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220L Aiken Center
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Vermont
81 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
My research focuses on the factors that influence habitat quality for birds. Much of this work involves quantifying the factors that influence food availability; although, some of my recent research looks at the effects of anthropogenic habitat (e.g., ski resorts, urbanization, and agricultural habitats) modification on bird populations. My current research emphasis is on grassland bird populations in the Champlain Valley. However, my research can better be described as question-driven, as I am also involved with projects investigating the ecology of high elevation bird species and contributions of birds to trophic level interactions.
Ph.D. 1999 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University
M.S. 1986 Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri, Columbia
B.S. 1983 Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, University of Vermont, cum laude
Wildlife, ornithology
Donovan, T. M., and A. M. Strong. 2003. Linkages between landscape theory and population dynamics: a review of the empirical evidence. Pages 35-54 in J. Bissonette and I. Stroch, eds. Landscape theory and resource management: linking theory with practice. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
Strong, A. M., C. T. Dickert, and R. T. Bell. 2002. Effects of a ski trail on a ground beetle (Carabidae, Elateridae) community in northern Vermont. Journal of Insect Conservation 6:149-159.
Strong, A. M., C. C. Rimmer. K. P. McFarland, and K. Hagen. 2002. Effects of mountain resorts on wildlife. Vermont Law Review 26:689-716.
Strong, A. M., and T. W. Sherry. 2001. Body condition of Swainson’s Warblers wintering in Jamaica, with emphasis on the conservation value of Caribbean dry forests. Wilson Bulletin 113:410-418.
Strong, A. M., and M. D. Johnson. 2001. Exploitation of a seasonal resource by Plain and White-crowned pigeons in southern Jamaica: Implications for conservation of tropical dry forests. Wilson Bulletin 113:73-77.
