Mike Akresh, Ph.D.

Wildlife Biologist and Applied Ecologist. Core Faculty at Antioch University New England. Research Affiliate at UMass Amherst.

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

New videos about Antioch University's Environmental Studies program for graduate students! Check it out here:
Trailer: https://t.co/F2u8C4rzFU
Longer version: https://t.co/qPBhdkmwvM
Please share widely! @AntiochNewEng @AntiochU

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Nice article in the Bahamian 'The Tribune' paper, highlighting #ecotourism in the country and some of our Kirtland's Warbler work. https://t.co/O7QJaKMilQ

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

An update on our NH wood thrush tagging project: https://t.co/bHq6emtV7S

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

Sharing a new collaborative opinion paper on how forest management conserves biodiversity in the eastern US. Read more here: https://t.co/8LB6apsaQG
@AECheeseman @AntiochNewEng @usfs_nrs
@NWF #ornithology #ecology @Forests_MDPI

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

'Habitat University', an extension/outreach podcast, picked up my @ESAEcosphere meta-analysis article on forest and shrubland #birds in relation to forest management. Listen to the podcast here (under MP3):
https://t.co/0SnKRueN5h

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

O2/02 Exploring the misty mountains of St. Vincent 🇻🇨, home to the rare Whistling Warbler. After the 2021 La Soufrière eruptions 🌋, a research team began studying how the eruptions impacted this bird & others. Two years later, this is what they found: https://t.co/J7eDL3yGh2

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

01/02 Exploring the misty mountains of St. Vincent 🇻🇨, home to the rare Whistling Warbler. After the 2021 La Soufrière eruptions 🌋, a research team began studying how the eruptions impacted this bird & others. Two years later, this is what they found: https://t.co/J7eDL3yGh2

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

New paper out, led by Andrew Gordon, on prairie warbler colonization and extinction in relation to management in southeastern MA! #birds #ornithology Read more here: https://t.co/IbRQLupneA

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

Got to see the comet (Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) last night in Western Mass.! Support #science! @DHTheWeatherNut

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Our Kirtland's warbler home range paper was also in the news recently, see more here:

https://t.co/lzA60HbI9g

#birds #ornithology #Bahamas #conservation

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Our Wood Thrush tagging work also highlighted here: https://t.co/xSEqOJWiTa

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

Our Wood Thrush tagging work with NH Audubon and USFWS was picked up by a few other news outlets this summer, including the Boston Globe!:

https://t.co/YpWqRukzp0

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

Sharing our new @Ecol_Evol paper! - the first to examine niche space of #bird nest materials. We found limited niche overlap in nest composition among species. Co-authored by @AntiochNewEng MS students and @usfs_nrs. #ornithology #ecology Read more here: https://t.co/kizBROqnnW

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New publication on home range size and overlap in Kirtland's Warblers in The Bahamas! KIWAs have relatively large home ranges overall, yet hone in on fruit resources later in the dry season. #ornithology Read more here: https://t.co/UIx1F4eeqc

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I had fun at the @BirdsCaribbean conference in the DR last week! #BirdsCarib24DR #birds

[Association of Field Ornithologists @FieldOrnith]

If you’re interested in research about avian reproduction and nest success, you cannot miss this paper by @MikeAkresh et. al.

Read it for free on the JFO website: https://t.co/t3sCyBygli

#JournalofFieldOrnithology #birdnest #nestling #nestpredation #ornithology

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Looking forward to giving talks today on recent non-breeding research on Kirtland's Warblers at the @BirdsCaribbean conference in the DR! In collaboration with students and staff from USFS, @BNTBahamas, Univ. of Bahamas, @ABCbirds, and @AntiochNewEng #BirdsCarib24DR #birds

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

JT Larkin at @UMassECo led a new study with co-authors looking at eastern whip-poor-will habitat associations across the eastern US, using >1250 ARUs! @OpenAcoustics @usfs_nrs #audiomoth #birds #ornithology #MachineLearning See the published paper here: https://t.co/vpE1WJ5fHA

[Birds Caribbean @BirdsCaribbean]

The transboundary Grenadines were hit by Hurricane Beryl with such ferocity that these islands experienced unparalleled destruction. Today Orisha Joseph of @sus_gren recounts her experience.

Read the blog & find out how to support recovery efforts
👉🏽 https://t.co/shgW4IrvME

[Mike Akresh, Ph.D. @MikeAkresh]

Excited to a have new paper out in JFO @FieldOrnith examining edge effects on nest survival for shrubland and forest #birds! Worked with former Antioch @AntiochNewEng MS student Savannah McInvale on this meta-analysis. #ornithology Read the paper here:
https://t.co/ZLfVJO0tZP

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Tagged some more wood thrush yesterday! Here's a few articles about the work #ornithology :

https://t.co/HoHfgPpAph

https://t.co/DHB014b6fA