Bridget J. Stutchbury is a Canadian

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, currently a Distinguished Research Professor and

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in Ecology and Conservation Biology at

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. She is the author of the book '' Silence of the Songbirds'', finalist for the 2007

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for Non-fiction.

Education and early career

Bridget Stutchbury earned an M.Sc. at Queen's University and a Ph.D. at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

before going on to complete

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and

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work at the

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Awards and recognition

* Shortlisted for the

, 2007. * Shortlisted for the

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Nature Inspiration Awards, 2022.

List of works

Books

* '' Silence of the Songbirds'', Walker & Co., 2007, * ''The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds'', HarperCollins, 2011, * ''The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals the Intricacies of Avian Social Life'', Walker & Co., 2011,

Selected Journal Publications

* Horn, L., T. K. Remmel, B. J. M. Stutchbury. 2021. Weak evidence of carry-over effects of overwinter climate and habitat productivity on spring arrival of migratory songbirds at a northern stopover site. ''Ornithological Applications''. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duab012 * Albert, S., J. D. Wolfe, J. Kellerman, T. Sherry, B. J. M. Stutchbury, N. J. Bayly, A. Ruiz-Sánchez. 2020. Habitat ecology of Nearctic–Neotropical migratory landbirds on the nonbreeding grounds. ''Ornithological Applications''. 122: https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duaa055 * VanVliet, H., B. J. M. Stutchbury, A. E. M. Newman, and D. R. Norris. 2020. The impacts of agricultural intensification on an obligate grassland bird of North America. ''Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment'' 106696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106696 * Eng, M. L. Bridget J.M. Stutchbury, and Christy A. Morrissey. 2019. Neonicotinoid insecticide reduces fueling and delays migration in songbirds. ''Science'' 365: 1177-1180. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw9419 * Eng, M. B. J. M. Stutchbury, and C. Morrissey. 2017. Imidacloprid and chlorpyrifos insecticides impair migratory ability in a seed-eating songbird. ''Scientific Reports'', 7: ''15176'' https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15446-x * Stutchbury B. J. M, R. Siddiqui, K. Fraser K. 2016. Ecological causes and consequences of intra-tropical migration in long-distance migratory birds. Invited paper. ''American Naturalist'' 188, S28–S40 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26519254

References

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