Margaret Brittingham
Professor of Wildlife Resources

-
409 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802 - mxb21@psu.edu
- 814-863-8442
Research Summary
Avian ecology; avian response to oil and gas exploration and development; effects of habitat fragmentation on bird populations; managing wildlife on private land
Huck Affiliations
Links
Publication Tags
Shale Gas Birds Calcium Bird Habitat Soil Gases Songbirds Songbird Conservation Areas Fragmentation Programme Breeding Agricultural Land Nutrients Shale Pipelines Habitats Infrastructure Land Community Response Public Acid Rain Availability Phasianus ColchicusMost Recent Papers
Threshold responses of songbirds to forest loss and fragmentation across the Marcellus-Utica shale gas region of central Appalachia, USA
Laura S. Farwell, Petra B. Wood, Randy Dettmers, Margaret C. Brittingham, 2020, Landscape Ecology on p. 1353-1370
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) feeds Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings
Danielle P. Williams, Margaret C. Brittingham, Julian Avery, 2019, Wilson Journal of Ornithology on p. 633-637
Habitat of Breeding Blackpoll Warblers at a Persistent Extralimital Breeding Site in Pennsylvania
Eric J. Zawatski, Douglas A. Gross, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2019, Northeastern Naturalist on p. 31-42
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) feeds Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings: Support for location-based decision rule
Danielle P. Williams, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Julian Avery, 2019, Wilson Journal of Ornithology on p. 633
Stewardship responsibility of Pennsylvania public and private lands for songbird conservation
Glenn E. Stauffer, David Andrew Miller, Andrew M. Wilson, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Daniel W. Brauning, 2017, Biological Conservation on p. 185-193
Linear infrastructure drives habitat conversion and forest fragmentation associated with Marcellus shale gas development in a forested landscape
Lillie A. Langlois, Patrick Joseph Drohan, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2017, Journal of Environmental Management on p. 167-176
Bird community response to Marcellus shale gas development
Ethan P. Barton, Sarah E. Pabian, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2016, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 1301-1313
Pennsylvania's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program benefits ring-necked pheasants but not enough to reverse declines
Sarah E. Pabian, Andrew M. Wilson, Scott R. Klinger, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2015, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 641-646
Research from around the state
Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2015, Pennsylvania Forests on p. 23-27
A bird’s eye view of the forest.
A. Barenblitt, K. Serno, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2015, Pennsylvania Forests on p. 11-13
Most-Cited Papers
Early trends in landcover change and forest fragmentation due to shale-gas development in Pennsylvania
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, J. Bishop, K. Yoder, 2012, Environmental Management on p. 1061-1075
Conventional oil and gas development alters forest songbird communities
Emily H. Thomas, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Scott H. Stoleson, 2014, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 293-306
Linear infrastructure drives habitat conversion and forest fragmentation associated with Marcellus shale gas development in a forested landscape
Lillie A. Langlois, Patrick Joseph Drohan, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2017, Journal of Environmental Management on p. 167-176
Rapid Communications
Sarah E. Pabian, Margaret C. Brittingham, 2011, Auk on p. 441-447
Effects of liming on forage availability and nutrient content in a forest impacted by acid rain
Sarah E. Pabian, Nathan M. Ermer, Walter M. Tzilkowski, Margaret C. Brittingham, 2012, PloS one
Bird community response to Marcellus shale gas development
Ethan P. Barton, Sarah E. Pabian, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2016, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 1301-1313
Site fidelity and lifetime territorial consistency of ovenbirds (Seiurus Aurocapilla) in a contiguous forest
Michael J. Bernard, Laurie J. Goodrich, Walter M. Tzilkowski, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2011, Auk on p. 633-642
Mixed responses of farmland birds to the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in Pennsylvania
Sarah E. Pabian, Andrew M. Wilson, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2013, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 616-625
Pennsylvania's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program benefits ring-necked pheasants but not enough to reverse declines
Sarah E. Pabian, Andrew M. Wilson, Scott R. Klinger, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2015, Journal of Wildlife Management on p. 641-646
Soil Calcium and Forest Birds
Sarah E. Pabian, Margaret Brittingham-Brant, 2012, Ecosystems on p. 748-760