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  1. Lifetime inclusive fitness effects of cooperative polygamy in the acorn woodpecker

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Eric L Walters

  2. Unraveling a paradox of habitat relationships: scale-dependent drivers of temporal occupancy-abundance relationships in a cooperatively breeding bird

    Article • Landscape Ecology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eric L Walters

  3. Fungal communities associated with acorn woodpeckers and their excavations

    Article • Fungal Ecology, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Eric L Walters

  4. Constructing social networks from automated telemetry data: A worked example using within‐ and across‐group associations in cooperatively breeding birds

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, November 2021, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  5. Subannual phenology and the effect of staggered fruit ripening on dispersal competition

    Article • Biotropica, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  6. Lifetime reproductive benefits of cooperative polygamy vary for males and females in the acorn woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus )

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2021, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Eric L Walters

  7. Are you my baby? Testing whether paternity affects behavior of cobreeder male acorn woodpeckers

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  8. Passerine birds as hosts for Ixodes ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in southeastern Virginia

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Eric L Walters

  9. Nest cavity reuse by the cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker

    Article • Ornithology, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  10. Workflow for constructing social networks from automated telemetry systems

    Article • November 2020, California Digital Library (CDL)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  11. Conservation and Ecology Of Woodpeckers. Foreword to the 8th International Woodpecker Conference Proceedings

    Article • Acta Ornithologica, October 2020, Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences

    Dr Eric L Walters

  12. Tracking the warriors and spectators of acorn woodpecker wars

    Article • Current Biology, September 2020, Elsevier

    Rebecca Brunner, Dr Eric L Walters

  13. Experimental evidence that acorn woodpeckers recognize relationships among third parties no longer living together

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  14. Correlates of bird collisions with buildings across three North American countries

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  15. Acorn woodpeckers vocally discriminate current and former group members from nongroup members

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  16. Wandering woodpeckers: foray behavior in a social bird

    Article • Ecology, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  17. First report of Candidatus Rickettsia mendelii in Ixodes brunneus from the United States

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Eric L Walters

  18. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

    Article • September 2019, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

    Dr Eric L Walters

  19. Does Helping-at-the-Nest Help? The Case of the Acorn Woodpecker

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, July 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Eric L Walters

  20. Habitat Saturation Results in Joint-Nesting Female Coalitions in a Social Bird

    Article • The American Naturalist, June 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Eric L Walters

  21. Urbanization and tick parasitism in birds of coastal southeastern Virginia

    Article • The Journal of Wildlife Management, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  22. Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  23. Eleven strategies for getting into graduate school in ecology & evolutionary biology

    Article • Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, November 2018, Queen's University Library

    Dr Eric L Walters

  24. Causes of seasonal decline in reproduction of the cooperatively-breeding acorn woodpecker

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  25. Wild acorn woodpeckers recognize associations between individuals in other groups

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Eric L Walters

  26. Artificial light at night confounds broad-scale habitat use by migrating birds

    Article • Ecology Letters, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  27. Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Eric L Walters

  28. Testing alternative hypotheses for the cause of population declines: The case of the Red-headed Woodpecker

    Article • Ornithological Applications, February 2017, Cooper Ornithological Society

    Dr Eric L Walters

  29. A novel nest-monitoring camera system using a Raspberry Pi micro-computer

    Article • Journal of Field Ornithology, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  30. Provisioning patterns in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: does feeding behaviour serve as a signal?

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Eric L Walters

  31. Local avian density influences risk of mortality from window strikes

    Article • PeerJ, June 2016, PeerJ

    Dr Eric L Walters

  32. Overcoming challenges to morphological and molecular identification ofEmpidonaxflycatchers: a case study with a Dusky Flycatcher

    Article • Journal of Field Ornithology, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  33. Acorn woodpeckers: Helping at the nest, polygynandry, and dependence on a variable acorn crop

    Article • January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Eric L Walters

  34. New Records ofIxodes affinis(Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Avian Hosts in Southeastern Virginia

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  35. Temporal variability and cooperative breeding: testing the bet-hedging hypothesis in the acorn woodpecker

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Eric L Walters

  36. Tree community shifts and Acorn Woodpecker population increases over three decades in a Californian oak woodland

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, August 2015, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Eric L Walters

  37. What We Don't Know, and What Needs to be Known, about the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus

    Article • Acta Ornithologica, December 2014, Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences

    Dr Eric L Walters

  38. Serotiny in California Oaks

    Article • Madroño, April 2014, California Botanical Society

    Dr Eric L Walters

  39. Cooperative Breeding and Long-Distance Dispersal: A Test Using Vagrant Records

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    Dr Eric L Walters

  40. An Experimental Study of Chick Provisioning in the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker

    Article • Ethology, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  41. Brooding, provisioning, and compensatory care in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  42. Age-related provisioning behaviour in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: testing the skills and the pay-to-stay hypotheses

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Eric L Walters

  43. Variable Helper Effects, Ecological Conditions, and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker

    Article • The American Naturalist, August 2011, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Eric L Walters

  44. Fitness consequences of within-brood dominance in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eric L Walters

  45. Effects of Gypsy Moth Outbreaks on North American Woodpeckers

    Article • Ornithological Applications, May 2011, Cooper Ornithological Society

    Dr Eric L Walters, Dr Andrew M Liebhold

  46. Quantifying Purported Competition with Individual- and Population-Level Metrics

    Article • Conservation Biology, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  47. Helpers and egg investment in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker: testing the concealed helper effects hypothesis

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Eric L Walters

  48. Estimate of Trichomonas gallinae-induced Mortality in Band-tailed Pigeons, Upper Carmel Valley, California, Winter 2006–2007

    Article • The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, September 2008, Wilson Ornithological Society

    Dr Eric L Walters

  49. A tale of two worlds: molecular ecology and population structure of the threatened Florida scrub-jay

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2008, Wiley

    Dr Eric L Walters

  50. Evaluating Support for the Resource‐Ratio Hypothesis: A Reply to Wilson et al.

    Article • The American Naturalist, May 2007, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Eric L Walters

  51. A Critical Review of Twenty Years’ Use of the Resource‐Ratio Theory

    Article • The American Naturalist, April 2005, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Eric L Walters

  52. Woodpeckers and utility pole damage

    Article • IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, March 2005, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  53. Small-scale patterns in community structure of Sarracenia purpurea inquilines

    Article • Community Ecology, November 2004, Akademiai Kiado

    Dr Eric L Walters

  54. Parasitic Helminths of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers (Melanerpes carolinus) from the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida

    Article • Journal of Parasitology, December 2002, JSTOR

    Dr Eric L Walters

  55. The Scientific Foundations of Habitat Conservation Plans: a Quantitative Assessment

    Article • Conservation Biology, April 2001, Wiley

    Dr Bret D. Elderd, Dr Eric L Walters

  56. Plumage, Size, and Sexual Dimorphism in the Queen Charlotte Islands Hairy Woodpecker

    Article • Ornithological Applications, February 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Eric L Walters

  57. Woodpeckers and utility pole damage

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Eric L Walters