Journal Articles
Owen, K. C., K. R. Schweighardt, and E. Peacock. 2023. Radio Telemetry Reveals Two Cases of Predation on Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni). Northeastern Naturalist 30(2), N23-N30. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.030.0209
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D. R. de Zwaan, A. Huang, Q. McCallum, K. C. Owen, M. Lamont, and W. Easton. 2022. Mass gain and stopover dynamics among migrating songbirds are linked to seasonal, environmental, and life-history effects. Ornithology 139(4):ukac027. https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/139/4/ukac027/6609548
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Owen, K. C. and D. J. Mennill. 2021. Singing in a fragmented landscape: wrens in a tropical dry forest show sex differences in the effects of neighbours, time of day, and time of year. Journal of Ornithology 162(3):881-893. https://rdcu.be/ciLp9
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Owen, K. C., A. D. Melin, F. A. Campos, L. M. Fedigan, T. W. Gillespie, and D. J. Mennill. 2020. Bioacoustic analyses reveal that bird communities recover with forest succession in tropical dry forests. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15(1):25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01615-150125
Conference Presentations
Owen, K. C., M. L. Mallory, N. R. McLellan, J. J. Nocera, "Why did the sparrow cross the dyke? Trade-offs for a saltmarsh specialist breeding in human-made dykelands" Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biology, Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Fall 2023). **Awarded Best Presentation - Second Place**
Owen, K. C., M. L. Mallory, N. R. McLellan, J. J. Nocera, "Why did the sparrow cross the dyke? Trade-offs for a saltmarsh specialist breeding in human-made dykelands" Joint meeting of the American Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists - Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, London, Ontario (Summer 2023).
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Owen, K. C., M. L. Mallory, N. R. McLellan, J. J. Nocera "How colonial history changed breeding patterns of the Acadian Nelson's Sparrow" Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biology fall meeting. Fredericton, New Brunswick (October 2022).
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Owen, K. C., M L.. Mallory, N. R. McLellan, J. J. Nocera "How colonial history changed breeding patterns of the Acadian Nelson's Sparrow in the Canadian Maritimes" Association of Field Ornithologists annual meeting. Plymouth, Massachusetts (October 2022).
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Owen, K. C. "Advice to pre-college students." Pre-college student event at the Northeast Natural History Conference and joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and Wilson Ornithological Society (Spring 2021).
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Owen, K. C. and D. J. Mennill. "Bird communities in an endangered tropical ecosystem: a bioacoustic approach to monitoring forest recovery." Association of Field Ornithologists and Wilson Ornithological Society Joint Meeting, Cape May, New Jersey (Fall 2019). **Awarded Best Oral Presentation - First Place**
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Owen, K. C. and D. J. Mennill. "Bird communities in an endangered tropical ecosystem: a bioacoustic approach to monitoring forest recovery." Society of Canadian Ornithologists - Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, Québec City, Québec (Summer 2019).
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Invited Speaker
Media Appearances & Pop Sci Articles
Nature Moncton, April 18, 2023. "How colonial history changed breeding patterns of the Acadian Nelson's Sparrow."
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Mount Allison University, April 5, 2023. "Advice to undergraduate students from a PhD student."
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Memorial University of Newfoundland, April 12, 2023. "Tips for success beyond academia."
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Chignecto Naturalist Club, January 16, 2023. "How colonial history changed breeding patterns of the Acadian Nelson's Sparrow."
Nature Miramichi, January 3, 2023. "How colonial history changed breeding patterns of the Acadian Nelson's Sparrow."
Black Duck Joint Venture meeting, November 8, 2022. "Waterfowl use of impoundments in Southeastern New Brunswick."
Atlantic Migratory Game Bird Tech Committee, October 19, 2022. "Waterfowl use of impoundments and the effectiveness of drawdowns."
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Canadian Migration Monitoring Network, March 25, 2022. "The importance of a refueling site to migratory songbirds revealed with a decade of banding data."
Ontario Bird Banding Association, March 20, 2022. "The importance of a refueling site to migratory songbirds revealed with a decade of banding data."
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British Columbia Institute of Technology, March 10, 2022. "What is the value of human-created habitats?"
ECCC Youth Council, March 1, 2022. "Advice to Future Scientists."
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Nature Miramichi, May 4, 2021. "Tracking forest recovery through bird sounds."
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Wilson Ornithological Society pre-college student event, April 16, 2021. "Advice to pre-college students."
University of Saskatchewan, February 19, 2021."Bioacoustic monitoring of bird communities and behaviour in fragmented and regenerating tropical dry forests."
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British Columbia Institute of Technology, February 2 and 12, 2021 "Advice to Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Students, a decade later."
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University of Brasília, October 7, 2020. "Bioacoustic monitoring of bird communities in tropical dry forests of Costa Rica."
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Nature Vancouver, September 4, 2020. "Bird sound ID workshop: identifying birds by sounds and spectrograms."
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WildResearch, July 9, 2020. "Bird sound ID workshop: identifying birds by sounds and spectrograms."
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Chignecto Naturalist Club, January 2, 2019."Birds, behaviour, and bioacoustics: research in the tropical dry forests of Costa Rica."
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de Zwaan, D. R., K. Owen, A. Huang. "The race to refuel: using community science to understand stopover behaviour in migrating songbirds." BC Nature. Fall 2022.
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Journal Reviews
I have completed reviews for the following journals:
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Ecology and Evolution
Avian Conservation and Ecology
Ecological Indicators
PLOSone
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For more info, check out my Publons profile.