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Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
National Zoological Park
P.O. Box 37012-MRC 5503
Washington, DC 20013
Scott studies how events throughout the annual cycle of migratory birds are interconnected and how multiple mechanisms, both natural and human-related, operate to limit and regulate these bird populations.
2000 Ph.D. in Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1992 M.S. in Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1989 B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Sofaer, H. R., Langin, K. M., Wilson, J. and Sillett, Terence Scott. Demography of songbird populations in a rapidly changing world: the importance of long-term studies, American Biology Teacher, 73 (5) 285-287. 2011.
Colbeck, Gabriel J., Sillett, Terence Scott and Webster, Michael S. Asymmetric discrimination of geographical variation in song in a migratory passerine, Animal Behaviour, 80 (2) 311-318. 2010.
Faaborg, John, Holmes, Richard T., Anders, Angela D., Bildstein, Keith L., Dugger, Katie M., Gauthreaux Jr., Sidney A., Heglund, Patricia, Hobson, Keith A., Jahn, Alex E., Johnson, Douglas H., Latta, Steve C., Levey, Douglas J., Marra, Peter P., Merkord, Christopher L., Nol, Erica, Rothstein, Stephen I., Sherry, Thomas W., Sillett, Terence Scott, Thompson III, Frank R. and Warnock, Nils. Conserving migratory land birds in the New World: Do we know enough?, Ecological Applications, 20 (2) 398-418. 2010.
Faaborg, John, Holmes, Richard T., Anders, Angela D., Bildstein, Keith L., Dugger, Katie M., Gauthreaux Jr., Sidney A., Heglund, Patricia, Hobson, Keith A., Jahn, Alex E., Johnson, Douglas H., Latta, Steve C., Levey, Douglas J., Marra, Peter P., Merkord, Christopher L., Nol, Erica, Rothstein, Stephen I., Sherry, Thomas W., Sillett, Terence Scott, Thompson III, Frank R. and Warnock, Nils. Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds, Ecological Monographs, 80 (1) 3-48. 2010.
Horton, Brent, Yoon, Jongmin, Ghalambor, Cameron K., Moore, Ignacio T. and Sillett, Terence Scott. Seasonal and population variation in male testosterone levels in breeding orange-crowned warblers (Vermivora celata), General and Comparative Endocrinology, 168 (3) 333-339. 2010.