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Atlantic Coast Joint Venture (ACJV). 2019. Salt Marsh Bird Conservation Business Plan for the Atlantic Coast. Available at: https://acjv.org/salt-marsh-bird-conservation-business-plan-atlantic-coast/. (Accessed: 30/07/2020).
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture (ACJV). 2020. Saltmarsh Sparrow. Available at: https://acjv.org/saltmarsh-sparrow-2/. (Accessed: 30/07/2020).
Bayard, T. S.; Elphick, C. S. 2011. Planning for sea-level rise: quantifying patterns of Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) nest flooding under current sea-level conditions. The Auk 128(2): 393-403.
Benvenuti, B.; Walsh, J.; O'Brien, K. M.; Ducey, M. J.; Kovach, A. I. 2018. Annual variation in the offspring sex ratio of Saltmarsh Sparrows supports Fisher's hypothesis. The Auk 135(2): 342-358.
Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261.
Correll, M. D.; Wiest, W. A.; Hodgman, T. P.; Shriver, W. G.; Elphick, C. S.; McGill, B. J.; O’Brien, K. M.; Olsen, B. J. 2017. Predictors of specialist avifaunal decline in coastal marshes. Conserv. Biol. 31: 172-182.
Elphick, C. S.; Meiman, S.; Rubega, M. A. 2015. Tidal-flow restoration provides little nesting habitat for a globally vulnerable saltmarsh bird. Restoration Ecology 23(4): 439-446.
Field, C. R.; Bayard, T. S.; Gjerdrum, C.; Hill, J. M.; Meiman, S.; Elphick, C. S. 2017a. High-resolution tide projections reveal extinction threshold in response to sea-level rise. Global Change Biology 23(5): 2058-2070.
Field, C. R.; Gjerdrum, C.; Elphick, C. S. 2016. Forest resistance to sea-level rise prevents landwards migration of tidal marsh. Biol. Conserv. 201: 363-369.
Field, C. R.; Ruskin, K. J.; Benvenuti, B.; Borowske, A. C.; Cohen, J. B.; Garey, L.; Hodgman, T. P.; Kern, R. A.; King, E.; Kocek, A. R.; Kovach, A. I.; O'Brien, K. M.; Olsen, B. J.; Pau, N.; Roberts, S. G.; Shelley, E.; Shriver, W. G.; Walsh, J.; Elphick, C. S. 2017b. Quantifying the importance of geographic replication and representativeness when estimating demographic rates, using a coastal species as a case study. Ecography: DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02424.
Gjerdrum, C.; Elphick, C. S.; Rubega, M. A. 2008. How well can we model numbers and productivity of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows (Ammodramus caudacutus) using habitat features? The Auk 125(3): 608-617.
Greenlaw, J. S.; Elphick, C. S.; Post, W.; Rising, J. D. 2020. Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta), version 1.0. In: Rodewald, P. G. (ed.), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Greenlaw, J. S.; Rising, J. D. 1994. Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 112, pp. 1-28. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Greenlaw, J. S.; Woolfenden, G. E. 2007. Wintering distributions and migration of Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119(3): 361-377.
IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).
Rich, T. D.; Beardmore, C. J.; Berlanga, H.; Blancher, P. J.; Bradstreet, M. S. W.; Butcher, G. S.; Demarest, D.; Dunn, E. H., et al. 2003. Partners in flight north American Landbird conservation plan.
Rich, T.D., Beardmore, C.J., Berlanga, H., Blancher, P.J., Bradstreet, M.S.W., Butcher, G.S., Demarest, D.W., Dunn, E.H., Hunter, W.C., Inigo-Elias, E.E., Martell, A.M., Panjabi, A.O., Pashley, D.N., Rosenberg, K.V., Rustay, C.M., Wendt, J.S. and Will, T.C. 2004. Partners in flight: North American landbird conservation plan. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.
Rising, J.D. 1996. A guide to the identification and natural history of the sparrows of the United States and Canada. Academic Press, London.
Roberts, S. G.; Longenecker, R. A.; Etterson, M. A.; Elphick, C. S.; Olsen, B. J.; Shriver, W. G. 2019. Preventing local extinctions of tidal marsh endemic Seaside Sparrows and Saltmarsh Sparrows in eastern North America . The Condor 121(2): 1-14.
Roberts, S. G.; Longenecker, R. A.; Etterson, M. A.; Ruskin, K. J.; Elphick, C. S.; Olsen, B. J.; Shriver, W. G. 2017. Factors that influence vital rates of Seaside and Saltmarsh sparrows in coastal New Jersey, USA. Journal of Field Ornithology 88(2): 115-131.
Shriver, W. G.; Hodgman, T. P.; Gibbs, J. P.; Vickery, P. D. 2010. Home range sizes and habitat use of Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sparrow. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122(2): 340-345.
Shriver, W. G.; O’Brien, K. M.; Ducey, M. J.; Hodgman, T. P. 2016. Population abundance and trends of Saltmarsh (Ammodramus caudacutus) and Nelson’s (A. nelsoni) Sparrows: influence of sea levels and precipitation. J. Ornithol. 157(1): 189-200.
Sibley, D. 1996. Field identification of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow complex. Birding 28: 197-208.
Wiest, W. A.; Correll, M. D.; Olsen, B. J.; Elphick, C. S.; Hodgman, T. P.; Curson, D. R.; Shriver, W. G. 2016. Population estimates for tidal marsh birds of high conservation concern in northeastern USA from a design-based survey. Condor 118: 274-288.
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