Rebecca Holberton
| Rebecca Holberton |
Rebecca Holberton is a researcher at the University of Maine known for her work on the physiological ecology and migratory behavior of songbirds and shorebirds, including seasonal interactions between breeding and migration and the use of automated radiotelemetry to track migratory movement.
Research
Holberton's publication record, indexed by Semantic Scholar, totals 80 papers with 3,432 citations and an h-index of 32.[1] Her work has addressed the hormonal regulation of seasonal transitions in birds, migratory strategies of species such as the Blackpoll Warbler and Yellow-rumped Warbler, and stopover ecology of shorebirds and songbirds along the Gulf of Maine.
She was a contributor to the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, a collaborative research network for tracking wildlife movement, described in a 2017 paper cited 313 times.[2]
Holberton received four grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $645,609, according to NSF award records.[3] These included dissertation research funding on the role of breeding hormones in seasonal interactions in birds, awarded through the University of Maine in 2010,[4] a 2007 award examining how wintering ground events constrain breeding success in Neotropical migrants,[5] and two awards, in 1999 and 2000, supporting research on behavioral and physiological differences in the migratory strategies of long-distance and short-distance migrants, conducted through the University of Mississippi and the University of Maine.[6]
Selected publications
- "Long-distance migratory shorebirds travel faster towards their breeding grounds, but fly faster post-breeding" (2019), Scientific Reports[7]
- "Automated VHF Radiotelemetry Revealed Site-Specific Differences in Fall Migration Strategies of Semipalmated Sandpipers on Stopover in the Gulf of Maine" (2019), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution[8]
- "Coastal songbird condition on migratory stopover varies by geographical location and bird age" (2019), The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology[9]
- "Erratum: Isotopic (δ2Hf) evidence of 'loop migration' and use of the Gulf of Maine Flyway by both western and eastern breeding populations of Blackpoll Warblers" (2019), Journal of Field Ornithology[10]
- "Photoluminescence in the bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica" (2018), Bird Study[11]
- "The motus wildlife tracking system: A collaborative research network to enhance the understanding of wildlife movement" (2017)[12]
External links
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Rebecca Holberton.
- ↑ "The motus wildlife tracking system: A collaborative research network to enhance the understanding of wildlife movement" (2017).
- ↑ National Science Foundation award records.
- ↑ National Science Foundation award record, University of Maine, 07/06/2010.
- ↑ National Science Foundation award record, University of Maine, 03/15/2007.
- ↑ National Science Foundation award records, University of Mississippi, 03/30/1999, and University of Maine, 12/21/2000.
- ↑ Scientific Reports, 2019.
- ↑ Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019.
- ↑ The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 2019.
- ↑ Journal of Field Ornithology, 2019.
- ↑ Bird Study, 2018.
- ↑ 2017 publication.