PUBLISHED RESEARCH ARTICLES (* graduate student; † undergraduate student)
28. Contina A., Bossu C., Allen D.C, Wunder M.B, Ruegg KC. 2022. Genetic and ecological drivers of molt in a migratory bird. Scientific Reports 13, 814 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26973-7.
27. Rueda-Hernández R., Bossu C., Smith T.B., Contina A., Canales del Castillo R., Ruegg K., Hernández-Baños B.E. Winter connectivity and leap-frog migration in a migratory passerine. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9769. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9769.
26. Contina A, *Pierce A, *Yanco S, Bridge E, Kelly J, Wunder M. 2022. Application of stable isotopes to study movement ecology and diet variation in a migratory songbird. Journal of Field Ornithology 93(4). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.10.451926.
25. *Gochanour B., Fernandez-Lopez J., Contina A. 2022. abmR: an R package for agent-based model analysis of large-scale movements across taxa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14014
24. Yin, S., Xu, Y., de Jong M.C., Huisman M., Contina A., Prins H.T., Huang Z.Y., de Boer W.F. 2022. Habitat loss exacerbates pathogen spread: An agent-based model of avian influenza infection in migratory waterfowl. PLOS Computational Biology. 2022 Aug 18;18(8):e1009577.
23. *Sharp A., Contina A., Ruiz-Gutierrez V., Sillett S., Bridge E.S., *Besozzi E., *Muller J., Kelly J., Given A., Rushing C. 2023. The strength of migratory connectivity in Painted Buntings is spatial scale dependent and shaped by molting behavior. Journal of Field Ornithology, 94(1) https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00233-940107.
22. Turbek, S.P., Schield, D.R., Scordato, E.S., Contina, A., Da, X.W., Liu, Y., Liu, Y., Pagani‐Núñez, E., Ren, Q.M., Smith, C.C., Stricker, C.A., et al. 2022. A migratory divide spanning two continents is associated with genomic and ecological divergence. Evolution, 76(4), pp.722-736. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14448
21. Mahoney, S.M., Reudink, M.W., Contina, A., Roberts, K.A., Schabert, V.T., Gunther, E.G. and Covino, K.M., 2022. A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird. Journal of Avian Biology, 2022(3), p.e02957. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02957
20. Contina, A., Magozzi, S., Vander-Zanden, H. B., Bowen, G., Wunder, M. B. 2021. Optimizing stable isotope sampling design in movement ecology research. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(6), pp.1237-1249. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13840.
19. Magozzi, S., Bataille, C.P., Hobson, K.A., Wunder, W.B., Howa, J.D., Contina, A., Vander Zanden, H.B. and Bowen, G.J., 2021. Calibration chain transformation improves the comparability of organic hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(4), pp.732-747. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13556
18. Contina A, *Yanco SW, *Pierce AK, *DePrenger-Levin M, Wunder MB, Neophytou AM, Lostroh CP, Telford RJ, Benito BM, Chipperfield J, O’Hara RB, Carlson CJ. 2020. “Comment on ‘A global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate’, author Coro” Ecological Modelling: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109288
17. Parker, T., H. Fraser, S. Nakagawa, E. Gould, S. Griffith, P. Vesk, F. Fidler and 200+ co-authors in alphabetical order, including Contina, A. Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. Stage-1, Registered Report, passed peer review and granted in-principle acceptance March 2020. BMC Biology.
16.*Besozzi E., †Chew B., Allen D., Contina A. Stable isotope analysis of a migratory songbird aberrant feather. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. https://t.co/jx8OFDdYCt
15. Contina A, *Anderson C, *Hille D, *Oakley WF, Bridge ES, Kelly JF, Koch J, Jervis LL. Domesticating the Exotic? An Online Survey of Attitudes towards the International Wildlife Pet Trade. 2021 Conservation & Society. https://www.conservationandsociety.org.in//preprintarticle.asp?id=323185
14.†Gochanour B, Alcantara JL, *Cimprich P, Kelly JF, Contina A. 2022. Filling the gap: molting behavior of Colima Warblers and research opportunities for understudied North American songbirds. The Southwestern Naturalist, 65(3-4), pp.249-257. https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-65.3-4.249
13. Curry CM, Ross JD, Contina AJ, Bridge ES. 2018. Varying dataset resolution alters predictive accuracy of spatially explicit ensemble models for avian species distribution. Ecology & Evolution. 2018;00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4725
12. Contina A, Alcantara JL, Bridge ES, Ross JD, *Oakley WF, Kelly JF, Ruegg KC. 2018. Genetic structure of the Painted Bunting and its implications for conservation of migratory populations. Ibis https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12641
11. Contina A, Bridge ES, Ross JD, *Shipley JR, Kelly JF. 2018. Examination of Clock and Adcyap1 gene variation in a neotropical migratory passerine. PLoS One 13(1): e0190859. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190859
10. Zenzal TJ, Contina AJ, Kelly, JF, Moore FR. 2018. Temporal migration patterns between a Gulf Coast stopover site and natal locations of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Movement Ecology 6:2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-017-0120-2
9. Contina A, Bay R, Underwood VL, Smith TB, Bridge ES, Kelly JF, Ruegg KC. 2017. Characterization of SNPs markers for the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) and their relevance in population differentiation and genome evolution studies. Conservation Genetics Resources. https://doi:10.1007/s12686-017-0950-7
8. Bridge ES, Ross JD, Contina A, Kelly JF. 2017. Using Agent Based Models to Scale from Individuals to Populations. Aeroecology 259-275, Springer, book chapter.
7. Contina A, Bridge ES, Kelly JF. 2016. Exploring novel candidate genes from the Mouse Genome Informatics Database: potential implications for avian migration research. Integrative Zoology 11 (4), 240-249. https://DOI:10.1111/1749-4877.12199
6. Contina A, Harrigan RJ, Pollinger JP, Bridge ES, Kelly JF, and Smith TB. 2016 Genome-wide identification and characterization of simple sequence repeats in the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) for population and forensic analyses. Conservation Genetics Resources. Vol. 8, issue 1, doi:10.1007/s12686-016-0522-2.
5. Bridge ES, Ross JD, Contina A, and Kelly JF. 2015. Do molt-migrant songbirds optimize migration routes based on primary productivity? 2015. Behavioral Ecology https://doi:10.1093/beheco/arv199
4. Bridge ES, Kelly JF, Contina A, Gabrielson RM, MacCurdy RB, and Winkler DW. 2013. Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light-level geolocation. Journal of Field Ornithology 84(2): 121-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12011
3. Contina A, Bridge ES, Seavy NE, Duckles JM, and Kelly JF. 2013. Using geologgers to investigate bimodal isotope patterns in Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris). The Auk 130(2): 265-272. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.13003
2.*Shipley JR, Contina A, *Batbayar N, Bridge ES, Peterson AT, and Kelly JF. 2013. Niche conservatism and disjunct populations: a case study with Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris). The Auk 130:476-486. Featured on the journal cover. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.12151
1. Bridge ES, *Fudickar A, Kelly JF, Contina A, and Rohwer S. 2011. Divergent stable isotope signatures in the feathers of a population molt-migrant songbirds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89:951-959. https://doi.org/10.1139/z11-064