Renee Robinette Ha
Behavioral Ecology and Foraging Behavior of Corvids
Publications and Presentations

Publications on Corvids

Robinette, R.L. and J.C. Ha. 1997. The significance of fishing behavior by Northwestern crows. Wilson
        Bulletin 109:748-749.

Robinette, R., Crockett, C. 1999.  Bald eagle predation on crows in the Puget Sound Region.

        Northwestern Naturalist 80:70-71.

Robinette, R., Ha, J.  2000.  Beach-foraging behavior of Northwestern crows as a function of

        tide height.    Northwestern Naturalist 81:18-21.

Robinette, R., Ha, J.  2001.  Social and Ecological Factors InfluencingVigilance by Northwestern Crows (Corvus
        caurinus).  Animal Behaviour 62: 447-552.

Ha, R.R., Bentzen, P., Marsh, J., Ha, J.C.  2003.  Kinship and association in social foraging
        northwestern crows (Corvus caurinus)
.  Bird Behavior, 15, 65-75.


Ha, R.R., Ha, J.C.  2003.  Effects of prey type, prey density and energy requirements on the use

        of alternative foraging tactics in crows.
  Animal Behaviour, 66, 309-316.


Papers Submitted on Corvids

No pending papers


Publications in Preparation on Corvids: These are papers for which complete manuscripts are undergoing in-house editorial revision before submission. This list does not include data for which no manuscript has been prepared.

Ha, R.R., Walsh, H., Diniz, F.M., Bentzen, P.  The biogeography of north american crows based
          on control region mtDNA.  In prep.


Scientific Presentations

Robinette, R. and J.C. Ha. 1995. Beach foraging behavior of American crows as a function of tide height. Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, July 8-13, 1995.

Robinette, R. and J.C. Ha. 1996. The relationship between tide height, prey density, foraging efficiency in beach-foraging American crows. Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, August 3-9, 1996.

Ha, J.C. and R.L. Robinette. 1997. Beach foraging crows I: Ecological and behavioral determinants of patch departure. Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, June 21-26, 1997.

Robinette, R.L. and J.C. Ha. 1997. Beach foraging crows II: Social foraging. Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, June 21-26, 1997.

Robinette, R.L. and J.C. Ha. 1998. Evidence for multiple factors influencing vigilance. Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, July 18-22, 1998. WINNER: 1998 Founders' Memorial Poster Award

Robinette, R.L. and J.C. Ha. 1998. Successful scrounging by beach-foraging Northwestern Crows (Corvus caurinus). Foraging/98: Nervous Systems to Ecosystems, July 21-24, 1998.

Robinette, R. L.  2000.  The ecology of payoffs in a producer-scrounger system.  Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, August 5-9, 2000.

Robinette, R.L.  2001.  Kin Discrimination in Food Stealing By Northwestern Crows (Corvus caurinus).  Meeting of the International Ethological Conference, August 22-29, 2001.