“PUBLICATIONS”
 

Vitek Jirinec., Alessandra M. Bresnan, Marion A. Clément, Melanie R. Colón, Ashley M. Long, Garrett S. Rhyne, Patricia F. Rodrigues, Eliza D. Stein, Anna A. Pérez-Umphrey, Christina P. Varian, S. Tyler Williams, and Sabrina S. Taylor (2024). “Home ranges, habitat selection, and energy expenditure of Strix varia (Barred Owls): Understanding the full diel cycle matters for enhancing urban landscapes.” Ornithological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duae038

Jonathon J. Valente, Vitek Jirinec, and Matthias Leu (2024). “Thinking beyond the closure assumption: Designing surveys for estimating biological truth with occupancy models.” Methods in Ecology and Evolution. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14439 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec (2024). “Thermoregulation of understory birds in lowland Amazonia.” Oikos. https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/oik.10554 [PDF]

Marketa Zimova, Brian C. Weeks, David E. Willard, Sean T. Giery, Vitek Jirinec, Ryan C. Burner, and Benjamin M. Winger (2023). “Body size predicts the rate of contemporary morphological change in birds.” PNAS. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2206971120 [PDF]

Alicia R. Brunner, Bryant C. Dossman, Vitek Jirinec, Katie L. Percy, Christopher M. Tonra, Erik I. Johnson, and Peter P. Marra (2022). “Migratory behavior and connectivity revealed in a secretive Neotropical migratory songbird, the Swainson’s Warbler.” Journal of Field Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00134-930305 [PDF]

Photo by Cameron Rutt

David A. Luther, W. Justin Cooper, Vitek Jirinec, Jared D. Wolfe, Cameron L. Rutt, Richard O. Bierregaard, Thomas E. Lovejoy, and Philip C Stouffer (2022). “Long-term changes in avian biomass and functional diversity within disturbed and undisturbed Amazonian rainforest.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1123

Vitek Jirinec, Elisa C. Elizondo, Patricia F. Rodrigues, and Philip C Stouffer (2022). “Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, Black-faced Antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions.” Journal of Avian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02946 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Patricia F. Rodrigues, Bruna Amaral, and Philip C Stouffer (2022). “Light and thermal niches of ground-foraging Amazonian insectivorous birds.” Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3645 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Ryan C. Burner, Bruna R. Amaral, Richard O. Bierregaard, Gilberto Fernández-Arellano, Angélica Hernández-Palma, Erik I. Johnson, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Luke L. Powell, Cameron L. Rutt, Jared D. Wolfe, and Philip C Stouffer (2021). “Morphological consequences of climate change for resident birds in intact Amazonian rainforest.” Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk1743 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Patricia F. Rodrigues, and Bruna Amaral (2021). “Adjustable leg harness for attaching tags to small and medium-sized birds”. Journal of Field Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12353 [video] [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Chris J. Smith, Akshay Deverakonda, and Matthias Leu (2021). “Notes from Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) telemetry: Synchronous tail replacement in prebasic molt and single-male nest provisioning”. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132: 415-421. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-132.2.415 [PDF]

Philip C Stouffer, Vitek Jirinec, Cameron L. Rutt, Richard O. Bierregaard, Angélica Hernández‐Palma, Erik I. Johnson, Stephen R. Midway, Luke L. Powell, Jared D. Wolfe, and Thomas E. Lovejoy (2020). “Long-Term change in the avifauna of undisturbed Amazonian rainforest: Ground-foraging birds disappear and the baseline shifts.” Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13628 [PDF]

Cameron L. Rutt., Vitek Jirinec, Mario Cohn‐Haft, William F. Laurance, and Philip C Stouffer (2019). “Avian ecological succession in the Amazon: A long-term case study following experimental deforestation.” Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5822 [PDF]

Cameron L. Rutt, Stephen R. Midway, Vitek Jirinec, Jared D. Wolfe, and Philip C. Stouffer (2019). “Examining the microclimate hypothesis in Amazonian birds: Indirect tests of the ‘visual constraints’ mechanism.” Oikos 128: 798–810. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05781 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Elisa C. Elizondo, Cameron L. Rutt, and Philip C. Stouffer (2018). “Space use, diurnal movement, and roosting of a Variegated Antpitta (Grallaria varia) in central Amazonia.” Ornitología Neotropical 29: 13–20. [PDF]

Cameron L. Rutt, Vitek Jirinec, Erik I. Johnson, Mario Cohn-Haft, Claudeir F. Vargas, and Philip C Stouffer (2017). “Twenty years later: An update to the birds of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas, Brazil.” Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia - Brazilian Journal of Ornithology 25: 277-296–296. [PDF]

Photo by Cameron Rutt

Vitek Jirinec, Daniel A. Cristol, and Matthias Leu (2017). “Songbird community varies with deer use in a fragmented landscape.” Landscape and Urban Planning 161: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.01.003 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Robert E. Isdell, and Matthias Leu (2016). “Prey availability and habitat structure explain breeding space use of a migratory songbird.” The Condor 118: 309–28. https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-15-140.1 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Christina P. Varian, Chris J. Smith, and Matthias Leu (2015). “Mismatch between diurnal home ranges and roosting areas in the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina): Possible role of habitat and breeding stage.” The Auk 133: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-76.1 [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Cameron L. Rutt, Joel A. Kutylowski, Alex X. Wang, C. Robby Kohley, Stephanie R. Wheeler, Hanna L. Mounce, and Jack Jeffrey (2013). “A nest in Koa (Acacia koa) successfully fledged two ‘Akiapōlā‘au (Hemignathus munroi).” ‘Elepaio 73: 1–4. [PDF]

Vitek Jirinec, Brent R. Campos, and Matthew D. Johnson (2011). “Roosting behaviour of a migratory songbird on Jamaican coffee farms: Landscape composition may affect delivery of an ecosystem service.” Bird Conservation International 21: 353–61. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270910000614 [PDF]