(* indicates Colby student co-author)
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2021 Review of Birds of Maine, Ornithology 138: 1-2. reprint
SABR_Poster_Herb_Wilson_Logistic_Models_Batting_Splits.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2018. Closing the loop: autumn departure dates of Maine migratory breeding birds. Environ. Anal. Ecol. Studies 4(2):.reprint
Dougherty, P. E.* and W. H. Wilson, Jr. 2018. Evidence for a relationship between the movements of Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) and American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis). The Open Ornithology Journal. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2017. The dynamics of arrivals of Maine migratory breeding birds: results from a 24-year study. Biology 6 (38), doi:10.3390/biology6040038. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and B. Brown. 2017. Winter movements of Sitta canadensis L. (Red-breasted Nuthatch) in New England and beyond: A multiple-scale analysis. North. Natur. 24 (sp. 7): B135-B146. reprint
Wilson, Jr, W. H. 2017. Nestor Chylak. pp. 11-13 in The SABR Book of Umpires and Umpiring. Eds. L. R. Gerlach and B. Nowlin, Society for American Baseball Research, Phoenix, AZ. reprint
Wilson, Jr. W. H. 2013. A deeper statistical examination of arrival dates of migratory breeding birds in relation to global climate change. Biology 2(2): 742-754. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2012. Spring arrivals of Maine migratory breeding birds: response to an extraordinarily warm spring. North. Natur. 19:691-697. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and B. Brown. 2012. Fidelity and interseasonal movments of Purple Finches (Carpodacus purpureus): analysis of band re-encounter data. Open Ornith. J. 5:61-72. reprint
Lord, J. P.*, Lyczkowski, E. R.* and W. H. Wilson, Jr. 2011. Behavior and microhabitat selection of the tortoiseshell limpet Testudinalia testudinalis in the northwest Atlantic intertidal zone. J. exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.407: 234-240. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2011. Book Review: Bird Migration and Global Change. Condor 113: 469-470. reprint
Flanagan, S. P.*, W. H. Wilson, K. L. Jones, and S. L. Lance. 2010. Development and characterization of twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Bog Copper, Lycaena epixanthe. Conserv. Genetics Res. 2:159-61. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2009. Variability of arrival dates of Maine migratory breeding birds: implications for detecting climate change. North. Natur. 16:443-54. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2008. Winter movements of Common Redpolls and Pine Siskins within and between winters. N. A. Bird Bander 33: 169-173.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2008. The behavior of the seaside dragonlet Erythrodiplax berenice (Odonata: Libellulidae) in a Maine salt marsh. North. Natur. 14: 465-468. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2007. Spring arrival dates of Maine migratory breeding birds: sensitivity to climate change. Wilson J. Ornith. 119: 665-677. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2006. Evidence of flock fidelity in Common Redpolls and Pine Siskins. N. A. Bird Bander 31: 105-109. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2003. Perching orientation of Seaside Dragonlets (Erythrodiplax berenice) in a Maine salt marsh. Argia 15: 81-82.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2002. Population and individual responses of Red-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta canadensis) to supplemental food in central Maine. N. A. Bird Bander 27: 59-54. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 2001. The effects of supplemental feeding on wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapilla) in central Maine: population and individual responses. Wilson Bull. 113:65-72. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. , D. Kipervaser* and S. A. Lilley*. 2000. Spring arrival dates of Maine migratory breeding birds: 1994-1997 vs. 1899-1911. North. Natur. 7:1-6. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1999. Bird feeding and irruptions of northern finches: are migrations short-stopped? N.A. Bird Bander 24:113-121. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1999. The northward expansion of the Tufted Titmouse in Maine. North. Natur. 6:231-237. reprint
Burtt, Jr., E. H., and Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1999. A survey of undergraduate ornithology courses in North America. Wilson Bull. 111:287-293. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H., R. E. Zierzow* and A. R. Savage*. 1998. Habitat selection by peatland birds in a central Maine bog: the effects of scale and year. J. Field Ornith. 69:540-548. reprint
Brown, B. and W. H. Wilson, Jr. 1997. The role of commercial digging of mudflats as an agent for change of infaunal intertidal populations. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 218: 49-61. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and E. R. Vogel*. 1997. The foraging behavior of Semipalmated Sandpipers in the upper Bay of Fundy: stereotyped or prey-sensitive? Condor 99:206-210. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H., A. Savage* and R. Zierzow*. 1997. Arrival dates of migratory breeding birds in Maine: results from a volunteer network. North. Natur. 4:83-92. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1996. Palm Warbler. In Birds of North America, eds. Alan Poole and Frank Gill, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 235, 20 pp.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and K. B. Parker*. 1996. Life history of the amphipod Corophium volutator: the effects of temperature and predation. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 201: 2349-250. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. The distribution of wintering birds in central Maine: the interactive effects of landscape and bird feeders. J. Field Ornith. 65:512-519. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. Western Sandpiper. In Birds of North America, eds. Alan Poole and Frank Gill, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 90, 20 pp.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. Dispersal of soft-bottom benthos: migration through the water column or through the sediment? Pages 302-312 in Wilson, W. H., Jr., S. A. Stricker, and G. L. Shinn, editors. Reproduction and Development of Marine Invertebrates. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1994. The effects of episodic predation by migratory shorebirds in Grays Harbor, Washington. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 177:15-25. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1993. Conservation of stop-over areas for migratory waders: Grays Harbor, Washington. Wader Study Group Bull. 67: 37-40. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1991. The foraging ecology of migratory shorebirds in marine soft-sediment communities: the effects of episodic predation on prey populations. Amer. Zool. 31:840-848. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and B. Brown. 1991. Introduction to the symposium: trends in soft-sediment ecology during the period 1970-1989. Amer. Zool. 31:785-788. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1991. The importance of epibenthic predation and ice disturbance in a Bay of Fundy mudflat. Ophelia Suppl. 5:507-514.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1991. Sexual reproductive modes in polychaetes: classification and diversity. Bull. Mar. Sci. 48:500-516. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1990. Relationship between prey abundance and foraging site selection by Semipalmated Sandpipers on a Bay of Fundy mudflat. J. Field Ornith. 61:9-19. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1990. Competition and predation in marine soft-sediment communities. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 21:221-241. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1989. Predation and the mediation of intraspecific competition in an infaunal community in the Bay of Fundy. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 133: 221-245. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1988. Shifting zones in a Bay of Fundy soft-sediment community: patterns and processes. Ophelia 29: 227-245.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1988. Methods of measuring wader abundance. Wader Study Group Bull. 54:49-50. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. and R. E. Ruff. 1988. Species profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (North Atlantic): sandworm and bloodworm. U. S. Fish. Wildl Serv. Biol. Rep. 82(11.80): 1-23.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1986. Development of egg masses of a polychaete: environmental risks of benthic protective development. Ecology 67: 810-815. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1986. Importance of predatory infauna in marine soft-sediment communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 32: 35-40. reprint
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1985. Food limitation of asexual reproduction in a spionid polychaete. Intern. J. Invert. Reprod. Devel. 8: 61-65.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1984. An experimental analysis of spatial competition in a dense infaunal community: the importance of relative effects. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 18: 673-684.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1984. Non-overlapping distributions of spionid polychaetes: the relative importance of habitat and competition. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 75:119-127.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1983. Life history evidence for sibling species in Axiothella rubrocincta (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). Mar. Biol. 76: 297-300.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1983. The role of density dependence in a marine infaunal community. Ecology 64: 295-306. reprint
Wilson, Jr. W. H. 1981. Sediment-mediated interactions in a densely populated infaunal assemblage: the effects of the polychaete Abarenicola pacifica. J. Mar. Res. 39: 735-748.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1980. A laboratory investigation of the effect of a terebellid polychaete on the survivorship of nereid polychaete larvae. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 46: 73-80.
Wilson, Jr., W. H. 1979. Community structure and species diversity of the sedimentary reefs constructed by Petaloproctus socialis (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). J. Mar. Res. 37: 623-641.