in Mono Lake Basin riparian habitats. Western North American Naturalist 72(3):276-287. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and J. T. Rotenberry. 2012. How avian nest site selection responds to predation risk: testing an “adaptive peak hypothesis”. Journal of Animal Ecology 81(1):127-138. reprint request
Croston, R., C. M. Tonra, S. K. Heath and M. E. Hauber. 2012. Flange color differences of brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds from nests of two host species. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124(1):139-145. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., S. K. Heath and J. T. Rotenberry. 2011. An “ecological trap” for Yellow Warbler nest microhabitat selection. Oikos 120: 1139–1150. reprint request
Heath, S. K., L.A. Culp, C. A. Howell. 2010. Brood parasitism and nest survival of Brown-headed Cowbird hosts at high elevation riparian sites in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Western North American Naturalist 70(3):364-376. reprint request
Tonra, C. M., M. D. Johnson, S. K. Heath, and M. E. Hauber. 2009. Does nesting habitat predict hatch synchrony between brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and two hosts? Ecography 32: 497-503. reprint request
Heath, S. K. 2008. Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), in California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California (W. D. Shuford and T. Gardali, eds.), pp. 332-339. Studies of Western Birds 1. reprint request
Heath, S. K. 2008. Sonora Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia sonorana), in California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California (W. D. Shuford and T. Gardali, eds.), pp. 340-345. Studies of Western Birds 1. reprint request
Tonra, C. M., M. E. Hauber, S. K. Heath and M. D. Johnson. 2008. Ecological correlates and sex differences in early development of a generalist brood parasite. The Auk 125(1):205-213. reprint request
Latif, Q. S., J. L. Grenier, S. K. Heath, G. Ballard and M. E. Hauber. 2006. First evidence of conspecific brood parasitism and egg ejection in Song Sparrows, with comments on methods sufficient to document these behaviors. Condor 108(2):452-458. reprint request
Ainley, D. G., C. A. Ribic, G. Ballard, S. Heath, I. Gaffney, B. J. Karl, K. R. Barton, P. R. Wilson and S. Webb. 2004. Geographic structure of Adélie penguin populations: size, overlap and use of adjacent colony-specific foraging areas. Ecological Monographs 74:159-178. reprint request
McCreedy, C. and S. K. Heath. 2004. Atypical Willow Flycatcher nesting sites in a recovering riparian corridor at Mono Lake, California. Western Birds 35(4):197–209. reprint request
Richardson, T. W. and S. K. Heath. 2004. Effects of conifers on aspen-breeding bird communities in the Sierra Nevada. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 40:686-81. reprint request
Heath, S. K. and G. Ballard. 2003. Patterns of breeding songbird diversity and occurrence in riparian habitats of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. In Faber, P.M. (ed.), California Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. RHJV, Sacramento, CA. reprint request
Heath, S. K. and G. Ballard. 2003. Bird species composition, phenology, nesting substrate, and productivity for the Owens Valley alluvial fan, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California 1998-2002. Great Basin Birds 6:18-35. reprint request