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    Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
    Research Associate

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Current research interests: the biology of birds at hypersaline lakes, migration, flight physiology, body composition, long term ecological studies at salt lakes and Hudson Bay, and using science to promote valid conservation efforts.

Selected Publications

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 2007. Disappearance of breeding Semipalmated Sandpipers from Churchill, Manitoba: More than a local phenomenon. Condor 109: 351-360.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 2006. Coloniality, mate retention, and nest-site characteristics in the Semipalmated Sandpiper. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:478-484.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 2005. Gadwall biology in a hypersaline lake environment: Is high productivity offset by postbreeding mortality. Waterbirds 28:335-343.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 2004. Birdlife of the Churchill Region: Status, History, Biology. Trafford Publishing, Victoria Canada. 152 pp.

Jehl,J. R., Jr., A. E. Henry, and H. I. Ellis. 2003. Optimizing migration in a reluctant and inefficient flier: The Eared Grebe. P. 109-209 in Avian Migration, P.Berthold, E. Gwinner and E. Sonnenschein (eds.). Springer Verlag, Heidelberg and Berlin.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. and W. R. McKernan. 2002. Biology and Migration of Eared Grebes at the Salton Sea. Hydrobiologia 473:245-253.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. and C. Johanasson. 2002. Autumnal Migration of Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) through Southwestern Wyoming: A Key to Assessing the Size of the North American population. Western North American Naturalist 62:335-340.

Jehl, J. R., Jr., W. S. Boyd, D. S. Paul, and D. W. Anderson. 2002. Massive Collapse and Rapid Rebound: Population Dynamics of Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) during an ENSO event. Auk 119:1162-1166.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 2001. The abundance of the Eared (Black-necked) Grebe as a recent phenomenon. Waterbirds 24:245-249.

Jehl, J. R., Jr., and J. Klima. 2001. Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus). In: The Birds of North America, No.564 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D. C.: The American Ornithologists' Union.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 1999. Population studies of Wilson's Phalaropes at fall staging areas, 1980-1997: A challenge for monitoring. Waterbirds 22:37-46.

Jehl, J. R., Jr. 1997. Cyclical changes in body composition in the annual cycle and migration of the Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis. Journal of Avian Biology 28:538-543.

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