Margaret Brittingham

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Research Summary

Avian ecology, avian response to oil and gas exploration (Marcellus) and development, effects of habitat fragmentation on bird populations and managing for wildlife on private lands.

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Recent Publications

Threshold responses of songbirds to forest loss and fragmentation across the Marcellus-Utica shale gas region of central Appalachia, USA

Farwell, L. S., Wood, P. B., Dettmers, R. & Brittingham, M. C., Jun 1 2020, In: Landscape Ecology. 35, 6, p. 1353-1370 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) feeds Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings: Support for location-based decision rule

Williams, D. P., Brittingham, M. C. & Avery, J., Sep 1 2019, In: Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131, 3, p. 633-637 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) feeds Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings: Support for location-based decision rule

Williams, D. P., Brittingham-Brant, M. & Avery, J., 2019, In: Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131, 3, p. 633 637 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Habitat of Breeding Blackpoll Warblers at a Persistent Extralimital Breeding Site in Pennsylvania

Zawatski, E. J., Gross, D. A. & Brittingham, M. C., Mar 2019, In: Northeastern Naturalist. 26, 1, p. 31-42 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Linear infrastructure drives habitat conversion and forest fragmentation associated with Marcellus shale gas development in a forested landscape

Langlois, L. A., Drohan, P. J. & Brittingham, M. C., Jul 15 2017, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 197, p. 167-176 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Stewardship responsibility of Pennsylvania public and private lands for songbird conservation

Stauffer, G. E., Miller, D. A. W., Wilson, A. M., Brittingham, M. & Brauning, D. W., Sep 2017, In: Biological Conservation. 213, p. 185-193 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Bird community response to Marcellus shale gas development

Barton, E. P., Pabian, S. E. & Brittingham, M. C., Sep 1 2016, In: Journal of Wildlife Management. 80, 7, p. 1301-1313 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Pennsylvania's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program benefits ring-necked pheasants but not enough to reverse declines

Pabian, S. E., Wilson, A. M., Klinger, S. R. & Brittingham, M. C., May 1 2015, In: Journal of Wildlife Management. 79, 4, p. 641-646 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Ecological risks of shale oil and gas development to wildlife, aquatic resources and their habitats

Brittingham, M. C., Maloney, K. O., Farag, A. M., Harper, D. D. & Bowen, Z. H., Oct 7 2014, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 48, 19, p. 11034-11047 14 p.

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Conventional oil and gas development alters forest songbird communities

Thomas, E. H., Brittingham, M. C. & Stoleson, S. H., Feb 2014, In: Journal of Wildlife Management. 78, 2, p. 293-306 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review