Kathleen Wong, the communication specialist for the University of California's Natural Reserve System interviewed me about the role of jays in reforesting Santa Cruz Island after the removal of sheep and pigs.

I was asked to write a blog post for the BOU Blog. They regularly invite authors to provide lay summaries of their work for a broad audience to read. Here is what I wrote:
http://www.bou.org.uk/pesendorfer-seed-dispersal-corvids/_

The unique science blog, The Last Word on Nothing, featured a wonderful piece penned by the writer Sarah Gilman which summarizes our review paper on the role of corvid seed dispersal in tree population dynamics. Sarah also created two wonderful illustrations that capture aspects of the paper in vivid color.

Check it out here: 
http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2016/04/08/flying-forest/#more-11260

The official travel blog of Natural Habitat Adventures/WWF with a nice summary of the utility of corvid seed dispersal to habitat restoration.

Check it out here:
http://goodnature.nathab.com/remedy-for-deforestation-raven-replanters/_

Here is the third paper from my dissertation work, which is probably my favorite. Using more than 200 hours of observation, and with more than 800 caching observations, we show that seed dispersal rates and distances vary with acorn crop, and dispersal rates with territorial aggression. This has major implications for the role of masting behavior by trees, that affects seed dispersal directly, but also indirectly via social interactions that ultimately depend on population density which is driven by acorn crop.

Check the article out here: 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12501/full_

Exciting news! Our article that dissects the seed production behavior of valley oaks and describes how individual resource-limitation could interact with population-wide pollen limitation to drive masting has just been published in the well-respected Journal of Ecology. 

Find out more here: 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12554/full

Jason Goldman, a science writer for a number of magazines and blogs, wrote up this wonderful piece about our review paper. Great to see that our plan of spreading corvid fever seems to be working. No, but seriously, this is a detailed and fun account of our study and captures our fascination for the biology of these cheeky birds.

Check it out here:
http://conservationmagazine.org/2016/02/corvids-hold-the-key-to-saving-the-worlds-forests/#comments

A wonderfully detailed piece on our review paper was featured in Ars Technica this week. 

Read more here: 
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/corvids-could-save-forests-from-the-effects-of-climate-change/

A lovely, detailed write-up in Bird Watching Daily! 
http://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/blog/2016/02/05/the-true-value-of-crows-and-jays/

Hailing all the way from the UK, Earth Times provided this funny write-up about the serious consequences of corvid seed dispersal. 

Check it out here: 
http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/raven-nutcrackers-trees-crows/2905/_