A recent publication by a SHARP investigator in the journal, Behavioral Ecology, describes how female mating preferences drive the evolution of larger male bills in Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrows. This bill size pattern is found in many tidal marsh specialists, and Olsen and his co-authors hypothesize how it may have arisen repeatedly due to female mating preferences within the tidal marsh.
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SHARP in the Maine news for Hg article
SHARP characterizes Hg risk to SALS and NESP
Monitoring paper published!
Living Bird article focuses on saltmarsh sparrows
Jen Walsh receives AOS Early Investigator Award
Whitney Beisler awarded USFWS Biologist of the year!
Roberts et al. (2019) paper reported in TWS….
SHARP PI Brian Olsen in the news
Marsh Habitat Zone Map released!
SHARP postdoc Chris Field is giving a webinar for NOAA on coastal landowner behavior and attitudes
News coverage of SHARP research on the attitudes of coastal land owners towards conservation strategies
SHARP PI on Bird Calls Radio
New study in PNAS shows how understanding the beliefs and attitudes of private property owners is key to long-term conservation of tidal marshes
Infrared video from a Saltmarsh Sparrow nest during a flooding event shows nest flooding, female returning to incubate