Melissa C. Roach, Frank R. Thompson, and Todd Jones-Farrand (2018). Songbird nest success is positively related to restoration of pine–oak savanna and woodland in the Ozark Highlands, Missouri, USA. The Condor 120: 543–556.
Melissa Roach (Former Employee)
Science and Products
Date published: May 1, 2018
Status: Active Bird Banding Laboratory
The Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) is an integrated scientific program established in 1920 supporting the collection, archiving, management and dissemination of information from banded and marked birds in North America. This information is used to monitor the status and trends of resident and migratory bird populations. Because birds are good indicators of the health of the environment, the...
Attribution: Ecosystems, Status and Trends Program, Wildlife Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 3: Great Lakes, Region 4: Mississippi Basin, Region 5: Missouri Basin, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Region 11: Alaska, Region 12: Pacific Islands (American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), Eastern Ecological Science Center, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Bird Banding Laboratory
Pre-USGS Publications
Melissa C. Roach, Frank R. Thompson, and Todd Jones-Farrand (2019). Effects of pine-oak woodland restoration on breeding bird densities in the Ozark-Ouachita Interior Highlands. Forest Ecology and Management 437: 443-459.
Date published: March 20, 2019
Employee Spotlight: Melissa Roach
Newest member of the Bird Banding Laboratory has a long history with birds.