Publications † indicates undergraduate co-author Butler, L. K. 2013. The grass is always greener: do monsoon rains matter for molt of the Vermilion Flycatcher? Auk 130:297-307. PDF Butler, L. K., L. Ries, I.-A. Bisson, T. J. Hayden, M. Wikelski, and L. M. Romero. 2013. Opposite but analogous effects of road density on songbirds with contrasting habitat preferences. Animal Conservation 16:77-85. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00576.x Barron, D. G., J. D. Brawn, L. K. Butler, L. M. Romero, and P. J. Weatherhead. 2012. Effects of military activity on breeding birds. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:911-918. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.355. Schrey, A. W., M. Grispo, M. Awad, M. B. Cook, E. D. McCoy, H. R. Mushinsky, T. Albayrak, S. Bensch, T. Burke, L. K. Butler, H. B. Fokidis, H. Jensen, T. Imboma, M. M. Kessler-Rios, A. Marzal, I. R. K. Stewart, H. Westerdahl, D. F. Westneat, P. Zehtindjiev, L. B. Martin. 2011. Broad-scale latitudinal patterns of genetic diversity among native European and introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) populations. Molecular Ecology 20:1133-1143. Bisson, I.-A., L. K. Butler, T. J. Hayden, P. Kelley, J. S. Adelman L. M. Romero, and M. Wikelski. 2011. Energetic response to human disturbance in an endangered songbird. Animal Conservation 14:484-491. Butler, L. K., I.-A. Bisson, T. J. Hayden, M. Wikelski, and L. M. Romero. 2009. Adrenocortical responses to offspring-directed threats in two open-nesting birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 162:313-318. PDF Bisson, I.-A., L. K. Butler, T. J. Hayden, L. M. Romero, and M. Wikelski. 2009. No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 276:961-969. Yasukawa, K., L. K. Butler, and D. A. Enstrom. 2009. Intersexual and intrasexual consequences of epaulet brightness in male red-winged blackbirds: an experimental approach. Animal Behaviour 77:531-540. Sperry, J. H., L. K. Butler, L. M. Romero, and P. J. Weatherhead. 2009. Effects of season, parasitic infection, and radio-transmitters on snake body condition, hematological characteristics and corticosterone concentrations. Journal of Zoology 278:100-107. Barry, J. H.†, L. K. Butler, S. A. Rohwer, and V. G. Rohwer†. 2009. Molt-migration in Western Kingbirds: using total passerines in museum collections to measure collecting effort. Auk 126:260-267. PDF DesRochers, D. W., L. K. Butler, M. D. Silbernagle, and J. M. Reed. 2009. Observations of molt in an endangered Rallid, the Hawaiian Moorhen. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:148-153. PDF Butler, L. K., T. J. Hayden, and L. M. Romero. 2008. Prebasic molt of Black-capped and White-eyed Vireos: effects of breeding site and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 110:428-440. PDF Butler, L. K., S. Rohwer, and M. G. Speidel†. 2008. Quantifying structural variation in contour feathers to address functional variation and life history trade-offs. Journal of Avian Biology 39:629-639. Romero, L. M. and L. K. Butler. 2007. Endocrinology of stress. International Journal of Comparative Psychology 20:89-95. Bonier, F., P. Martin, J. Jensen†, L. K. Butler, M. Ramenofsky, and J. C. Wingfield. 2007. Post-juvenal molt and pre-migratory fattening of an Arctic-breeding bird, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii: Costs, constraints, and tradeoffs. Ecology 88: 2729-2735. Butler, L. K., S. Rohwer, and M. Rogers. 2006. Prebasic molt and molt-related movements in Ash-throated Flycatchers. Condor 108:647-660. PDF Rohwer, S., L. K. Butler, and D. Froehlich. 2005. Ecology and demography of east-west differences in molt scheduling in Neotropical migrants. Pages 87-105 In Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration. R. Greenberg and P. P. Marra, Eds., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. PDF Owen-Ashley, N. T.* and L. K. Butler*. 2004. Androgens, interspecific competition, and species replacement in hybridizing warblers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences S6:498-500. (*contributed equally) Butler, L. K., M. G. Donahue†, and S. Rohwer. 2002. Molt-migration in Western Tanagers (Piranga ludoviciana): age effects, aerodynamics, and conservation implications. Auk 119:1010-1023. PDF

Publications

† indicates undergraduate co-author

Butler, L. K. 2013. The grass is always greener: do monsoon rains matter for molt of the Vermilion Flycatcher? Auk 130:297-307. PDF

Butler, L. K., L. Ries, I.-A. Bisson, T. J. Hayden, M. Wikelski, and L. M. Romero. 2013. Opposite but analogous effects of road density on songbirds with contrasting habitat preferences. Animal Conservation 16:77-85. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00576.x

Barron, D. G., J. D. Brawn, L. K. Butler, L. M. Romero, and P. J. Weatherhead. 2012. Effects of military activity on breeding birds. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:911-918. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.355.

Schrey, A. W., M. Grispo, M. Awad, M. B. Cook, E. D. McCoy, H. R. Mushinsky, T. Albayrak, S. Bensch, T. Burke, L. K. Butler, H. B. Fokidis, H. Jensen, T. Imboma, M. M. Kessler-Rios, A. Marzal, I. R. K. Stewart, H. Westerdahl, D. F. Westneat, P. Zehtindjiev, L. B. Martin. 2011. Broad-scale latitudinal patterns of genetic diversity among native European and introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) populations. Molecular Ecology 20:1133-1143.

Bisson, I.-A., L. K. Butler, T. J. Hayden, P. Kelley, J. S. Adelman L. M. Romero, and M. Wikelski. 2011. Energetic response to human disturbance in an endangered songbird. Animal Conservation 14:484-491.

Butler, L. K., I.-A. Bisson, T. J. Hayden, M. Wikelski, and L. M. Romero. 2009. Adrenocortical responses to offspring-directed threats in two open-nesting birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 162:313-318. PDF

Bisson, I.-A., L. K. Butler, T. J. Hayden, L. M. Romero, and M. Wikelski. 2009. No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 276:961-969.

Yasukawa, K., L. K. Butler, and D. A. Enstrom. 2009. Intersexual and intrasexual consequences of epaulet brightness in male red-winged blackbirds: an experimental approach. Animal Behaviour 77:531-540.

Sperry, J. H., L. K. Butler, L. M. Romero, and P. J. Weatherhead. 2009. Effects of season, parasitic infection, and radio-transmitters on snake body condition, hematological characteristics and corticosterone concentrations. Journal of Zoology 278:100-107.

Barry, J. H.†, L. K. Butler, S. A. Rohwer, and V. G. Rohwer†. 2009. Molt-migration in Western Kingbirds: using total passerines in museum collections to measure collecting effort. Auk 126:260-267. PDF

DesRochers, D. W., L. K. Butler, M. D. Silbernagle, and J. M. Reed. 2009. Observations of molt in an endangered Rallid, the Hawaiian Moorhen. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:148-153. PDF

Butler, L. K., T. J. Hayden, and L. M. Romero. 2008. Prebasic molt of Black-capped and White-eyed Vireos: effects of breeding site and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Condor 110:428-440. PDF

Butler, L. K., S. Rohwer, and M. G. Speidel†. 2008. Quantifying structural variation in contour feathers to address functional variation and life history trade-offs. Journal of Avian Biology 39:629-639.

Romero, L. M. and L. K. Butler. 2007. Endocrinology of stress. International Journal of Comparative Psychology 20:89-95.

Bonier, F., P. Martin, J. Jensen†, L. K. Butler, M. Ramenofsky, and J. C. Wingfield. 2007. Post-juvenal molt and pre-migratory fattening of an Arctic-breeding bird, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii: Costs, constraints, and tradeoffs. Ecology 88: 2729-2735.

Butler, L. K., S. Rohwer, and M. Rogers. 2006. Prebasic molt and molt-related movements in Ash-throated Flycatchers. Condor 108:647-660. PDF

Rohwer, S., L. K. Butler, and D. Froehlich. 2005. Ecology and demography of east-west differences in molt scheduling in Neotropical migrants. Pages 87-105 In Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration. R. Greenberg and P. P. Marra, Eds., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. PDF

Owen-Ashley, N. T.* and L. K. Butler*. 2004. Androgens, interspecific competition, and species replacement in hybridizing warblers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences S6:498-500. (*contributed equally)

Butler, L. K., M. G. Donahue†, and S. Rohwer. 2002. Molt-migration in Western Tanagers (Piranga ludoviciana): age effects, aerodynamics, and conservation implications. Auk 119:1010-1023. PDF

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