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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Keith L. Bildstein is affiliated with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with extensive work in the subfields of ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and parasitology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Wildlife-road interactions and conservation
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Keith L. Bildstein's recent scholarly publications include:

  • Presumed killers? Vultures, stakeholders, misperceptions, and fake news (2021), published in Conservation Science and Practice
  • Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale (2024), published in Biological Conservation
  • A practical guide to methods for attaching research devices to vultures and condors (2020), published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere (2022), published in Ecological Applications
  • Variation in monthly sizes of home-ranges of Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in western, eastern and southern Africa (2020), published in Ibis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Keith L. Bildstein include:

  • David R. Barber (9 publications)
  • André Botha (7 publications)
  • Evan R. Buechley (5 publications)
  • Julie M. Mallon (5 publications)
  • Lindy J. Thompson (4 publications)

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Birds of the World (4 publications)
  • Ostrich (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)
  • Biological Conservation (2 publications)
  • Conservation Science and Practice (1 publication)

Keith L. Bildstein has contributed to book publications through Cornell University Press eBooks, including two editions of Vultures of the World published in 2022.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • CLIMATE CHANGE, HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS, AND RISING SEA LEVEL IN COASTAL WETLANDS

    William K. Michener;Elizabeth R. Blood;Keith L. Bildstein;Mark M. Brinson

  • Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • The outwelling hypothesis and North Inlet, South Carolina

    R. Dame;T. Chrzanowski;K. Bildstein;B. Kjerfve

  • Estimating updraft velocity components over large spatial scales: contrasting migration strategies of golden eagles and turkey vultures

    Gil Bohrer;David Brandes;James T. Mandel;Keith L. Bildstein

  • Revisitation analysis uncovers spatio‐temporal patterns in animal movement data

    Chloe Bracis;Keith L. Bildstein;Thomas Mueller

  • Environmental Drivers of Variability in the Movement Ecology of Turkey Vultures ( Cathartes aura ) in North and South America

    Somayeh Dodge;Gil Bohrer;Keith Bildstein;Sarah C. Davidson;Sarah C. Davidson

  • Movement ecology of migration in turkey vultures.

    J. T. Mandel;K. L. Bildstein;G. Bohrer;D. W. Winkler

  • Approaches to the Conservation of Coastal Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere

    K.L. Bildstein;G.T. Bancroft;P.J. Dugan;D.H. Gordon

  • Consequences of sexual dimorphism in sand fiddler crabs,Uca pugilator: differential vulnerability to avian predation

    Keith L. Bildstein;Keith L. Bildstein;Susan G. McDowell;I. Lehr Brisbin

  • Is pre-breeding prospecting behaviour affected by snow cover in the irruptive snowy owl? A test using state-space modelling and environmental data annotated via Movebank

    Jean-François Therrien;David Pinaud;Gilles Gauthier;Nicolas Lecomte

  • FRESHWATER WETLANDS, RAINFALL, AND THE BREEDING ECOLOGY OF WHITE IBISES IN COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA

    Keith L. Bildstein;William Post;James Johnston;Peter Frederick

  • Conservation status of tropical raptors

    Keith L. Bildstein;Wendy Schelsky;Jorje Zalles;Susie Ellis

  • Narrow sea crossings present major obstacles to migrating Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus

    Keith L. Bildstein;Marc J. Bechard;Marc J. Bechard;Christopher Farmer;Laura Newcomb

  • Effect of group size and location within the group on the foraging behavior of White Ibises

    Daniel R. Petit;Keith L. Bildstein

  • African vultures don't follow migratory herds: scavenger habitat use is not mediated by prey abundance.

    Corinne J. Kendall;Munir Z. Virani;J. Grant C. Hopcraft;Keith L. Bildstein

  • Feeding patterns and aggressive behavior in juvenile and adult american flamingos

    Keith L. Bildstein;Peter C. Frederick;Marilyn G. Spalding

  • Status, Biology, and Conservation Priorities for North America's Eastern Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Population

    Todd Katzner;Todd Katzner;Brian W. Smith;Tricia A. Miller;Tricia A. Miller;David Brandes

  • Sex-related differences in habitat selection in wintering American kestrels, Falco sparverius

    Daniel R Ardia;Keith L Bildstein

  • Dietary Salt as a Physiological Constraint in White Ibis Breeding in an Estuary

    James W. Johnston;Keith L. Bildstein

  • Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring

    Keith L. Bildstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd E. Katzner
Todd E. Katzner United States Geological Survey
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Roland Kays
Roland Kays North Carolina State University
Sergio A. Lambertucci
Sergio A. Lambertucci National University of Comahue
Peter C. Frederick
Peter C. Frederick University of Florida
Gil Bohrer
Gil Bohrer The Ohio State University
William F. Fagan
William F. Fagan University of Maryland, College Park
Orr Spiegel
Orr Spiegel Tel Aviv University
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Colleen T. Downs
Colleen T. Downs University of KwaZulu-Natal

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