DELTA MARSH BIRD OBSERVATORY PUBLICATIONS
Alderson, G. W., H. L. Gibbs, and S. G. Sealy. 1999. Determining the reproductive behaviour of individual brown-headed cowbirds using microsatellite DNA markers. Animal Behaviour 58:895-905.
Alderson, G. W., H. L. Gibbs, and S. G. Sealy. 1999. Parentage and kinship studies in an obligate brood parasitic bird, the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), using microsatellite DNA markers. Journal of Heredity 90:182-190.
Dunn, E.H., K. A. Hobson, L. I. Wassenaar, D. Hussell, and M. L. Allen. 2006. Identification of summer origins of songbirds migrating through southern Canada in Autumn. Avian Conservation and Ecology 1:4 http://www.ace-eco.org/vol1/iss2/art4/.
Gagnon, C., and K.A. Hobson. 2009. Using isotopes to track frugivory in migratory passerines. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:982-992.
Gibbs, H. L., P. Miller, G. Alderson, and S. G. Sealy. 1997. Genetic analysis of Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) raised by different hosts: data from mtDNA and microsatellite DNA markers. Molecular Ecology 6:189-193.
Gonzalez-Prieto, A.M. and K.A. Hobson. 2013. Environmental conditions on wintering grounds influence spring body condition and arrival phenology of Neotropical migrants at a northern stopover site. Journal of Ornithology 154:1067-1078.
Hobson, K.A. 1999. Stable-carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of songbird feathers grown in two terrestrial biomes: implications for evaluating trophic relationships and breeding origins. Condor 101:799-805.
Hobson, K.A., D.R. Norris, G. Goldsborough, and S. G. Sealy. 2012. Requiem for a field station: the loss of a Canadian ornithological treasure. Avian Conservation and Ecology 7(2):7. http://www.ace-eco.org/vol7/iss2/art7/.
Hobson, K.A., H.L. Gibbs, H. den Haan, S. van Wilgenberg, and R.J.G. Dawson. 2000. Sexing hatching-year yellow warblers using plumage characteristics. North American Bird Bander 25:8-12.
Mazerolle, D. F., and K. A. Hobson. 2007. Patterns of differential migration in White-throated Sparrows evaluated with isotopic measurements of feathers. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:413-420
Mazerolle, D., and K.A. Hobson. 2005. Estimating origins of short-distance migrant songbirds in North America: Contrasting inferences from hydrogen isotope measurements of feathers, claws, and blood. Condor 107:280-288.
Mazerolle, D., K.A. Hobson, and L.I. Wassenaar. 2005. Stable isotope and band-encounter analyses delineate migratory patterns and catchment areas of white-throated sparrows at a migration monitoring station. Oecologia, 144:541-549.
Mazerolle, D., S.G. Sealy and K.A. Hobson. 2001. Interannual flexibility in breeding phenology of a Neotropical migrant songbird in response to weather conditions at breeding and wintering areas. EcoScience, 18(1):18-25. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2980/18-1-3345 .
Mazerolle, D.F., K. Dufour, K.A. Hobson, and H. den Haan. 2005. Effects of large-scale climatic fluctuations on survival and productivity of a Neotropical migrant songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 36:155-163.
Van Wilgenburg, S.L. and K. A. Hobson. 2011. Combining stable-isotope (dD) and band recovery data to improve probabilistic assignment of migratory birds to origin. Ecological Applications 21: 1340–1351.
García-Pérez, B., and K. A. Hobson. 2014. A multi-isotope (d2H, d13C, d15N) approach to establishing migratory connectivity of Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica). Ecosphere 5(2):21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES13-00116.
THESES
Alderson, G. W. 1996. Molecular genetic analysis of the mating system and host choice of an obligate brood parasitic bird, the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater). MSc thesis. Department of Biology, McMaster University. 115 pp.
De Ruyck, C. C. 2009. Northern Saw-Whet Owls: Migration and population trends in Manitoba. MNRM thesis, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba. 112 pp.
Gagnon, C. 2007. Migratory connectivity and diet in Yellow-rumped Warblers: A stable isotope approach. University of Saskatchewan. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan. 117 pp.
Garcia Perez, Belen. 2012. Migratory connectivity and differential patterns of decline in Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in North America: Potential effects of factors on breeding and wintering grounds. M.Sc. University of Saskatchewan.
Gonzalez-Prieto, A.M. 2012. Factors influencing body condition and arrival phenology of Neotropical migrants at a northern spring stopover site. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan. 87 pp.
Mazerolle, D. 2005. Environmental, ecological, and physiological factors influencing timing of arrival and stopover ecology of migrating passerines. University of Saskatchewan. PhD thesis, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan. 139 pp.
Miller, P. C. 1993. Molecular genetic analysis of a Brown-headed Cowbird population. MSc thesis, Department of Biology, McMaster University. 85 pp.