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Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology.

The series seeks especially to review:

(1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or

(2) newly emerging fields that are gaining recognition as the result of recent discoveries or shifts in perspective, or

(3) fields in which students of vertebrates may benefit from comparisons of birds with other classes.

Current Ornithology, Volume 17

Editor: Charles Thompson

2010

Contents:

• Impaired predator evasion in the life-history of birds: behavioural and physiological adaptations to reduced flight ability - J. Lind, S. Jakobsson and C. Kullberg
• Dietary Calcium Availability and Reproduction in Birds - S. J. Reynolds and C. Perrins
• Seasonal Metabolic Variation in Birds: Functional and Mechanistic Correlates- D.L. Swanson
• Assessing Cause-Effect Relationships in Environmental Accidents: Harlequin Ducks and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill- J. A. Wiens, R. H. Day, S. M. Murphy, and M. A. Fraker

Current Ornithology, Volume 16

Editor: Val Nolan and Charles Thompson

2001

Contents:

• Avian colonialty: progress and problems - Charles R. Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown
• Begging in nestling birds - Amber E. Budden and Jonathan Wright
• Ecological aspects of neophobia and neophilia in birds - Russell Greenberg and Claudia Mettke-Hofmann
• Avian quantitative genetics - Juha Merila and Ben C. Sheldon
• Male parental care and paternity - Linda A. Whittingham and Peter O. Dunn
• Physiological ecology and behavoir of desert birds - Joseph B. Williams
• Reproductive energy expenditure, intraspecfic variation and fitness in birds - Tony D. Williams and Francois Vezina

Current Ornithology, Volume 15

Editor: Val Nolan, Ellen D. Ketterson and Charles F. Thompson

1999

Contents:

• A search for environmental cues used by birds in survival of cold winters - Cynthia Carey and William R. Dawson
• Differential migration revisited: latitudinal segregation by age and sex class - Daniel A. Cristol, Mitchell B. Baker and Chris Carbone
• Grit use by birds: a review - James P. Gionfriddo and Louis B. Best
• Demographic processes and population dynamic models of seabirds: implications forconservation and restoration - Nadav Nur and William J. Sydeman
• Informed dispersal: prospecting by birds for breeding sites - J. Michael Reed, Thierry Boulinier, Etienne Danchin and Lewis W. Oring
• Mechanistic approaches to the investigation of edge effects on avian productivity - Donald Edward Winslow

Current Ornithology, Volume 14

Editor: Val Nolan, Ellen D. Ketterson and Charles F. Thompson

1997

Contents:

• Physiological, ecological, and evolutionary bases for the avoidance of chemical irritants by birds - L. Clark
• Temporal flexibility in avian reproduction: patterns and mechanisms - T.P. Hahn, T. Boswell, J.C. Wingfield and G.F. Ball
• Sexual selection and the evolution of song repertoires S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton
• Social dominance in birds: early findings and new horizons - W.H. Piper
• Energy management in passerine birds during the nonbreeding season: a review - V.V. Pravosudov and T.C. Grubb
• Motor correlates of vocal diversity in songbirds - R.A. Suthers and F. Goller

Current Ornithology, Volume 13

Editor: Val Nolan and Ellen D. Ketterson

1996

Contents:

• Social cognition: are primates smarter than birds - P. Marler
• Predicting cognitive capacity from natural history: examples from four species of corvids - R.P. Balda, A.C. Kamil and P.A. Bednekoff
• Assessing body condition in birds - M.E. Brown
• Avian chemical defence - J.P. Drumbacher and S. Pruett-Jones
• Past and current attempts to evaluate the role of birds as predators of insect pests in temperate agriculture - D.A. Kirk, M.D. Evenden and P. Mineau
• An evolutionary approach to ofsspring desertion in birds - T. Székely, J.N. Webb, A.I. Houston and J.M. McNamara

Current Ornithology, Volume 12

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1995

Contents:

• Testosterone and polygyny in birds - L.D. Beletsky, D.F. Gori, S. Freeman and J.C. Wingfield
• Using migratory counts to monitor landbird populations: review and evaluation of current status - E.H. Dunn and D.J.T. Hussell
• Ptilochronology: a review and prospectus - T.C. Grubb, Jr.
• Individual voice discrimination in birds - M.M. Lambrechts and A.A. Dhondt
• The evolution of bird coloration and plumage elaboration: a review of hypotheses - U.M. Savalli
• Hatching asynchrony and the onset of incubation in birds, revisited: what is the critical period? - S.H. Stoleson and S.R. Beissinger

Current Ornithology, Volume 11

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1993

Contents:

• Population trends in grassland, shrubland, and forest birds in eastern North America - R.A. Askins
• The habitat concept in ornithology: Theory and applications - W.M. Block and L. A. Brennan
• Nonbreeding social organization in migratory and resident birds - E. Matthysen
• Predation and limitation of bird numbers - I. Newton
• Sibling competition, hatching asynchrony, incubation period, and lifespan in altricial birds - R.E. Ricklefs

Current Ornithology, Volume 10

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1993

Contents:

• The role of phylogenetic history in the evolution of contemporary avain mating and parental care systems - J.D. Ligon
• Trophic structure of raptor communities: a three-continent comparison and synthesis - C.D. Marti, E. Korpimäki and F.M. Jaksi
• Matrix methods for avian demography - D.B. McDonald and H. Caswell
• Nocturnality in colonial waterbirds: occurrence, special adaptations, and suspected benefits - R. McNeil, P. Drapeau and R. Pierotti
• Latitudinal gradients in avian species diversity and the role of long-distance migration - K.N. Rabenold
• Evolution of avian ontogenies - J.M. Starck

Current Ornithology, Volume 9

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1992

Contents:

• The causes of extinction of the Passenger Pigeon - E.H. Bucher
• Population regulation of seabird colonies - D.K. Cairns
• The effects of investigator disturbance on nesting birds - F. Götmark
• Analyzing quantitative relationships between seabirds and marine resource patches - J.C. Haney and A.R. Solow
• Interaction of nest predation and food limitation in reproductive strategies - T.E. Martin
• Wood-warbler song systems. A review of paruline singing behaviors - D.A. Spector

Current Ornithology, Volume 8

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1991

Contents:

• A review of New Zealand ornithology - A.J. Baker
• Avian radioecology - I.L. Brisbin, Jr.
• Facultative manipulation of sex ratios in birds. Rare or rarely observed? - P.A. Gowaty
• Enemy recognition and response in birds - I.G. McLean and G. Rhodes
• Parasites and sexual selection in a New Guinea avifauna - S.G. Pruett-Jones, M.A. Pruett-Jones and H.I. Jones
• Deceit of mating status in passerine birds. An evaluation of the deception hypothesis - H. Temrin
• Age-specific foraging proficiency in birds - J.M. Wunderlee

Current Ornithology, Volume 7

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1990

Contents:

• Population declines in migratory birds in eastern North America - R.A. Askins, J.F. Lynch and R. Greenberg
• Avian energy storage - C.R. Blem
• Survival rates and their relationship to life- history traits in some common British birds - A. Dobson
• Food storing in birds: an evolutionary perspective - H. Källander and H.G. Smith
• Nonbreeding social organization in Parus - E. Matthysen
• Age-specific variation in reproductive performance of birds - B-E. Sæther
• The evolution of coloniality - D. Siegel-Causey and S.P. Kharitonov
• The ecology and evolution of extra-pair copulations in birds - D.F. Westneat, P.W. Sherman and M.L. Morton

Current Ornithology, Volume 6

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1989

Contents:

• Mortality patterns, sex ratios, and parental investment in monogamous birds - R. Breitwisch
• The evolution of conspicuous and distinctive coloration for communication in birds - G.S. Butcher and S. Rohwer
• Atmospheric structure and avian migration - P. Kerlinger and F. R. Moore
• Passerine migration between the Palearctic and Africa - G.I. Lövei
• Biology and conservation of the California Condor - N.F.R. Snyder and H. A. Snyder
• Olfactory orientation by birds - J.A. Waldvogel

Current Ornithology, Volume 5

Editor: Dennis M. Power

1988

Contents:

• Form and function in avian flight - J.M.V. Rayner
• Magnetic orientation in birds - W. Wiltschko and R. Wiltschko
• Temporal patterns of pair formation and reproduction in annual cycles and associated endocrinology in waterfowl - C.K. Bluhm
• Female-biased philopatry, monogamy, and the timing of pair formation in migratory waterfowl - F.C. Rohwer and M. G. Anderson
• Colony formation in birds - S.P. Kharitonov and D. Siegel-Causey
• Mitochondrial DNA of birds - G.F. Shields and K.M. Helm-Bychowski
• Nongame bird conservation - C.L. Henderson
• Experimental design in ornithology - A.C. Kamil
• Description of bird behavior for comparative purposes - E.H. Miller

Current Ornithology, Volume 4

Editor: Richard F. Johnston

1986

Contents:

• Evolutionary processes and patterns of geographic variation in birds - R.M. Zink and J.V. Remsen, Jr.
• The heretability concept applied to wild birds - J.P. Hailman
• History of the Australian avifauna - P.V. Rich and R.F. Baird
• Clutch size in nidicolous birds - E.C. Murphy and E. Haukioja
• Competition in breeding birds: on the importance of considering processes at the level of the individual - T.E. Martin
• Distribution and abundance of the Dickcissel - S. Fretwell
• A bibliography of ornithological translations - D. Siegel-Causey and J.G. Hinshaw

Current Ornithology, Volume 3

Editor: Richard F. Johnston

1986

Contents:

• The evolution of normal and reverse sexual size dimorphism in shorebirds and other birds - J.R. Jehl, Jr. and B.G. Murray, Jr.
• Bird songs and avian systematics - R.B. Payne
• Social dominance, mating and spacing systems, female fecundity, and vocal dialects in captive and free-ranging Brown-headed Cowbirds - S.I. Rothstein, D.A. Yokel and R.C. Fleischer
• Heterochrony, deferred breeding, and avian sociality - M.F. Lawton and R.O. Lawton
• Avian frugivory and seed dispersal in eastern North America - M.F. Willson
• Competition in migrant birds in the nonbreeding season - R. Greenberg
• Avian polyandry - L.W. Oring
• Selection for adoption versus infanticide by replacement "mates" in birds - S. Rohwer
• Pesticides and bird populations - R.W. Risebrough
• Bird populations as indicators of environmental change - M.L. Morrison
• The problem of avian extinction - S.A. Temple

Current Ornithology, Volume 2

Editor: Richard F. Johnston

1985

Contents:

• Data analysis and the design of experiments in ornithology - F.C. James and C.E. McCulloch
• The evolution of reversed sexual dimorphism in size: a comparative analysis of the Falconiformes of the western Palearctic - H.C. Mueller and K. Meyer
• Vocal "dialects" in Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrow - D.E. Kroodsma, M.C. Baker, L.F. Baptista and L. Petrinovich
• On the nature of genic variation in birds - G.F. Barrowclough, N.K. Johnson, and R.M. Zink
• Ecomorphology - B. Leisler and H. Winkler
• Problems in avian classification - R.J. Raikow
• Syringeal structure and avian phonation - A.S. Gaunt and S.L.L. Gaunt
• Assessment of counting techniques - J. Verner
• Circadian organization of the avian annual cycle - A.H. Meier and A.C. Russo

Current Ornithology, Volume 1

Editor: Richard F. Johnston

1983

Contents:

• Comparative avian demography - R.E. Ricklefs
• The determination of clutch size in precocial birds - D.W. Winkler and J.R. Walters
• Structure and function of avian eggs - C. Carey
• The origin of birds and of avian flight - L.D. Martin
• The Great Plains hybrid zones - J.D. Rising
• Species concepts and speciation analysis - J. Cracraft
• Bird chromosomes - G.F. Shields
• Genetic structure and avian systematics - K.W. Corbin
• Phylogeny and classification of birds based on the data of DNA-DNA hybridization - C.G. Sibley and J.E. Ahlquist
• Experimental analysis of avian limb morphogenesis - J.R. Hinchliffe and M. Gumpel-Pinot
• Variation in mate fidelity in monogamous birds- N.L. Ford
• The evolution of differential bird migration - E.D. Ketterson and V. Nolan, Jr.