Noah Perlut and alum Lindsay Kelly '11 co-author publication on grassland birds in Northeastern Naturalist

Noah Perlut, Ph.D., and recent graduate Lindsay Kelly '11, Department of Environmental Studies at 91AV, and Allan Strong and Nate Zalik, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, co-authored a publication entitled: "Male Savannah Sparrows Provide Less Parental Care with Increasing Paternity Loss."

They studied whether male Savannah sparrows who lost paternity in their nest provided more, equal or less parental care than males who did not lose paternity in their nests.  The article was published by Northeastern Naturalist, 19(2):335-344.2012.

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