Education Background
 

B.S. Biology, University of New Hampshire
M.S. Wildlife Biology, University of Vermont
Ph.D. Student, University of Georgia

 

Curriculum Vitae


 

Research Focus 
Forest Songbird Communities in Southern Appalachian Forests

 

Project Summary

My research was focused on the Black-throated Blue Warbler breeding ecology and

population demography. I was interested in identifying factors that may explain why

this species is declining throughout most of its southern range. Additionally, I was interested in Black-throated Blue Warbler movement, particularly as it relates to gene flow and immigration/emigration to and from different breeding areas. My research takes place at the Long Term Ecological Research site located at the Coweeta Experimental Forest in southwestern North Carolina.

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Additional Information

Research is funded by NASA and Georgia Ornithological Society.

 

Publications

 

Cline, M. H. and J. L. Hatt. 2011. Idle lobster traps kill Blue Jays. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:181-183.

 

Cline, M. H. 2010. Correlates and consequences of breeding dispersal in the Black-throated blue Warbler. M.S. thesis. University of Vermont.

 

Cline, M. 2009. Sightings: Alabama's first mangrove cuckoo. Birding Magazine 41:6, p30.