Smith JAM, Pellew M. (2021) Pond dynamics yield minimal net loss of vegetation cover across an unditched salt marsh landscape. Estuaries and Coasts. PDF
Colombano D.D. et al. (2021) Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton. Estuaries and Coasts. PDF
Waltham N.J. et al. (2021) Tidal Marsh Restoration Optimism in a Changing Climate and Urbanizing Seascape. Estuaries and Coasts. PDF
Inserillo D, Reitsma LR, Larson KW, Smith JAM and A. Camacho. (2021) Transient Swainson’s thrush wintering in the Andean foothills of Ecuador are almost exclusively young males. Ornitología Neotropical. PDF
Smith JAM, Regan K., Cooper, N.C., Johnson L., Baldwin E., Green A., Tash J., Evers D., Marra P.P. (2020) A green wave of saltmarsh productivity predicts the timing of the annual cycle in a long-distance migratory shorebird. Scientific Reports. PDF
Baker R. et al. (2020) Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. Science. 370:670-671. PDF
Smith JAM, Niles L., Feigin, S. (2020) Reduced horseshoe crab abundance and feeding activity beneath intertidal oyster aquaculture structures in the Delaware Bay. Biorxiv. PDF
Smith JAM, Niles L., Modjeski A., Hafner S., Dillingham T. (2020) Beach restoration improves habitat quality for American horseshoe crabs and shorebirds in the Delaware Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 645:91-107. PDF
Smith JAM, Hafner S., Niles L. (2017) The impact of past management practices on tidal marsh resilience to sea level rise in the Delaware Estuary. Ocean and Coastal Management 149:33-41. PDF
Smith JAM and Niles L. (2016) Are salt marsh pools suitable sites for restoration? Wetland Science and Practice. 33(4):101-109. PDF
Martin Bulla et al. (2016) Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds. Nature. 540:109-113. PDF
Burger J, Niles LJ, Dey AD, Dillingham T, Gates AS, Smith J (2015) An experiment to examine how Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa and other shorebirds respond to oyster culture at Reed’s Beach, Delaware Bay, New Jersey Wader Study. 122(2). PDF
Schweitzer DF, Garris JR, McBride AE, Smith JAM (2014) The current status of forest Macrolepidoptera in northern New Jersey forests: evidence for the decline of understory specialists. Journal of Insect Conservation. 18(4): 561-571. PDF
Supplementary material —
Appendix A: Species documentation
Appendix B: Tree feeding species
Appendix C: Understory feeding species
Appendix E: Operational taxonomic units that are possibly two species
Smith JAM (2013) The role of Phragmites australis in mediating inland salt marsh migration in a mid-Atlantic estuary. PLoS ONE 8(5): e65091 Link to article.
Renfrew RB, Kim D, Perlut N, Smith JAM, Fox J, Marra PP (2013) 9(8):1008-1019. Phenological matching across hemispheres in a long-distance migratory bird. Diversity and Distributions. PDF
Larson KW, Smith JAM, Merker SA, Reitsma LR (2013) Plasticity in the Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) First Pre-basic Molt. North American Bird Bander. 38(1):28-30. PDF
Smith JAM, Reitsma LR, Marra PP (2011) Influence of moisture and food supply on the movement dynamics of a nonbreeding migratory bird in a seasonal landscape. The Auk. 128(1):43-52. PDF Article summary @ Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Smith JAM, Reitsma LR,Marra PP (2011) Multiple space use strategies and their divergent consequences in a nonbreeding migratory songbird. The Auk. 128(1):53-60. PDF Article summary@ Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Smith JAM, Reitsma LR, Marra PP (2010) Moisture as a determinant of habitat quality for a nonbreeding neotropical migratory songbird. Ecology. 91:2874-2882. PDF Article summary@ Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Listed as one of the Nature Conservancy’s Top 100 publications between 2001-2010. [
Smith JAM, Reitsma LR, Rockwood LR, Marra PP (2008) Roosting behavior of a neotropical migrant songbird, the northern waterthrush, during the non-breeding season. Journal of Avian Biology. 39:460-465. PDF Article summary@ Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Niles L J, Smith JAM, Daly DF, Dillingham T. Shadel W, Dey A, Danihel MS, Hafner S, Wheeler D (2013) Restoration of horseshoe crab and migratory shorebird habitat on five Delaware Bay beaches damaged by Superstorm Sandy. PDF
Anderson MG, Smith JAM, Wilson BD (2011) Benthic habitats of the Delaware Bay. Report submitted to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation by the Nature Conservancy. PDF
Smith JAM and Katkowski M (2011) Delaware Bay salt marsh condition assessment. In Delaware River Basin Priority Conservation Areas and Recommended Conservation Strategies. Report submitted to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation by the Nature Conservancy.
Smith JAM and Kapatulik N (2011) Population estimation for Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetles at Monomoy NWR (2006-2010) and recommendations for modifying surveys to monitor larger beetle populations. Report submitted to USFWS New England Field Office.
I’m a regular contributor to the Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog. See my posts here .
I also have written a series of “bird of the month” posts at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Flower Specialist.
Bird of the Month, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. November 2009.
Canada Goose: Good for the Goose.
Bird of the Month, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. September 2009.
Willet: Conservation Success Story.
Bird of the Month, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. August 2009.
Bird of the Month, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. July 2009.
Rock Pigeon: Noble in its Proper Place.
Bird of the Month, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. June 2008.
Northern Waterthrush: Swamp Thing.
Bird of the Month, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. June 2007.