Herb Wilson's Publications

Papers co-authored with Colby College students

Wilson, Jr., W. H. and K. B. Parker '94. 1996. Life history of the amphipod Corophium volutator: the effects of temperature and predation. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 201: 239-250.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and E. R. Vogel '95. 1997. The foraging behavior of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the upper Bay of Fundy: stereotyped or prey-sensitive? Condor 99:206-210.
Wilson, Jr., W. H., A. Savage '96 and R. Zierzow '96. 1997. Arrival dates of migratory breeding birds in Maine: results from a volunteer network. North. Natur. 4:83-92.
Wilson, Jr., W. H., R. E. Zierzow '96 and A. R. Savage '96. 1998. Habitat selection by peatland birds in a central Maine bog: the effects of scale and year. J. Field Ornith. 69:540-548.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. , D. Kipervaser '98 and S. A. Lilley '97. 2000. Spring arrival dates of Maine migratory breeding birds: 1994-1997 vs. 1899-1911. North. Natur. 7:1-6.

Ornithological Research

Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1988. Methods of measuring wader abundance. Wader Study Group Bull. 54:49-50.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1990. Relationship between prey abundance and foraging site selection by Semipalmated Sandpipers on a Bay of Fundy mudflat. J. Field Ornith. 61:9-19.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1991. The foraging ecology of migratory shorebirds in marine soft-sediment communities: the effects of episodic predation on prey populations. Amer. Zool. 31:840-848.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1993. Conservation of stop-over areas for migratory waders: Grays Harbor, Washington. Wader Study Group Bull. 67: 37-40.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. The distribution of wintering birds in central Maine: the interactive effects of landscape and bird feeders. J. Field Ornith. 65:512-519.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. Western Sandpiper. In Birds of North America, eds. Alan Poole and Frank Gill, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 90, 20 pp.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. The effects of episodic predation by migratory shorebirds in Grays Harbor, Washington. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 177:15-25.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1996. Palm Warbler. In Birds of North America, eds. Alan Poole and Frank Gill, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 235, 20 pp.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1999. Bird feeding and irruptions of northern finches: are migrations short-stopped? N.A. Bird Bander 24:113-121.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1999. The northward expansion of the Tufted Titmouse in Maine. North. Natur. 6:231-237.
Burtt, Jr., E. H., and Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1999. A survey of undergraduate ornithology courses in North America. Wilson Bull. 111:287-293.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2001. The effects of supplemental feeding on wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapilla) in central Maine: population and individual responses. Wilson Bull. 113:65-72.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2002. Population and individual responses of Red-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta canadensis) to supplemental food in central Maine. N. A. Bird Bander 27: 59-54.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2006. Evidence of flock fidelity in Common Redpolls and Pine Siskins. N. A. Bird Bander 31: 105-109.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2007. Spring arrival dates of Maine migratory breeding birds: sensitivity to climate change. Wilson J. Ornith. 119: 665-677.

Marine Ecological Research

Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1979. Community structure and species diversity of the sedimentary reefs constructed by Petaloproctus socialis (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). J. Mar. Res. 37:623-641.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1980. A laboratory investigation of the effect of a terebellid polychaete on the survivorship of nereid polychaete larvae. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 46:73-80.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1981. Sediment-mediated interactions in a densely populated infaunal assemblage: the effects of the polychaete Abarenicola pacifica. J. Mar. Res. 39:735-748.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1983. Life history evidence for sibling species in Axiothella rubrocincta (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). Mar. Biol. 76:297-300.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1983. The role of density dependence in a marine infaunal community. Ecology 64:295-306.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1984. An experimental analysis of spatial competition in a dense infaunal community: the importance of relative effects. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 18:673-684.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1984. Non-overlapping distributions of spionid polychaetes: the relative importance of habitat and competition. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 75:119-127.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1985. Food limitation of asexual reproduction in a spionid polychaete. Intern. J. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 8:61-65.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1986. Development of egg masses of a polychaete: environmental risks of benthic protective development. Ecology 67:810-815.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1986. Importance of predatory infauna in marine soft-sediment communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 32:35-40.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1988. Shifting zones in a Bay of Fundy soft-sediment community: patterns and processes. Ophelia 29:227-245.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and R. E. Ruff. 1988. Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (North Atlantic) Sandworm and bloodworm. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Biol. Rep. 82(11.80):1-23.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1989. Predation and the mediation of intraspecific competition in an infaunal community in the Bay of Fundy. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 132:221-245.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1990. Competition and predation in marine soft-sediment communities. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 21:221-241.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and B. Brown. 1991. Introduction to the symposium: trends in soft-sediment ecology during the period 1970-1989. Amer. Zool. 31:785-788.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1991. The importance of epibenthic predation and ice disturbance in a Bay of Fundy mudflat. Ophelia Suppl. 5:507-514.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1991. Sexual reproductive modes in polychaetes: classification and diversity. Bull. Mar. Sci. 48:500-516.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. Dispersal of soft-bottom benthos: migration through the water column or through the sediment? Pages 302-312 in Wilson, W. H., Jr., S. A. Stricker, and G. L. Shinn, editors. Reproduction and Development of Marine Invertebrates. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Brown, B. and Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1997. The role of commercial digging of mudflats as an agent for change of infaunal intertidal populations. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 218:49-61.

Odonate Research

Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2003. Perching orientation of Seaside Dragonlets (Erythrodiplax berenice) in a Maine salt marsh. Argia 15: 81-82.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2008. The behavior of the seaside dragonlet, Erythrodiplax berenice (Odonata: Libellulidae) in a Maine salt marsh. Northeast. Natur. 14: in press.

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