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McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Bennett, R. E., Rosenberg, K. V., Fiss, C. J., Rohwer, V. G., ... & Larkin, J. L. (2026). Parental care assists fledglings in achieving adult‐like plumage and foraging behaviours in the Golden‐winged Warbler. Ibis.

Filiberti, E. N., Roth, A. M., Thogmartin, W. E., Royal, E. J., Aldinger, K. R., Bennett, R. E., et al. (2025). Apparent annual survival of adult Vermivora chrysoptera (Golden-winged Warbler) does not differ by sex or region. Ornithology, ukaf049.

Fiss, C. J., Cohen, J. B., Hodges, T. J., Shaffer, D. R., McNeil, D. J., & Larkin, J. L. (2025). Landscape-level canopy heterogeneity improves avian conservation value in Appalachian forests: Implications for dynamic forest restoration. Forest Ecology and Management, 597, 123124.

Kitzes, J., Chronister, L., Czarnecki, C., Fiss, C., Freeland‐Haynes, L., Goodman, B. D., ... & Viotti, L. (2025). Integrating AI models into ecological research workflows: The case of terrestrial bioacoustics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Fiss, C. J., Larkin, J. L., Chronister, L., Kitzes, J. 2025. Passive acoustic monitoring paired with dynamic occupancy models indicates benefits of even-aged forest management for Wood Thrush. Forest Ecology and Management, 595, 122974.

Larkin, J. T., Itter, M., Fiss, C. J., Chronister, L. M., Kitzes. J., Larkin. J. L., Larkin, H. P., McNeil, D. J., D'Amato, A. W., Akresh, M. E., King, D. I. 2025. Leveraging Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to elucidate forest structural conditions that influence eastern whip-poor-will abundance. Forest Ecology and Management, 595, 122988.

Czarnecki, C., Chronister, L., Fiss, C. J., Larkin, J. L., & Kitzes, J. 2025. Uncovering Breeding Habitat Use of an Uncommon Songbird in Pennsylvania Using Large Scale Acoustic Data. Wildlife Letters, 2(4), 169-178.

Larkin, J. T., McNeil, D. J., Chronister, L., Akresh, M. E., Cohen, E. B., D'Amato, A. W., Fiss, C. J., Kitzes, J., Larkin, J. L., Parker, H. A. and King, D. I., 2024. A large-scale assessment of eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) occupancy across a gradient of forest management intensity using autonomous recording units. Journal of Environmental Management, 366, p.121786.

Keele, E. C., Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Anderson, M., Thomas, N., Shaffer, D., & Larkin, J. L. (2024). Food availability aligns with contrasting demographics in populations of an at‐risk songbird. Ecology and Evolution, 14(7), e11557.

Fiss, C. J.,  Lapp, S., Cohen, J. B., Parker, H. P., Larkin, J. T., Larkin, J. L., & Kitzes, J. (2024). Performance of unmarked abundance models with data from machine-learning classification of passive acoustic recordings. Ecosphere, 15(8), e4954.

Larkin, J. T., Fiss, C. J., Parker, H. A., Tyree, M. C., Duchamp, J., Larkin, J. L., & McNeil, D. J. (2024). Over the river and through the woods: Multi-scale habitat associations of two at-risk bird species in riparian forests of the Central Appalachians. Forest Ecology and Management, 564, 121997.

McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Ruiz‐Gutierrez, V., Fiss, C. J., & Larkin, J. L. (2024). Heterogeneity in breeding productivity is driven largely by factors affecting nestlings and young fledglings in an imperiled migratory passerine. Ecology and Evolution, 14(5), e11327.

Rhinehart, T. A., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Larkin, J. L., Rodewald, A. D., Cohen, J., & Kitzes, J. (2024). Benefits of Golden-winged Warbler and Cerulean Warbler habitat restoration for non-target forest birds: An empirical examination of the focal species concept. Biological Conservation, 292, 110436.

Fuoco, K. B., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Bocetti, C. I., Fisher, G. B., & Larkin, J. L. (2024). Breeding season space use and habitat selection by Blue-winged Warblers in managed shrublands. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 19(1).

Miller, C. V., Bossu, C. M., Sarraco, J. F., Toews, D. P. L., Rushing, C. S., Roberto-Charron, A., Tremblay, J. A., Chandler, R. B., DeSaix, M. G., Fiss, C. J., Larkin, J. L., Haché, S., Nebel, S., & Ruegg, K. C. (2024). Genomics-informed conservation units reveal spatial variation in climate vulnerability in a migratory bird. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17199.

Lapp, S., Larkin, J.L.,  Parker, H. A., Larkin, J. T.,  Shaffer, D. R., Tett, C., McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., and Kitzes, J. (2023). Automated recognition of ruffed grouse drumming in field recordings. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 47(1). 

McNeil, D. J., Fisher, G., Fiss, C. J., Elmore, A. J., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Atkins, J. W., ... & Larkin, J. L. (2023). Using aerial LiDAR to assess regional availability of potential habitat for a conservation dependent forest bird. Forest Ecology and Management, 540.

Fiss, C.J. (2023). Avian Community and Species-Specific Response to Management Targeting Improvement of Forest Age-Class Diversity [Doctoral dissertation, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry].

Lott, C. A., Akresh, M. E., Costanzo, B. E., D’Amato, A. W., Duan, S., Fiss, C. J., ... & Larkin, J. L. (2021). Do Review Papers on Bird–Vegetation Relationships Provide Actionable Information to Forest Managers in the Eastern United States?. Forests, 12(8), 990.

Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Heggenstaller, D., & Larkin, J. L. (2021). Cross-scale habitat selection reveals within-stand structural requirements for fledgling Golden-winged Warblers. Avian Conserv. Ecol, 16, 16.

Strebel, N., Fiss, C. J., Kellner, K. F., Larkin, J. L., Kéry, M., & Cohen, J. (2021). Estimating abundance based on time‐to‐detection data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(5), 909-920.

Jones, T.M., Brawn, J.D., Ausprey, I.J., Vitz, A.C., Rodewald, A.D., Raybuck, D.W., Boves, T.J., Fiss, C.J., McNeil, D.J., Stoleson, S.H. and Larkin, J.L., (2020). Parental benefits and offspring costs reflect parent–offspring conflict over the age of fledging among songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(48), pp.30539-30546.

Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Duchamp, J. E., & Larkin, J. L. (2020). Post-fledging Golden-winged Warblers require forests with multiple stand developmental stages. The Condor, 122(4), duaa052.

McNeil, D. J., Rodewald, A. D., Robinson, O. J., Fiss, C. J., Rosenberg, K. V., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., ... & Larkin, J. L. (2020). Regional abundance and local breeding productivity explain occupancy of restored habitats in a migratory songbird. Biological Conservation, 245, 108463.

Rushing, C. S., Rohrbaugh, R. W., Fiss, C. J., Rosenberry, C. S., Rodewald, A. D., & Larkin, J. L. (2020). Long-term variation in white-tailed deer abundance shapes landscape-scale population dynamics of forest-breeding birds. Forest Ecology and Management, 456, 117629.

Can, M. J., Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., & Larkin, J. L. (2019). Space use by Prairie Warblers in regenerating mixed-oak forests of central Pennsylvania. Northeastern Naturalist, 26(4), 835-848.

Lott, C. A., Akresh, M. E., Elmore, A. J., Fiss, C. J., Fitzpatrick, M. C., Joos, C. J., ... & Larkin, J. L. (2019). What evidence exists for landbird species-environment relationships in eastern temperate and boreal forests of North America? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence, 8, 1-9.

McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Rodewald, A. D., & Larkin, J. L. (2019). Facultative polygamy may influence post-fledging movements in a brood-splitting passerine. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 131(1), 173-178.

Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Rodríguez, F., Rodewald, A. D., & Larkin, J. L. (2019). Hail-induced nest failure and adult mortality in a declining ground-nesting forest songbird. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 131(1), 165-170.

McNeil, D. J., Fiss, C. J., Wood, E. M., Duchamp, J. E., Bakermans, M., & Larkin, J. L. (2018). Using a natural reference system to evaluate songbird habitat restoration. Avian Conservation & Ecology, 13(1).

Matthews, A. E., Klimov, P. B., Proctor, H. C., Dowling, A. P., Diener, L., Hager, S. B., Larkin, J. L., Raybuck, D. W., Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J. and Boves, T. J., (2018). Cophylogenetic assessment of New World warblers (Parulidae) and their symbiotic feather mites (Proctophyllodidae). Journal of Avian Biology, 49(3), pp.jav-01580.

Fiss, C. J. (2018). Multiscale habitat selection and movement of fledgling golden-winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) in two managed mixed-oak forest communities of Northern Pennsylvania. [Master's Thesis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania].

Itgen, M. W., D. J. McNeil, C. J. Fiss. (2017). Eurycea longicauda (Long-tailed Salamander) Color Aberration. Herpetological Review, 48(4), 826-827. 

Hofmann, E.P., C. J. Fiss, K. E. Johnson, F. Rodriguez, J. T. Larkin, J. L. Larkin, and J. H. Townsend. (2016). Inventario preliminar de herpetofauna de la Reserva Silvestre Privada El Jaguar (Nicaragua: Depto. Jinotega). Revista Nicaraguense de Biodiversidad 7:1–19. 

Fiss, C. J., McNeil, D. J., Poole, R. E., Rogers, K. M., & Larkin, J. L. (2016). Prolonged interspecific care of two sibling Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) by a Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 128(4), 921-926.