PUBLICATIONS
Bossu, C. M., Heath, J. A., Kaltenecker, G. S., Helm, B., & Ruegg, K. C. (2022). Clock-linked genes underlie seasonal migratory timing in a diurnal raptor. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1974), 20212507.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2507
Callery, K. R., Smallwood, J. A., Hunt, A. R., Snyder, E. R., & Heath, J. A. (2022). Seasonal trends in adult apparent survival and reproductive trade-offs reveal potential constraints to earlier nesting in a migratory bird. Oecologia, 199(1), 91-102.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05169-w
Callery, K. R., Schulwitz, S. E., Hunt, A. R., Winiarski, J. M., McClure, C. J., Fischer, R. A., & Heath, J. A. (2022). Phenology effects on productivity and hatching-asynchrony of American kestrels (Falco sparverius) across a continent. Global Ecology and Conservation, 36, e02124.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02124
Powers, B. F., Winiarski, J. M., Requena‐Mullor, J. M. and Heath, J. A. (2021). Intra‐specific variation in migration phenology of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in response to spring temperatures.” Ibis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ibi.12953
Ruegg, K. C., Brinkmeyer, M., Bossu, C. M., Bay, R. A., Anderson, E. C., Boal, C. W., Dawson, R.D., Eschenbauch, A., McClure, C. J., Miller, K. E. and Morrow, L., Morrow, J., Oleyar M. D., Ralph, B., Schulwitz, S., Swem, T., Therrien, JF., Van Buskirk, R., Smith, T. B., and Heath, J. A. (2021). The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) genoscape: Implications for monitoring, management, and subspecies boundaries. The Auk, 138(2), ukaa051.
https://academic.oup.com/auk/article-abstract/138/2/ukaa051/6253714
MEDIA
See videos and listen to podcasts about the American Kestrel Genoscape project on
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Learn more about Genoscapes and the cutting-edge technology developed by researchers at the Institute of Environmental and Sustainability at UCLA
See a presentation of our research as part of the
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PROTOCOL AND DATASHEETS
*Please note that the data collection portion of the project is complete, and we are no longer accepting feather samples. Thank you!*
datasheet-for-amke-feather-samples

Feather collection protocol

American Kestrel nestling aging guide

Photo by Allie Anderson