James Rotenberg, PhD

Recent Publications:

 

Yirka, L. M., Collazo, J. A., O’Shea, B. J., Gerwin, J. A., Rotenberg, J. A., & Cobb, D. T. (2018). Demographic rates of two southeastern populations of Painted Bunting, 2007–2015. The Condor, 120:319–329. doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-17-74.1

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Rushing, C. S., Hostetler, J. A., Sillett, T. S., Marra, P. P., Rotenberg, J. A. and Ryder, T. B. (2017). Spatial and temporal drivers of avian population dynamics across the annual cycle. Ecology 98: 2837–2850. doi:10.1002/ecy.1967

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Barrett, H., John, A. H., Mander, G., Marlin, J., Marriott, S., and Rotenberg, J. A. (eds) (2016). The Belize Cacao Agroforestry Handbook. Publisher: The Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education (BFREE), Punta Gorda Belize and Gainesville FL, USA.

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McKinnon, E. A., Rotenberg, J. A., and Stutchbury, B. J. M. (2015). Seasonal change in tropical habitat quality and body condition for a declining migratory songbird. Oecologia 179:363-375.

 

Chin, S., McKinnon, E. A., Fraser, K.C., Rotenberg, J., and Stutchbury, B. J. M. (2014) No Sex Bias in Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) Captured by Using Audio Playback during the Non-breeding Season. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 126: 599-605.

 

Rotenberg, J. A., Marlin, J. A., and Pop, L., Garcia, W. (2012). First record of a Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) nest in Belize. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124:292-297.

 

Rotenberg, J. A., Barnhill, L. M., Meyers, J. M., Demarest, D. (2012). Painted Bunting conservation: traditional monitoring meets citizen science. Pp. 125–138 in C. A. Lepczyk and P. S. Warren (editors). Urban bird ecology and conservation. Studies in Avian Biology (no. 45), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. [Book chapter]

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Recent Presentations:

 

Epperson, M. P., Rotenberg, J. A., Bryn, G. L., Lo, E. K., Afshari, S., Kastner, R., Schurgers, C. and Thomas, A. (2018). Seeing the forest from the trees: using drone imagery and deep learning to characterize rainforest in Southern Belize. Remote Sensing and Image Analysis, “Extreme events, ecosystem resilience and human well-being”. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 5-10, 2018. (Refereed Conference Poster Presentation)

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Rotenberg, J. A., Marlin, J. A., Pop, L., and Garcia, W. (2018).  Disturbance along a watershed in Belize maintains high species diversity in the bird community. 36thAnnual meeting of American Ornithology and the 2ndAnnual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, “Celebrating Connections: Birds Across Borders”, Tucson, Arizona, 9-14 April 2018. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

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Ferreira H. J., Fox, A.L., and Rotenberg, J. A. (2018). Habitat and Seasonal Effects on the Avian Community in a Fragmented Maritime Forest. 36thAnnual meeting of American Ornithology and the 2ndAnnual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, “Celebrating Connections: Birds Across Borders”, Tucson, Arizona, 9-14 April 2018. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

 

Rotenberg, J. A. (2018). New methods for characterizing forest habitat for Harpy Eagles in Belize using drones and machine learning. The Wildlife Society North Carolina Annual Meeting, “Wildlife Professionalism and the Digital Age.” Haw River State Park, Browns Summit, North Carolina February 27-March 1, 2018. (Invited Conference Presentation)

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Rotenberg, J. A. and Adams, E. M. (2016).  Coastal Areas are a Population Source for eastern Painted Buntings. North American Ornithological Conference 2016, “Bringing Science and Conservation Together” August 16-20, Washington, D.C. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

 

Abbott, J. A., Dourson, D., and Rotenberg, J. A. (2016). Land snail bottom-up control of avian diversity and Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) nesting in the Bladen Nature Reserve, Belize. North American Ornithological Conference 2016, “Bringing Science and Conservation Together” August 16-20, Washington, D.C. (Refereed Conference Poster Presentation)

 

Afshari, S., Rotenberg, J., Lo, E., Schurgers, C., and Thomas, A. (2016). Large Area Survey for Habitat Analysis by Low Cost UAV Technology. North American Ornithological Conference 2016, “Bringing Science and Conservation Together” August 16-20, Washington, D.C. (Refereed Conference Poster Presentation)

 

Olson, V. C., Rotenberg, J. A., Eulie, D. O., and Davis, L. Y. (2015). When Art and Science Meet: Revealing Patterns of Artistic Transmission using Geo-Spatial Technology.  71st annual meeting of SECAC, Confluence. “Art History with Science: Confluence and Transformation”, October, 21-24, 2015, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

 

Rotenberg, J. A. and Adams, E. M. (2015). Passive point counts of wintering Neotropical migratory songbirds in Belize yield high abundance and low availability – What does this mean for conservation?  Joint Meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des ornithologistes du Canada, and the Wilson Ornithological Society. July 15-19, 2015, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

 

Olson, V. C., Rotenberg, J. A., and Eulie, D. O. (2015). The Brionnais Study: An Update. All Things Stone IV.“A Colloquium on New Research into Masons and Sculptors in the Middle Ages”. June 28 - July 5, 2015. Rosiers & Collonges-la-Rouge, France. (Colloquium Presentation).

 

Frank, D. A., Johnson, C. M., Marriott, S. E., Weeks, K. A., and Rotenberg, J. A. (2015). Mmmm Chocolate! Traditional Chocolate Growing Meets 21st Century Demands: Can We Grow Chocolate Sustainably?  21st International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), “Understanding and Adapting to Change”.  June 13-18, 2015, Charleston, South Carolina. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

 

Olson, V. C., Rotenberg, J. A., and Eulie, D. O. (2014). Applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to the Study of Romanesque Capital Distribution in the Brionnais: A Pilot Study. All Things Stone III, July 1-6, 2014, Bishop Grosseteste Univeristy, Lincoln, England, UK. (Colloquium Presentation).

 

Barrett, H., Rotenberg, J. A., and Marlin, J. A. (2014). Community-Based Conservation: A Small-scale Model that Extends beyond Belize’s Borders. 61st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-29, 2014. (Refereed Conference Presentation)

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